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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to guarantee






2. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at






3. NOW is acceptable on second reference- HQ is in Washington






4. Do not use this pronoun in reference to nations or ships except in quoted matter






5. Verb to stop the flow of something






6. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






7. In its sense used in arithmetic and statistics - is an average and is determined by adding the series of numbers and dividing the sum by the number of cases






8. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






9. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






10. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade






11. Only for ensembles of actors - dancers - singers - etc.






12. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






13. Means in an exact sense






14. Correct spelling for all uses of a word that means to happen or take place






15. When referring to a man who has attended a school






16. A person who serves as an assistant






17. Indicates a state of reclining. It does not take a direct object. Its past tense is lay. Its past participle is lain and present participle is lying - when __ means to make an untrue statement - the verb forms are lie - lied - lying.






18. Every two years






19. When speaking of an individual






20. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.






21. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






22. Not hyphenated when referring to electronic mail - hyphenate other e- terms such as: e-book or e-commerce






23. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






24. Singular form of a standard






25. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






26. Kiss






27. Refers to the result obtained by dividing a sum by the number of quantities added together






28. Assistance






29. Individual items reduced in number






30. Is the possessive of who






31. A specific body of advisers heading executive departments for a president - king - governor - etc






32. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






33. Never okay - all tenses of a word meaning all right

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34. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.






35. A contraction for it is or it has

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36. Never towards - for a word meaning: moving in a specific direction






37. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






38. Means in a hopeful manner. Do not use to mean it is hoped - let us hope or we hope - right: It is hoped we will complete our work in June. wrong: Hopefully - we will complete our work in June.






39. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






40. For non essential clauses - where the pronoun is less necessary and use commas. use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






41. Capitalize for architectural style or corporate or governmental bodies that use the word as part of their name. Lowercase when used as an adjective.






42. Means to gaze intently or steadily






43. To show contempt for






44. To embarrass or disturb






45. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






46. Copy pertaining to the navy






47. A minor offense against the law






48. Multiple transportation vehicles






49. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






50. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions