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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






2. The of is unnecessary






3. 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.






4. Malicious - premeditated homicide - some states define certain homicides as this if the killing occurs in the course of armed robbery - rape - etc. - do not say a victim was ____ed unless it was proven in court - instead say the victim was killed or






5. A person who gives advice - never advisor






6. Kiss






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






8. Is the possessive of who






9. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






10. An aspect or stage






11. A group of people - often military or animals






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






13. The preferred term to describe adherents of Islam






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






15. Transportation vehicle






16. Individual items reduced in number






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






18. 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






19. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






21. Ashore and not on naval stations flags are flown at






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






23. Means to flow in a continuous stream






24. A verb meaning to blaze with sudden - bright light or to burst out in anger






25. A table-like platform used in a religious service






26. Twice a year (same as biannual)






27. To avoid any suggestion that someone is being judged before a trial - do not use a phrase such as arrested for killing. Instead - use arrested on a charge of killing. If a charge hasn't been filed - arrested on suspicion of - or a similar phrase - sh






28. A minor offense against the law






29. The title of an individual who is the first minister in a national government that has a council of ministers. also the correct title for individuals who lead the provincial governments in canada and australia






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






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






32. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






33. Do not use when referring to East Asian nations and their peoples. Asian is the acceptable term for an inhabitant of these nations






34. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






35. Refers to inhabitants of states and cities






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






37. To change






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






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






40. Verb to stop the flow of something






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






42. Multiple transportation vehicles






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






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. Physical distance






46. Preferred with numerals (instead of over)






47. Copy pertaining to the navy






48. 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.






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






50. Never forwards to explain moving toward a position ahead