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AP style punctuation

Terms in this set (44)

comma rule before the word of
do not use comma
use a comma to set off ____ or words in contrast
phrases
rule with roman numerals
omit comma before
rule with Jr. and Sr.
omit comma before
rule with comma before addresses
omit comma before
rule with comma with phone numbers
omit comma before
use a ____ when separating elements of a series when individual segments contain material that are also set off by commas
semicolon
use ____ to separate statements of contrast and statements too closely related
semicolons
use the _____ to indicate sudden change
dash
use the ____ to mark a summing up at the end of sentence
dash
do not use a hyphen with an adverb ending in
ly
do not use a hyphen with the adverb ____
very
use a ____ to designate dual heritage
hypen
in measurements always spell out ___ and ____
inches and feet
t/f: do not use apostrophes in 1990s
true
t/f: use apostrophe in 90s
true, '90s
to form the possessive of a singular noun not ending in s _____
add only 's
to form the possessive of a singular common noun ending in s, ____
add 's
add 's to a singular common noun ending in s EXCEPT when ____, then add just the apostrophe
if the next word starts with s
to form the possessive of a singular proper noun ending in s, _____
add only the apostrophe
to form the possessive of plural nouns ending in s, ___
add only the apostrophe
place the comma and the period ____ the quotation marks
inside
in general spell out numbers _____
below 10
numeral rule: always spell out ___
zero
use ___ for ages
numerals
use ____ for court districts
numerals
use ____ for dates
numerals
use ____ dimensions such as height, depth, weight, width)
numerals
use ___ for temperatures
numerals
use ____ for speeds
numerals
use ____ for ratios
numerals
use ____ for percentages
numerals
use ____ for military units
numerals
in distances _____ 1-9
spell out
_____ pounds
spell out
_____ cents
spell out
spell out first through ninth, but use ____ for 10th and above
numerals
use 1st, 2nd, etc., when the sequence has been
assigned in forming names
rule for Act and Scene numbers ____
use numerals and capitalize
if 1 comes before Act then it changes to ____
first act
how do you write one million dollars in AP style
$1 million
more than $1 million must be ___
rounded to two decimal places
instead of writing $1,450,000 ..
$1.45 million
do not use quotations with _____
newspapers
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