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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to gaze intently or steadily






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






3. Woman to be married






4. Verb to stop the flow of something






5. Noun. a fish - verb. to move clumsily or jerkily - to flop about






6. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






7. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals






8. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






9. When referring to a group of women who attended a school






10. Applied to a person residing away from the nation of which he or she is a citizen - or to a person under the protection of a specified nation.






11. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






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






13. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.






14. Not savings - no hyphen - when linking term with the name of a time zone - use only the word daylight (capitalize only when used with a time zone) - lowercase in all uses






15. Is used when someone is the object of a verb or preposition






16. Acceptable in a casual sense when the first event in a sequence led logically to the second but was not its direct cause






17. Man to be married






18. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying






19. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore






20. Never alright. Hyphenate only if used colloquially as a compound modifier: He is an all-right guy.






21. 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






22. Physical distance






23. Completeness of process of supplementing something






24. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us






25. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






26. To bog down become disabled or sink






27. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






28. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






29. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






30. A picture - a criminal or oneself






31. Kiss






32. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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






34. 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.






35. Implies that another person caused the death by holding the victims head under the water.






36. A contraction for it is or it has

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37. Homicide without malice or premeditation






38. Kisses






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






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






41. For: peace - chemistry - literature - physics and physiology or medicine - the prize in economic studies is in memorial to alfred and should be referred to as such - ceremonies are held on Dec. 10 - Capitalize when with name - lowercase when not with






42. To embarrass or disturb






43. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






44. To swing the arms widely






45. A first performance






46. Means in an exact sense






47. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank






48. Correct spelling of an individual or group being sued or charged with a crime






49. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






50. Means to make sure or give confidence