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AP Style Quiz # 2

Terms in this set (134)

Corporation
an entity that is treated as a person in the eyes of the law (it can own property, incur debts, and sue)
Abbreviate corporations as...when a company or government agency uses the word at the end of its name
Corp.
When corporation occurs elsewhere in a name
Spell it out!
Possessive for corporations
Chevron Corp.'s profits
Refer to both men and women
by first and last name, without courtesy titles, on first reference
Refer to both men and women by last name
after the first reference
Use Mr., Miss, Ms. or Mrs.
only in direct quotations or after the first reference when a woman specifically requests it
When it is necessary to distinguish two people who use the same last name
use the first and last name without courtesy titles
If a person's gender is not clear from their name or story context
use he or she in subsequent reference
Date lines on stories should contain
city name, entirely in capital letters, followed in most cases by the name of the state, county, or territory where the city is located
Stand alone
ATLANTA
STAND ALONE
BALTIMORE
STAND ALONE
BOSTON
STAND ALONE
CHICAGO
STAND ALONE
CINCINNATI
STAND ALONE
CLEVELAND
STAND ALONE
DALLAS
STAND ALONE
DENVER
STAND ALONE
DETROIT
STAND ALONE
HONOLULU
STAND ALONE
HOUSTON
STAND ALONE
INDIANAPOLIS
STAND ALONE
LAS VEGAS
STAND ALONE
LOS ANGELOS
STAND ALONE
MIAMI
STAND ALONE
MILWAUKEE
STAND ALONE
MINNEAPOLIS
STAND ALONE
NEW ORLEANS
STAND ALONE
NEW YORK
STAND ALONE
OKLAHOMA CITY
STAND ALONE
PHILADELPHIA
STAND ALONE
PHOENIX
STAND ALONE
PITTSBURGH
STAND ALONE
ST. LOUIS
STAND ALONE
SALT LAKE CITY
STAND ALONE
SAN ANTONIO
STAND ALONE
SAN DIEGO
STAND ALONE
SAN FRANSCISCO
STAND ALONE
SEATTLE
STAND ALONE
WASHINGTON
Spell out
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Main, Ohio, Texas and Utah
STAND ALONE
AMSTERDAM
STAND ALONE
BAGHDAD
STAND ALONE
BANGKOK
STAND ALONE
BEIJING
STAND ALONE
BEIRUT
STAND ALONE
BERLIN
STAND ALONE
BRUSSELS
STAND ALONE
CAIRO
STAND ALONE
DJIBOUTI
STAND ALONE
DUBLIN
STAND ALONE
GENEVA
STAND ALONE
GIBRALTAR
STAND ALONE
GUATEMALA CITY
STAND ALONE
HAVANA
STAND ALONE
HELSINKI
STAND ALONE
HONG KONG
STAND ALONE
ISLAMABAD
STAND ALONE
ISTANBUL
STAND ALONE
JERUSALEM
STAND ALONE
JOHANNESBURG
STAND ALONE
KUWAIT CITY
STAND ALONE
LONDON
STAND ALONE
LUXEMBOURG
STAND ALONE
MACAU
STAND ALONE
MADRID
STAND ALONE
MEXICO
STAND ALONE
MILAN
STAND ALONE
MONACO
STAND ALONE
MONTREAL
STAND ALONE
MOSCOW
STAND ALONE
MUNICH
STAND ALONE
NEW DELHI
STAND ALONE
PANAMA CITY
STAND ALONE
PANAMA CITY
STAND ALONE
PARIS
STAND ALONE
PRAGUE
STAND ALONE
QUEBEC CITY
STAND ALONE
RIO DE JANEIRO
STAND ALONE
ROME
STAND ALONE
SAN MARINO
STAND ALONE
SAO PAULO
STAND ALONE
SHANGHAI
STAND ALONE
SINGAPORE
STAND ALONE
STOCKHOLM
STAND ALONE
SYDNEY
STAND ALONE
TOKYO
STAND ALONE
TORONTO
STAND ALONE
VATICAN CITY
STAND ALONE
VIENNA
STAND ALONE
ZURICH
When talking about the U.N.
UNITED NATIONS
Recent independence areas in the Balkans
Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo
Canadian datelines
name of the city in capital letters followed by the name of the provence
Commonwealth of independent states
cities in former soviet union, include cities and republic name
Instead of United Kingdom use...
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales
For divided nations
use commonly accepted named based on geography
Island Nations and Territories
Use city name and the general name in the dateline
overseas territory
Bermuda
overseas territory
Corsica
overseas territory
Crimea
overseas territory
Faeroe Islands
overseas territory
Greenland
overseas territory
Guadeloupe
overseas territory
Guam
overseas territory
Martinique
overseas territory
Puerto Rico
overseas territory
Sardinia
overseas territory
Sicily
overseas territory
Sikkim
overseas territory
Tibet
Always use Arabic figures without
st, nd, rd, or th
Months can be abbreviated as...when in as specific date
Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.
When a phrase lists a month and a year
do not separate with commas
when a phrase refers to a month, day, and year
set off with commas
when directions refer to a compass
lowercase
when directions designate regions
uppercase
Directions in names of nations are lowercase unless
they are part of a proper name or are used to designate a politically divided nation
lowercase directions for states and cities
when referring to a section of a state or city
When denoting widely known sections
Capitalize north, south, east, west
In the body of a story the names of the 50 U.S. states should be
SPELLED OUT
no state name is necessary if it is
part of the dateline
These states are NOT abbreviated
Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah
In a dateline in conjunction with the name of a city, town, village, or military base
abbreviate states
in lists, agate, tabular material, credit lines
abbreviate states
in short-form listings of party affiliation
abbreviate states
State punctuation
one commas between city and state name and one comma after
State in Headlines
no periods for those abbrv. with two capital letters
TIME: use figures except for
noon and midnight
TIME: separate hours from minutes with
a colon
Lowercase and spell out titles when
they are not used with an individual's name
lowercase and spell out titles in constructions that
set them off from name by commas
A formal title is
one that denotes a scope of authority, professional activity or academic activity
If you doubt if a title is formal or not,
set the name of the title off with commas
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