AP Stylebook updates
The AP Stylebook has announced some big style changes:
U.S.: The abbreviation is acceptable as a noun or adjective for
United States. (Before, the noun had to be spelled out.)
fundraising, fundraiser One word in all cases.
best-seller Hyphenate in all uses.
National Guard Capitalize when referring to U.S. or state-level forces, or foreign forces when that is the formal name: the National Guard, the Guard, the Iowa National Guard, Iowa's National Guard, National Guard troops, the Iraqi National Guard. When referring to an individual in a National Guard unit, use National Guardsman: He is a National Guardsman. Lowercase guardsman when it stands alone. (Before, the foreign forces were lowercase.)
Fatah A secular political party and former guerrilla movement founded by Yasser Arafat that has dominated Palestinian politics since the 1960s.
Sears Holdings Corp. A 2005 merger of Kmart and Sears, Roebuck and Co. Based in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
posted by Nicole @ 7:02 PM
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4 Comments:
'Holding' in the last entry should read 'Holdings.'
Wow, they finally fixed fund-raiser so it makes sense and people can actually remember the style for it? Amazing. Between that and teenager, I'm starting to think the AP is actually being a little progressive. Now, if only they'd allow us blog...
*waits impatiently for the new stylebooks to come out*
Like I've said elsewhere, I'd have preferred for them to make all references hyphenated. But I do appreciate the uniformity.
What do I want next? A chance for the baby-sitting entry. I look that up almost every time. (Here I will test myself: All hyphens except for "baby sitter"? That's my guess.)
They ought to put the meaning of in lieu of on the front cover for a year or two. AP and local writers are messing it up worse than ever. "He was released in lieu of $20,000 bond" showed up in AP copy recently. The editor of the local daily asked, "What's wrong with that?"
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