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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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

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






3. Writing paper






4. Means to make sure or give confidence






5. Is acceptable on first reference to avoid a cumbersome lead - but provide the full name in the body of the story - HQ is in Baltimore






6. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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






8. When referring to a group of men or men and women who attended a school






9. Assistance






10. Woman to be married






11. Means to exclude






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






13. 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.






14. More than two people look atcan be used when the number of people being used is indefinite






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






16. Man to be married






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. Acceptable but use Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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19. 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






20. A minor offense against the law






21. Should only be used in place of the person's name if it is what the individual prefers to be known as.






22. Preferred term for an aviator or a handbill






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. 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






25. Not afterwards






26. Use the abbreviation for number in conjunction with a figure to indicate position or rank






27. To argue to the contrary






28. Every two years






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






30. Capitalize as a title and lowercase in all other forms






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






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






33. In general - confine capitalization to formal titles used directly before an individual's name






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






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






36. Takes a singular verb






37. 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






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






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






40. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






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






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






43. 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






44. The nouns that follow these words do not constitute a compound subject; they are alternate subjects and require a verb that agrees with the nearer subject - Neither they nor he is going - Neither he nor they are going.






45. Copy pertaining to the navy






46. Means to gaze intently or steadily






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






48. Personal pronoun describing the deity are lowercase






49. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






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