Journalism AP Style Part II
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- How often do you spell out the names of firms, organizations, and groups?
- on first mention... after... u abbreviate if they are commonly known
- When are time zones abbreviated?
- when used with a specific time
- Do you ever spell the time zones out?
- yes, when they are not with a specific time
- AUburn is in teh central time zone
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incorrect: a specific time is not given
Auburn is in the Central time zone - Auburn is on Central Daylight Time.
- Correct
- Warner Brothers
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Incorrect: ab. when the firm does
Warner Bros: - Smith & Sons Inc
- Correct
- When are Street, Avenue, and Blvd ab?
- When they include the number
- Are those the only ones ab?
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yes, STAB
St, Abe, Blvd - Which ones do you spell out?
- Road, Drive, Place, Circle, Lane, Terrace
- When are North, South, East, West, and all those combos ab?
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When a number is given
otherwise without a number you spell it out - 116 South College St.
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Incorrect: Do not spell out when a number is given
116 S. college St. - I live on South College Street
- Correct
- 3 East Majnolia Avenue
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Incorrect: Ab. when a number is given for both Ave, and E
3 E. Magnolia Ave - How many letters does a state have to be ab?
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states that have fewer than 6 letters
Idaho, ohio, maine, texas, utah, iowa - What two states are never ab?
- Alaska and Hawaii
- When do you ab states?
- When they follow cities, military bases, national parks
- He was born in Amite, Lousiana and moved to Auburn, Ala.
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Incorrect: ab La because it is used after a city
He was born in Amite, La - when do you spell out the States
- when they are used alone
- He was born in Alabama.
- Correct
- Connecticut
- Conn.
- Delaware
- Del.
- Illinois
- Ill.
- Kansas
- Kan.
- Louisana
- La.
- Maryland
- Md.
- Massachusetts
- Mass.
- Minnesota
- Minn.
- Mississippi
- Miss.
- North Carolina
- N.C.
- New Hampshire
- N.H.
- New Jersey
- N.J.
- Oklahoma
- Okla.
- Oregon
- Ore.
- Pennsylvania
- Pa.
- Rhode Island
- R.I.
- Vermont
- Vt.
- West Virginia
- W. Va.
- Wyoming
- Wyo.
- United States Chamber of Commererce
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Incorrect: Ab U.S. when used in titles or as adjectives
U.S. Chamber of Commerece - U.S. foreign policy
- Correct
- The foreign policy of the United States has been...
- Correct
- The membership of the U.N. is divided...
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Incorrect: spell out U.S. or U.N. when used as a noun
The membership of the United Nations is... - What months are always spelled out?
- March, April, May, June, July
- John went to Chicago in Junuary and returned February 3.
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incorrect: ab months only when used with a calender date
John went to Chicago in Janurary and returned Feb. 3 - The Battle of Iwo Jima started Feb. 19, 1945q
- correct
- When are days of the week ab?
- never
- when is the full name of a person used in a newsstory?
- Upon first mention... then use the last name
- When are professional titles used?
- upon first mention
- When do you use Sen., Rep, Gov, Lt.Gov, The Rev, Dr, and military titles?
- they should be ab when appreating before a name and the full name should be there
- Lueitenant Governer lucy Bacley said...
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Incorrect: Ab when the full name is used
Lt. Gov. Lucy Bacley said... - Governer Riley went to court...
- Correct
- major
- Maj.
- Brigadier general
- Brig. Gen.
- colonel
- Col.
- second lieutenant
- 2nd Lt.
- sergeant first class
- Sgt.1st Class
- corporal
- Cpl.
- vice admiral
- Vice Adm.
- commander
- Cmdr.
- lieutenant junior grade
- Lt. j.g.
- Do you ever spell out 1st or 2nd?
- yes, at the start of the sentance
- The colors are red, blue, green, and purple
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Incorrect: drop the comma before the conjunction
The colors are red, blue, green and purple - Do you use a comma before of?
- no
- They were Dan Jones of Opelika
- Correct
- I think you should not, but who am i to offer advice?
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Incorrect: Use a dash because it is sudden change
I think you should not--but who am I to give advice? - Ambition and hard work--these are the ingredients of success.
- Correct: The dash marks a summing up at the end of a sent.
- He recovered the leaky roof.
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Incorrect: Use a hyphen when ambiguity would result
He re-covered the roof. - He recovered his health.
- Correct
- a first quarter touchdown
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Incorrect: Use a hyphen when there is a compound modifier
a first-quarter touchdown - a full time job
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Incorrect: compound modifier
a full-time job - a 40-hour week
- Correct
- an easily-remembered rule
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Incorrect: do not use hyphens with adverbs ending in ly or with very
an easily remembered rule - a very good time
- Correct
- She is of Italian-American descent.
- Correct
- She is Mexican American.
- incorrect-use a hyphen to express dual heritage.
- The 3 year old girl.
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Incorrect: 3-year-old is one complete though
A 3-year-old girl - The 6-foot-2 player...
- Correct
- The girl was 3 years old.
- Correct
- dont
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Incorrect: don't
use in contractions - The 90s
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Incorrect: Use ' in the omission of figures
The '90s - Three 4's
- Correct
- four As
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Incorrect: use ' in the plural of figures and letters.
four A's - The cars' wheels
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Incorrect: it is not natural to use the possessive here
The wheels of the car - The roofs of the barns
- Correct
- The church's needs
- Correct
- the girl's toy
- Correct
- the witnes's answer
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Incorrect: common noun add 's
The witness's answer - Williams's play
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Incorrect: Proper noun you just add 's
Williams' play - Moses' law
- correct
- women's rights
- correct
- mens' rights
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incorrect: add 's to plural nouns not ending in s
men's right - The churches' needs
- Correct
- The girls' toys
- Correct
- What puncuation always goes inside the quoatation marks?
- The comma and the period
- Other puncuation is placed how?
- according to constrcution
- "Why are you going"? she asked
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Incorrect: the girl said it so it shoudl be inside
"Why are you going?" she asked. - Why call it a "men's agreement"?
- Correct
- When do you spell out numbers?
- Spell out numbers below 10