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evealed this word is overused and thereby devalued. Usually coupled with ‘exclusive’. Do notuse, unless instructed to by seniors. It’s nakedly self-promoting. After all the core business ofjournalism is ‘revelation’ – to tell audiences what they don’t know. Reporters simply do thisby doing their job.revert to not ‘revert back’ to .roofs not rooves.Ssacrilegious notice the i after r. It’s not spelled ‘sacreligious’.said/says In print news reporting, the simple, unequivocal ‘said’ is always preferred inattribution. Broadcast reporters work in the present tense ‘says,’ but some newspapers areadopting the present tense. Such words as ‘admitted,’ ‘agreed,’ ‘concluded,’ ‘continued’ and‘commented’ all have shades of meaning that interfere with objectivity in reporting. Avoidreplacing said/says with ‘believes,’ ‘feels’. Use words other than ‘said’ only in exceptionalcircumstances. Use the form: ‘The country was going to the dogs, the colonel said.’ Do NOTuse the nursery-rhyme form ‘. . . said the colonel’.See direct speech, indirect speech, tenses.sailors in a ship not sailors on a ship.scald the result of boiling water or steam applied to person; or bring milk to the boil. Scolddiscipline in a parental manner, give a tongue lashing.sculpture (n) the art piece; sculptor (n) the artist; sculpt (v) the process of a sculptor producinga sculpture.sensors and censors are often confused. Sensors are electronic devices for sensing temperature,pressure etc which send signals to gauges. Censors classify films, books and other texts with aview to banning parts or all of them. (See ‘censor/censure’). (See also News Ltd section).semi-colon The semi-colon is used for clarity in a series. It separates a series of equal elementswhen the individual segments contain material set off by commas.We decided to spend our money for fishing gear on a top-of-the-range, two-speed, rollerbearingreel; 30kg nylon, monofilament line, probably about 1000m; hooks, sinkers, rings andsplit shot; and a selection of jigs, plugs, wobblers and spoons.A semi-colon must be used when joining two independent clauses without using ‘and’, ‘or’ or‘but’.Smith opened the window; her accomplice opened the door. A semi-colon must be used whena conjunctive adverb, commonly ‘however’, joins two independent clauses. The board meetstomorrow; however, nothing will be decided. They were ordered to return; nevertheless, theychose to stay.Note that a comma must follow the conjunctive adverb.sequester to remove or keep separate and alone. A writer can sequester herself in a quiet, privateplace to write without interruption. Private property can be sequestered by the courts.sequestering carbon pumping CO2 from coal burning industries particularly into subterraneanPAGE 55 – 2012UQ SJC STYLEBOOK