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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. Used in the United Kingdom or other monarchies. Citizen is also acceptable.






2. Writes or speakers ____s in the words they use






3. Means to flow in a continuous stream






4. 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.






5. The proper name for some trains and buses






6. Capitalize their proper names - do not use quotes






7. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






8. Takes a singular verb






9. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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10. An aspect or stage






11. Two words in virtually all uses - one word only when used as an adjective before a noun in a nautical sense: an underway flotilla






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. AP does not italicize words in news stories.






18. The term denoting that an individual was born in a given location






19. Man to be married






20. Every two years






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






22. One who comes into a country ___s to it






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






24. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






25. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






26. A first performance






27. Verb to stop the flow of something






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






29. All nouns that mean different computer functions. Must use these in two words when in verb form.






30. 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






31. 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.






32. To swing the arms widely






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






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






35. 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






36. Assistance






37. 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






38. 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.






39. Noun that means a fundamental truth - law - doctrine - or motivating force






40. Legal term for slaying or killing






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

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






43. A noun and adjective meaning someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree.






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






45. Twice a year (same as biannual)






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






47. Kisses






48. A location on the World Wide Web that maintains one or more pages at a specific address. Also webcam - webcast - and webmaster. But as a short form and in terms with separate words - the Web - Web page and Web feed.






49. Singular form of problem or turning point






50. Writing paper