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AP Style D
- Damage vs. Damages
- Damage = Destruction
- "Authorities said damage from the
storm would total more than $1
billion"
- "Authorities said damage from the
storm would total more than $1
billion"
- Damages = Awarded by a court
as compensation for injury, loss,
etc
- "The woman received $25,00 in damages"
- "The woman received $25,00 in damages"
- Damage = Destruction
- Datelines
- Contain a CITY NAME (all caps) followed by name of the state, country or territory.
- In citing OTHER cities within the body of a story
- No further info necessary if a
city is in same state as city in
Dateline
- Follow the city name with further ID in
most cases where it is not in the same state
of dateline city.
- DO NOT refer to Boston,
Mass., in a story with the
dateline NEW YORK
- DO NOT refer to Boston,
Mass., in a story with the
dateline NEW YORK
- No further info necessary if a
city is in same state as city in
Dateline
- In citing OTHER cities within the body of a story
- Contain a CITY NAME (all caps) followed by name of the state, country or territory.
- Demolish vs. Destroy
- Both = completely. Something cannot be partially
demolished or destroyed. It is redundant to say "totally
demolished" or "totally destroyed"
- Both = completely. Something cannot be partially
demolished or destroyed. It is redundant to say "totally
demolished" or "totally destroyed"
- Department
- List the subject first in news stories, A phrase such
as "the department" should be used on the second
reference
- "Agriculture
Department and
Commerce
Department"
- Exceptions = "Department
of Homeland Security"
- "Agriculture
Department and
Commerce
Department"
- lowercase "department" in plural
uses, but CAPITALIZE THE PROPER
NAME ELEMENT
- "the departments of Labor and Justice."
- "Kissinger said, 'State and Justice must resolve
their differences." VS. "Henry Kissinger, the
secretary of the state."
- lowercase the department
whenever it stands alone.
- lowercase the department
whenever it stands alone.
- "the departments of Labor and Justice."
- In stories with US
datelines, do not
include "U.S." before
the titles of
government officials.
- List the subject first in news stories, A phrase such
as "the department" should be used on the second
reference
- Differnent
- Takes the preposition "from"
- Takes the preposition "from"
- Dimensions
- Spell out "inches, feet, yards," and use figures to indicate and hyphenate
adjectival forms before nouns.
- Depth, height, length, width
- "He is 5 feet 6 inches tall." VS. "The 5-foot 6-inch man."
- "The storm left 5 inches of snow"
- "The storm left 5 inches of snow"
- Depth, height, length, width
- Use apostrophe to indicate
feet and quote marks to
indicate inches (5'6'') only in
technical contexts.
- Spell out "inches, feet, yards," and use figures to indicate and hyphenate
adjectival forms before nouns.
- Directions vs. Regions
- lowercase for compass directions
- "He drove west, the cold front is moving east"
- "He drove west, the cold front is moving east"
- Capitalize to designate regions
- "The North was victorious, the South shall rise again, The candidate developed a Southern strategy."
- "The North was victorious, the South shall rise again, The candidate developed a Southern strategy."
- With Nation Name, Lowercase unless
part of proper name or are used to
designate a politically divided nation.
- northern France, western United States.
- Northern Ireland, South Korea
- Northern Ireland, South Korea
- northern France, western United States.
- lowercase for compass directions
- Disabled, Handicapped
- Avoid descriptions that
connote pity, such as
"afflicted with" or "suffers
from"
- Avoid descriptions that
connote pity, such as
"afflicted with" or "suffers
from"
- Dollars
- ALWAYS lowercase and
don't link numerals and
word by a hyphen.
- "he is worth $4.35 million. He proposed a $300 billion budget."
- "he is worth $4.35 million. He proposed a $300 billion budget."
- ALWAYS lowercase and
don't link numerals and
word by a hyphen.
- Drunk, Drunken
- Drunk= Spelling of the adjective
used AFTER a form of the verb to
be. "He was drunk"
- Drunken = The spelling of the
adjective used BEFORE NOUNS. "A
drunken driver. Drunken driving."
- Drunk= Spelling of the adjective
used AFTER a form of the verb to
be. "He was drunk"
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