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The AP Stylebook has many rules and guidelines for how things ought to be written in your text. Some are rooted in grammar while others are stylistic preferences. In the articles that follow, we have tried to summarize many of the demands that The AP Stylebook places on writers who, by choice or by requirement, adhere to AP Style.
(A)
A, An
Abortion
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Academic Degrees
Academic Departments
Academic Titles
Academy Awards
Accused
Addresses
Administration
Administrative Law Judge
A.D., B.C.
African-American
Ages
AIDS
Ain’t
Air Base
Aircraft Names
Aircraft Terms
Air Force
Air Force One
Airline, Airlines
Airport
a.m., p.m.
Allege
Alumnus, Alumni, Alumna, Alumnae
Among, Between
Ampersand
Annual, Annual Meeting
Anti-
Antichrist, anti-Christ
April Fools’ Day
Arrest
Assassin, Killer, Murderer
Asperger’s Syndrome
Attorney, Lawyer
(B)
Bachelor’s Degree
Bible
Boats, Ships
Boycott, Embargo
(C)
Capital, Capitol
City Council
Committee, Subcommittee
Complement, Compliment
Company, Companies
Company Names
Composition Titles
Congress, Congressional
Corporation
Court Names
Courtesy Titles
(D)
Datelines
Daylight Saving Time
Decimal Units
Department
Dimensions
Disabled, Handicapped
Directions and Regions
Divorcee
(E)
Elderly
Emigrate, Immigrate
Engine, Motor
Essential Phrases, Nonessential Phrases
Execute
Extra-
(F)
Federal
Fewer, Less
Food
Fractions
(G)
General Assembly
Geographic Names
GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
gods and goddesses
Good Will, Goodwill
Government, Gov’t., government
Government, Junta, Regime
Governmental Bodies
Governor
(H)
Hawaii
Headlines
Highway Designations
Holidays
Homicide, Murder, Manslaughter
House of Representatives
(I)
I.e. and E.g.
Illegal Immigration
In, Into, Inasmuch as
Incorporated
Indict
Island
(J)
Judge
Judicial Branch
Junior, Senior
Justice
Juvenile Delinquent
(K)
Kelvin Scale
King
Korea
Korean Names
(L)
Latitude and Longitude
Legislative Bodies
Legislative Titles
Legislature
(M)
Magazine Titles
Magistrate
Man, Mankind
Mental Illness
Meridians
Military Academies
Military Titles
Military Units
Millions, Billions, Trillions
Months
(N)
Names
Nationalities and Races
Noon, Midnight
Numbers
(O)
Obscenities, Profanities, Vulgarities
Ocean
On
Organizations and Institutions
(P)
Party Affiliation
Percent
-Persons
Phobia
Political Parties, Philosophies
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Prefixes
President, Presidential
Privacy
Profanity
Professor
(Q)
Queen
Quotations in the News
(R)
Race
Radical
Religious References
Religious Titles
(S)
Seasons
Senate
Spacecraft Designations
Supreme Court of the States
Supreme Court of the United States
AP Style State Abbreviations
(T)
Time of Day
Time Zones
Titles
(U)
Unemployment Rate
UNESCO
UNICEF
United Nations
United States
(V)
Verbs
Versus
Vulgarities
(W)
Washington
Washington’s Birthday
Women
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