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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Copy pertaining to the navy






2. 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






3. To bog down become disabled or sink






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






5. 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






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






7. Means more than half of an amount






8. Is the possessive of who






9. Serious crime - someone is a felon if the have been convicted of a felony whether or not they have spent time in confinement






10. 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






11. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






12. Means in an exact sense






13. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






14. Implies a standard of average performance for a given group






15. A preposition to compare nouns and pronouns. requires an object - ex. Jayne blocks ___ a pro.






16. 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.






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.






18. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






19. Means at the side of






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






21. Extension of time or degree






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






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






24. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






25. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






26. To swing the arms widely






27. A first performance






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






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






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






31. A decentralized worldwide network of computers that can communicate with each other in later references the Net is acceptable - World Wide Web - like email - is a subset of the Internet. They are not synonymous and should not be used interchangeably.






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






33. Means to cause or as a noun means a result






34. Not afterwards






35. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






36. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






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






38. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






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






40. Means in addition to






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






42. 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.






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






44. Use all-caps ZIP for zoning improvement plan - but always lowercase the word code - run the 5 digits together without a comma and do not put a comma between state name and ZIP






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






46. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






47. Do not use the term teenaged






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






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

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50. A minor offense against the law