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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. To make an ostentatious or defiant display






2. Correct punctuation and spelling for family relative by marriage






3. 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.






4. Transportation vehicle






5. A picture - a criminal or oneself






6. 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






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






8. Do not use the term teenaged






9. Is the possessive form of the neuter pronoun






10. Denote a specific cause-effect relationship






11. A first performance






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






13. Action word - past tense is laid - present participle is laying






14. A group of people - often military or animals






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






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






17. If a person suffocates in water or other fluid






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






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






20. 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






21. Homicide without malice or premeditation






22. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






23. When referring to a woman who has attended a school






24. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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25. Is to wreak great destruction or devastation not interchangeable with ravish






26. Used in proper names and as someone in a parade






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






28. The of is unnecessary






29. Two objects must be in motion before they can ____.






30. Not afterwards






31. 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






32. Past tense when referring to executions or suicides






33. Means more than half of an amount






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






35. 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.






36. One who comes into a country ___s to it






37. Use with great care - Avoid any suggestion that the writer is making an allegation - Specify the source of an allegation (arrest record etc.) - Use alleged bribe or similar phrase when necessary to make it clear that an unproved action is not being






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






39. Means to gaze intently or steadily






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






41. Man to be married






42. Verb to stop the flow of something






43. To swing the arms widely






44. Singular form of a standard






45. 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.






46. Means to flow in a continuous stream






47. Denotes praise of the expression of courtesy






48. 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






49. 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






50. Means at the side of