JOURN 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ap Stylebook, Abbreviation, Americans In The United Kingdom
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Abbreviations and acronyms: dr. , gov. , lt. Gov. , rep. , the rev. and sen. are required before a person"s full name when they occur outside a direct quotation. Medical and political titles only need to be used on first reference when they appear outside of a direct quote: for courtesy titles, use these on second reference or when specifically requested. Here are some examples of correctly formatted addresses: 101 n. grant st. , northwestern avenue, South ninth street, 102 s. 10th st. , 605 woodside. Affect: use affect only as a verb, use affect when you mean influenced. Ages: for ages, always use figures, if the age is used as an adjective or as a substitute for a noun, then it should be hyphenated, don"t use apostrophes when describing an age range. Badly: answers how about the verb. Essential phrase: do not set an essential phrase off from the rest of a sentence by commas. Nonessential phrases: do set off nonessential phrases by commas.
