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Those who read our style tips often are good communicators. Does that mean if you frequently read our tips, you'll be a good communicator?.Or that those who read our tips are often good communicators?.Can both be true? Of course. But be careful where you place your modifier if

When referring to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the shortened form Machinists union is acceptable in all references.

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Many writers learned to never split infinitives. AP style advises that in many cases, splitting the infinitive or compound forms of a verb is necessary to convey meaning and make a sentence easy to read. Such constructions are acceptable.

AP style for your summer meals:.* No hyphens in corn on the cob or soft serve ice cream. * Icebox pie has a filling that is chilled or frozen, rather than baked. Icebox is one word, no hyphen. * BLT is acceptable on first reference for a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich. We.

Our primary dictionary, @MerriamWebster, shows that the proper terms are iced tea or iced coffee, meaning cooled by ice. It’s not ice tea or ice coffee. Add the Merriam-Webster module to your Stylebook Online subscription to check the proper terminology for your cool, refreshing

The first live session of our writing course Write Your Way to Success is coming on Tuesday. Stylebook editor Anna Jo Bratton is among the AP journalists who will join host Ted Anthony for this four-part online course. Don't miss it!

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disease that researchers have linked to concussions or repeated blows to the head. It is most closely associated with football but also has been diagnosed in some athletes from other contact sports and military combat.

AP style cautions against using words that suggest a disability is negative, such as afflicted with, battling or suffers from any disability or illness, or that a person overcame her disability. Instead use neutral phrases such as "has cancer" or "being treated for cancer." .Bear.

When writing about academic departments, use lowercase except for words that are proper nouns or adjectives: the department of history, the history department, the department of English, the English department. Capitalize the official and formal name of a department, such as the.

This fall, we're offering two all-new workshops:.* AP Stylebook Workshop 101: Master the Mechanics will focus on the fundamentals including punctuation, capitalization and numerals. * AP Stylebook Workshop 201: Refine Your Content will cover the big-picture questions of how to

Either accident or crash is generally acceptable for automobile and other collisions and wrecks. However, when negligence is claimed or proven, avoid the term accident, which can be read by some as a term exonerating the person responsible. In such cases, use crash, collision or.

Are you the person to whom coworkers come when they have questions about using who or whom? Or do you just rewrite the sentence if you aren't sure if you should use who or whom?. We've heard it said that "whom" might just disappear because most people don't understand it. Would

People often ask us why their AP Stylebook doesn't have spiral binding. We sell the spiral-bound AP Stylebook on our website. If you bought yours somewhere else, you probably got the version with traditional paperback binding. The content is the same, it's just packaged

If a person suffocates in water or other fluid, the proper statement is that the individual drowned. To say that someone "was drowned" implies that another person caused the death by holding the victim's head under the water.

The term hacker is commonly used for someone who penetrates computer systems without authorization. The term originally referred to anyone with expertise in programming or hardware who tinkers with technology to understand its workings and explore new uses.

The term hot spot can be used to describe an area where computers can connect wirelessly, a troubled global locale, or an area of intense heat in general. In all cases, it's two words with no hyphen.

A new Stylebook Online entry shows that we recommend the spellings dox, doxed and doxing, with one x, not the double x doxx/doxxed/doxxing. Our dictionary, @MerriamWebster, defines doxing as publicly identifying or publishing private information about someone, especially as a.

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