AP style quiz
This is comforting: Even The New York Times makes AP style mistakes. (Or they oddly have their own house style on this point.) A gold star to the first commenter to spot the AP style problem in this article. Don't worry ... it's pretty obvious.
In other recent news that I haven't had a chance to comment on:
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posted by Ryan @ 11:13 AM
5 comments
5 Comments:
Not knowing really anything about formal AP style, I'll just have to guess that One-Note should not be hyphenated.
As you know, Ryno, The Times does have its own style - it doesn't follow AP on many points, including courtesy titles.
However, I thought it did follow AP on state names and abbreviations. I didn't read the story (I only made it through the top cutline), but Maine is not abbreviated Me. in AP style.
In fact, Maine is never abbreviated in AP style.
What do I win?
As I said in the post, you get a gold star, Jim.
Oh. I thought "gold star" was analogous for some other more exciting prize.
Sorry for getting your hopes up. But, as an expert in the field, you should know I don't have the cash for any exciting prizes.
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