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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Means to flow in a continuous stream






2. Transportation vehicle






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






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






5. Means more than the highest number (subtract lower number from highest number to get this)






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






7. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






8. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.






14. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






15. To embarrass or disturb






16. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






17. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






18. Do not use the term teenaged






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






20. Singular form of a standard






21. 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






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






23. Every two years






24. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






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






26. Completeness of process of supplementing something






27. To change






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






29. Means more than half of an amount






30. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






31. Writing paper






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






33. Means to guarantee






34. 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.






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






36. Means at the side of






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






38. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly






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






40. A first performance






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

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42. 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






43. When speaking of an individual






44. 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.






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






46. Is the middle number of points in a series arranged in order of size






47. Kiss






48. A person who serves as an assistant






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






50. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement