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Media Writing And Editing Styleguide

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1. The of is unnecessary






2. Multiple transportation vehicles






3. Means more than half of an amount






4. 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.






5. A first performance






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






7. 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






8. Twice a year (same as semiannual)






9. 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






10. Lowercase - spell out the numbers less than 10






11. A listener or reader ____s something from the words






12. Despite means the same thing and is shorter






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






14. 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






15. Homicide without malice or premeditation






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






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






18. To be used instead of the sexist terms






19. For hanging not referring to a person's death






20. A group of people - often military or animals






21. Use numerals - abbreviate mph - avoid hyphenated constructions






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. A member of a predominantly black Islamic sect in the United States. However the term is considered DEROGATORY by members of the sect - who call themselves muslims






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






28. Plural form of problem or turning point






29. Completeness of process of supplementing something






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Means to influence






35. Is a contraction of who is - no possessive

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36. 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






37. To show contempt for






38. Plural form of a standard






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Create or put together. It is commonly used actively and passively.






44. Use instead "survived by her husband" or "leaves her husband" not ______ of the late






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






46. Means to flow in a continuous stream






47. Copy pertaining to the navy






48. On ships and at naval stations flags are flown at






49. References to insurance






50. Correct spelling for a word that means a channel for communication between groups







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