ADV 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ap Stylebook, Dollar Sign, Calendar Year
ADV 225: lecture 4
●Quick intro to AP style
○What is AP style?
○What is it important?
○AP style takes precedence
■Does not always agree with standard english
■Its technical, detailed, and picky
○Afterword, backward, forward, toward
■Never an ending S
○Last name only after first reference
■In general, use only last names on the second reference
○Numbers
■Spell out numbers if they start a sentence (exception: calendar years)
■Always spell out whole number below ten
■Use figures for 10 and above
■Exceptions:
●Age
●Money
●Time of day
●Temperature
●Percentage
●Calendar year
●Measurements
■Money
●Dollar sign followed by numeral
●$1 million or above
●Do not use the word ‘dollars’ unless it's a casual reference
■Percentages
●Use a numeral
●Spell out the word ‘percent’
○Correct: 56 percent
○Incorrect: 56%
■Time
●On the hour: just the hour (no :00)
●A.m, p.m
●Noon midnight
■Months
●Capitalize in all uses
●Spell out when using alone
○State names
■Spell out completely in all uses
●Exception #1: Mailing Address
●Exception #2: datelines
Document Summary
Does not always agree with standard english. In general, use only last names on the second reference. Spell out numbers if they start a sentence (exception: calendar years) Always spell out whole number below ten. Do not use the word dollars" unless it"s a casual reference. On the hour: just the hour (no :00) Use two-letter postal code in mailing addresses. The city and state a news story originates from. State is abbreviated based on the table provided in the stylebook. You need the name of the state or province on the first reference or in a dateline. There are some cities that stand alone. They never need the state in any reference. Only capitalized if its a formal title used directly before a person"s name. Dr. " or degree only- do not use both. Only avenue (ave. ), street (st. ) and boulevard (blvd. ) can be abbreviated. People who live in a municipality or country are residents, not citizens.
