Wow! The
Associated Press Stylebook is amazing. There are so many rules I have been
breaking that I didn’t even know existed. I have been writing incorrect
addresses, times, ratios, ages, directions, ranges, numbers, and that’s not
all. Almost every entry I read I learned something I didn’t know before.
One of the
biggest things I learned was city names in datelines. I thought every city
needed a state after. This is very important if you are planning to go into
journalism or write press releases. You don’t have to put the state after Salt
Lake City in datelines. There are many cities in the U.S. as well as
internationally that don’t need states or countries to follow. See “datelines”
in your AP Stylebook for all cities.
Another
item of value I learned was about addresses and times. This is very important
to anyone who is going to write an address on a website, send out invitations or give someone information about a party.
The party
will be at 354 Washington Blvd. from 9-11 p.m.
This
Facebook post has many grammar issues, but there is one I wouldn’t have caught
if I didn’t do this week’s reading in the AP Stylebook. I never knew “drunken”
was used as the adjective before nouns. I have always heard “drunk driving,” so
I thought that was acceptable. It’s supposed to be “drunken driving.”
Yeah I am also a victim of writing ratios, dates, and times incorrectly and having no idea I was doing it. There were so many rules! It will be so hard to remember them all. Thank god we have a book to reference.
ReplyDeleteRules, rules and more rules. I never realized I was writing so many things incorrectly. I agree with both of you. It is so good to have a book to reference. I would never be able to know everything in my head. Sometimes I feel that everything goes in one ear and out the other. So, it is great to know that when those moments occur I can use the book.
ReplyDeleteRules, rules and more rules. I never realized I was writing so many things incorrectly. I agree with both of you. It is so good to have a book to reference. I would never be able to know everything in my head. Sometimes I feel that everything goes in one ear and out the other. So, it is great to know that when those moments occur I can use the book.
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