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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. To abduct - rape or carry away with emotion not interchangeable with ravage






2. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






3. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






4. Do not use the term teenaged






5. 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.






6. Means in addition to






7. Means ruin or destruction and generally is confined to the phrase wrack and ruin or wracked with doubt (or pain).






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






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






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






11. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






12. Means to flow in a continuous stream






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






14. To swing the arms widely






15. 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.






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






17. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding






18. Do not use before a date or day of the week (redundant) except at the beginning of a sentence.






19. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.






20. In the sense of mass communication - such as magazines - newspapers - the news services - radio - television ad online






21. Introduces two items - is the correct word when expressing the relationships of three or more items considered one pair at a time - all pronouns must be in the objective case - between him and her - between you and me






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






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






24. To embarrass or disturb






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






26. The proper name for some trains and buses






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






28. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






29. Copy pertaining to the navy






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






31. 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.






32. Means more than half of an amount






33. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






34. 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






35. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






36. Transportation vehicle






37. Is the possessive of who






38. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.






39. A table-like platform used in a religious service






40. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






41. Not afterwards






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






43. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






44. A minor offense against the law






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






46. Means to influence






47. Is a bellybutton - or a seedless orange so named because it has a depression that resembles a bellybutton






48. A group of people - often military or animals






49. Completeness of process of supplementing something






50. 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.