Tag Archives: AP Style

As we edge closer to Dec. 25, I ask this simple question: Do we need a rule about whether you should use Christmas or Xmas for the holiday?

When visiting your favorite fast-food restaurant, will you go through its drive-through or drive-thru lane to pick up a bite to eat?

Do you know whether you should be using dashes or hyphens when you write? It depends on what you're trying to accomplish!

While some people still seem unwilling to negotiate the 'singular they,' we also need to discuss appropriate singular they pronouns.

Updated Associated Press Stylebook guidance called for journalists to stop using the terms 'assault rifle' and 'assault weapon' in stories.

Those of us who grew up around the golden age of the Western remember the teepee as those conical-shaped Native American dwellings.

If you write professionally or academically, you probably saw terms like 'sentence case' and 'title case.' But they aren't the only ones.

If you read about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, you may see different spellings for the name of the Ukrainian president.

We constantly see apostrophes used incorrectly to indicate plurals. But do you say Do's or Dos for the opposite don'ts?

Do you think there's a difference between the terms fireman or firefighter? I didn't when I was a kid, but that seems to have changed.

Whether you love it or hate it, if you think the Associated Press Stylebook decided to ban Oxford Commas, you should reread what it says!

When you're writing calls for you to select the proper past participle form of 'prove,' should you select proved or proven?

Singer and activist Demi Lovato came out earlier this month as nonbinary and selected 'they/them' as the proper pronouns.

If you couldn't guess what a 'second gentleman' might mean, you can now find the definition in the dictionary. And he helped spread the word!

The Associated Press reached a decision on whether to follow its rule on capitalizing Black as a race with a similar rule about whether to capitalize White.

People argue about whether it's appropriate to capitalize black and white when referring to people's races, but disagreement remains.