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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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






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






3. Man to be married






4. A person who gives advice - never advisor






5. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






6. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






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






8. 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.






9. Legal term for slaying or killing






10. One who leaves a country ___s from it






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






12. Writing paper






13. Kiss






14. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






16. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






17. 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.






18. Bulk or quantity reduced in number






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






20. 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






21. Adjective stopped - firm and steadfast






22. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead






23. 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.






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






25. A minor offense against the law






26. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






27. Means in an exact sense






28. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






29. To bog down become disabled or sink






30. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






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






32. Means at the side of






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. A picture - a criminal or oneself






37. To embarrass or disturb






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






42. Not afterwards






43. Multiple transportation vehicles






44. To change






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






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






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






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






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






50. Means to exclude