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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. One who comes into a country ___s to it






2. Verb to stop the flow of something






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






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






5. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






6. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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. Plural form of problem or turning point






9. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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






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

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12. References to insurance






13. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






15. To be used instead of the sexist terms






16. 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






17. To change






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






19. Not afterwards






20. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






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






22. 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.






23. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






24. A picture - a criminal or oneself






25. The way a message is getting out through the media such as a telephone or tv set






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






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






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






29. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






30. Capitalize initials of name but do not place in quotes






31. 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






32. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






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






34. Plural form of a standard






35. 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.






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






37. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






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






39. Spelling for the noun that carries a badge and gun and verb that describes one who keeps things in order






40. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






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






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






43. To argue to the contrary






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






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






46. Homicide without malice or premeditation






47. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






48. The correct word to introduce clauses - .e.g Jayne blocks the linebacker __ he should






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






50. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)