Associated Press stylebook 2014

514 Pages·2014·8.29 MB·English

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ASSOCIPARTEESSDTS V LEBOOK
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PaulFar oke
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD iv
WHAT'SN EW v
QUICRKE FERENGCUEI ED vi
STYLEBOKOEKV viii
STYLEBOOK
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GUIDTEO P UNCTUATION
STATEMENOTFN EWSV ALUES
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deafmatpiroinv,aa nccdyo pyriingfrhitn gement. 312
KILLSC,O RRECITVESA NDC LARIFAITCIONS 354
SENDINTGE XTS TORIES 359
SOCIAMLE DIAG UIEDLINES 367
SPORTGSU IDEILNESA NDS TYLE 398
FOODG UIEDLINES 421
FASHIONG UIDLEIENS 440
RELIGIGOUNI DLEINES 450
BUSINSESG UIDEILNES
Covering ECaornripnoRgrespa otret s 475
International Bureaus 478
Bankruptcy 479
MergaenrAdsc quisitions 482
BROADCASGTU IDEILNES 486
PHOTOC APTIONS 493
EDIITNGMA RKS 501
BILBIOGARPHY 502
ABOUTT HEA P
FOREWORD
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QUICRKE FERENCGEU IED
A heavenbloyd iepsl,a n-et1s 17,
201
Artse,n tertainment
AcademAyw ard-s 3 temperat-ur2e5s1
artwor-k2s 0 weathteerm 1-s 274
composittiiot-nl e5s7
moviset udi-o1s 69 G
musicco mpani-e1s 71 Grammar, punctuation
apostro-ph2e8 7
B capitali-za3t9i on
Business colo-n2 89
bankrup-tc2y5 4,7 9 comma- 289
brannda mest,r adem-ar3k3 2,5 9 das-h 291
compannya mes- 53 ellip-s2is9 1
loatne rminol-o1g5y 0 essentcilaalu sneosn,e ssential
mergearnsd a cqsuiiti-on4s8 2 clau-ses8 9
exclamatpiooinn- t2 92
c hyphe-n 292
Computers parenth-es2e9s3
bitb,y t-e 293,6 perio-ds2 94
cellph-on4e2 plura-l2s0 2
emai-l 87 possess-iv2e0s7
gigabyktiel,o b-yt1e0 91,4 1 prefixseusf,f i-xe2s1 02,4 6
Googl-e 1103,7 1 questmiaornk - 294
Intern-et1 30 quotatmiaornk -s 295
URL- 265 semico-lo2n9 6
viruwso,r m- 270 slas-h2 37
Web,w ebsi-te2 793,7 6
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Crimec,o nflict
accuseadl,l eagrer,e isntd,i- ct3 , Health
112,0 1,2 8 disablheadn,d icap-pe7d7
assassin, kille-r2, 0m urderedri sea-se7s7
assaublatt,t -er2y 1 drug-s 80
burglalrayr,c ernoyb,b etrhy,e- ft embry-o 87
35 epidempiacn,d em-ic8 9
civcials ecsr,i micnaasle -s4 8 fet-us9 8
cournta me-s 65 food- 1014,2 1-439
DUI/DWI- 81 hearatt tachke,a rfta ilucraer,d iac
felomniys,d eme-an97o r arres-t 117
homicide, mmuarndselra,u ghter MedicaMiedd,i ca-re1 57
-122 mental il-l1n5es7s
innocennottg, u il-ty1 29
Mafi-a 153 N
pardopna,r olper,o bat-io1n9 7 Numbers
prison,-j2ai1l2 age-s 7
priva-cy2 13 averamgeea,n m,e dianno,r m- 23
war- 271 decimal -un7i2t s
weapo-ns2 72 dimensi-on7s6
fractio-n1s0 3
E kilogrkaiml,o me-te1r4 1
Environment metrsiycs t-em1 60
earteha,r thqua-k8e2s milliobnisl,l itornisl,l -io1n6s6
FahrenhCeeilts,i -us4 29,4 numera-ls1 84
QUIRCEKF ERGEUNIC-DEv Ei i
perce-nt1 99 religimoouvse mentrse,f ere-nces
rati-os2 21 223,468,469
Romann umera-ls2 28
speedmsp,h ,k ph- 1411,6 3,241 s
Sports
p baseb-al4l0 1
People basket-ba4l0l3
African-Amebrliacc-akn 6,, 2 9 footba-ll4 09
Asian-Amer-ic2a0n Olympi-cs1 91,415
child-re4n5 scor-es4 16
citizreens,i desnutb,j encatt,i onal, socc-er4 16
nati-ve4 7 sporstpso nsnoarm e-s 418
emigraitmem,i gra-t8e8
femal-e 98 T
gayl,e sbihaonm,o sex-ua1l0 6 Time
HispanLiact,i n-o1 201,4 5 date-s7 1
husbanwdi,f- e 124 historicala npdee rvieon-dtss
illeigmamli grati1on2 5- 120
IndiaNnast,i vAem eric-an1 28, holidaaynsdh oldya y-s 1214,6 0
176 month-s 168
LGBT- 148 timeel ementti,mo ef d ayt,i m-es
nationalaintdri aecs-e s1 75 253,254
nobil-it1y8 0 year-s2 84
rac-e 220 Titles
Places academdiecg redeesp,a rtments,
addres-se4s tit-le3s
citiaensdt own-s 47 composittiiotnl- e5s 7
datel-in6es9 doct-or7 8
directainodnr se gio-ns7 6 legislattiit-vlee1 s4 7
geograpnhaimce -s 108 milittairtyl- e1s6 4
latitaunddle o ngit-ud1e4 5 namesa,d uljtusv,e ni-le5s,1 74
stantaem e-s 243 religitoiut-sl e2s2 44,7 0
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Bibl-e 284,5 2 quotatiiontn hsen ews- 219
godasn dg oddes-seIs0 94,5 9 (si-c)2 36
holidaaynsdh oldya y-s 1214,6 0 texttsr,a nsc-ri2pt5s1
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