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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






2. Generally refers to spatial relationships (not numerals)






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






4. One who comes into a country ___s to it






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






6. The pronoun used for references to human beings and to animals with a name






7. Proper spelling and capitalization for a Christian afterlife






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






9. To swing the arms widely






10. Means in addition to






11. Physical distance






12. Means to guarantee






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


14. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






15. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






16. 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.






17. Both mean to do away with something completely. It cannot happen partially and is redundant to say it happened totally.






18. Extension of time or degree






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






20. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive


21. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






22. Multiple transportation vehicles






23. Always preferred over persons - persons only used when it's in a direct quote - also a collective noun when referring to a single race or nation so peoples should only be used when speaking of multiple groups






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






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






26. One who leaves a country ___s from it






27. Capitalize if part of a proper noun - lowercase in other uses.






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






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






30. Books - computer games - movies - operas - plays - poems - albums and songs - radio and tv programs - lectures - speeches and works of art should all: - capitalize principal words - capitalize an article - quotes around these works that are not: reli






31. A minor offense against the law






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. Homicide without malice or premeditation






39. Not amidst for a word that means surrounded by; in the middle of






40. 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






41. Writing paper






42. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






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






45. Legal term for slaying or killing






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






47. All tenses of the word that means a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding






48. Transportation vehicle






49. Not afterwards






50. Correct spelling for one who deceives by using a false identity