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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Do not use the term teenaged






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






3. Two people look at - can be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






4. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose






5. Homicide without malice or premeditation






6. Verb to stop the flow of something






7. Avoid the use of last as a synonym for latest if it might imply finality - this word is unnecessary to imply the most recent if there is a month or day used.






8. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.






9. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being






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






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






12. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






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






14. Means to exclude






15. Plural form of problem or turning point






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






17. Means to make sure or give confidence






18. Means more than half of an amount






19. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.






20. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli






21. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






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

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23. 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






24. Assistance






25. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






26. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh






27. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.






28. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






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






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






31. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






32. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






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






34. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






35. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims






36. References to insurance






37. Contain to include all or embrace. Used only actively.






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






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






40. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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41. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






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






43. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






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






45. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






46. Means to influence






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






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






49. Twice a year (same as biannual)






50. To make an ostentatious or defiant display