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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide
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1. 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.
citizen
last
half staff
criteria
2. Takes plural verb - use it to mean one or the other - not both - right: she said to use either door - wrong: there were lions on either side of the door
native
either
navel
beside
3. To show contempt for
pour
median
immigrate
flout
4. Takes a singular verb
hung
collide - collision
defendant
each
5. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name
Internet
nicknames
titles
lay
6. To embarrass or disturb
flay
faze
medium
since
7. Do not use the colloquial past tense form - pled. All tenses of a word that means appeal or request earnestly
flay
amid
founder
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
8. Bulk or quantity reduced in number
marshal
less
hopefully
all right
9. Means to influence
affect
ravish
composition titles
plurality
10. Twice a year (same as biannual)
semiannual
besides
hang - hangs
biennial
11. Man to be married
in-law
alter
fiance
imply
12. Do not use these titles just refer to person by first and last name.
courtesy titles
majority
impostor
primiere
13. Capitalize with the name of city or when referenced specifically. lowercase when plural and when used generically (you can't fight city hall)
NAACP
premier
principle
City Hall
14. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations
email
marshal
Orient - Oriental
on
15. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla
composition titles
whose
plead - pleaded - pleading - plurals
under way
16. A contraction for it is or it has
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17. 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.
less
farther
busses
Fourth of July
18. Singular form of problem or turning point
City Council
Internet
plurality
crisis
19. Verb to stop the flow of something
defendant
sneaked
stanch
ZIP code
20. A group of people - often military or animals
troop
hanged
amid
composition titles
21. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late
Nobel Prize
widower
ravish
compose
22. Every two years
email
biennial
insure
bad
23. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore
adviser
under way
NAACP
infer
24. Woman to be married
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
century
fiancee
literally
25. To swing the arms widely
flair
courtesy titles
teenage
like
26. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun
OK - OK'd - OK'ing - OKs
principal
its
biennial
27. Capitalize if preceded by state name or when used in proper title. lowercase in other uses.
courtesy titles
Nobel Prize
speeds
Legislature
28. Should not be used as an adverb. It does not lose its status as an adjective - however - in a sentence such as "I feel bad." Such a statement is the idiomatic equivalent of I am in bad health.
bad
its
alumnae
effect
29. Correct spelling of a words that means to make fit for - or change to suit a new purpose
accommodate
No.
comprise
under way
30. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding
login - logon - logoff
subpoena - subpoenaed - subpoenaing
crises
hanged
31. To argue to the contrary
drowned
one another
besides
rebut
32. A person who has acquired the full civil rights of a nation either by birth or naturalization. Cities and states in the U.S. do not confer citizenship.
last
citizen
beside
flay
33. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities
crisis
half staff
citizen
resident
34. Assistance
forward
aid
figuratively
among
35. Multiple transportation vehicles
buses
hanged
affect
majority
36. Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement
afterward
crises
refute
complement
37. When referring to a man who has attended a school
compliment
biannual
alumnus
whose
38. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.
like
courtesy titles
speeds
figuratively
39. To be used instead of the sexist terms
alumna
whose
resident
firefighter - police officer
40. Transportation vehicle
troupe
bus
afterward
emigrate
41. 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
Black muslim
occur - occurred - occurring - occurrence
because
which
42. 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.
hung
either...or - neither...nor
flier
badly
43. A person who serves as an assistant
emigrate
semiannual
aide
principle
44. Plural form of a standard
felony
criteria
each
alumnae
45. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10
City Hall
ravish
was drowned
century
46. 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
amid
between
bus
emigrate
47. Introduces more than two items - all pronouns must be in the objective case - among us
flout
among
since
accept
48. Twice a year (same as semiannual)
its
marshall
biannual
flare
49. Plural means several groups of people - often military or animals
fiance
affect
troops
troop
50. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use
lay
courtesy titles
imply
as
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