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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






2. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






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






4. Also Independence Day. The federal legal holiday is observed on Friday if July 4 falls on a Saturday - on Monday if it falls on a Sunday.






5. Copy pertaining to the navy






6. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






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






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






10. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






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






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






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






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






15. Preferred as past tense of sneak. Never use snuck






16. For essential clauses -important to the meaning of a sentence and without commas. Use when referring to inanimate objects and to animals without a name






17. To stand still






18. Means in addition to






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






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






21. Applies to various types of framework - the verb means to arrange on a rack - to torture - trouble or torment -






22. Means at the side of






23. Means more than half of an amount






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






25. Transportation vehicle






26. 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.






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






28. Do not use the term teenaged






29. Literally - to strip off the skin by whipping - figuratively to tongue-lash a person






30. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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






32. Should not be used as an adverb - use only as adjective. "I feel badly" - could be interpreted as meaning that your sense of touch was bad.






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






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






35. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






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






37. An aspect or stage






38. Means to exclude






39. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






40. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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41. 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.






42. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)






43. 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






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






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






46. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






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






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






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






50. Means to flow in a continuous stream