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states

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always spell out the names of states in the body of news stories. with datelines, you use ap state abbreviations with the exception of spelling out states with five letters or less Ohio Alaska and Hawaii. do not use postal service abbreviations except in mailing addresses

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composition titles

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use equation marks around titles of books, songs, movies, operas, plays, poems, tv, computer games (not software), lectures, speeches, and works of art. Exception: Use descriptive titles for religious texts, references works or orchestral works

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names

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the first time you mention someone use the name as they'd like it to it appear, nicknames in quotation marks, in following references use last names only except for children under 18 or when first names are needed to prevent confusion

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datelines

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used at the beginning of a story to indicate where stories originate, names of many cities stand alone without state

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titles

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capitalize titles before names, use lower case titles after names. don't use a title after first reference unless its in a quote

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Dr.

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use for medical doctors, not used for phds use the academic title, check to make sure which title your source has

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allege

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do not use allege as a routine qualifier. Instead use a word such as apparent, ostensible or reputed

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quotations

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quotes should be actual words spoken or written to you by living people. if using quotes from other sources you must give credit. never alter quotes even to correct minor grammatical errors or word usage

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commas

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do NOT use a comma before and in a simple series. do use a comma at the end of a quotation, inside the quotation marks

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ages

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use numerals

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percent

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always use numbers and the word percent

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time element

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use the day of the week within seven days of publication, otherwise use the date. do not include the year unless its not the current year. do not use today tomorrow or yesterday,

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Toward, afterward and forward

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do not have and s on the end

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addresses

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abbreviate only ave. blvd. and st. and only when used with numbers. Spell out and capitalize when used with a street name but no number

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numbers

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the numbers one through nine are spelled out with exceptions in dates times ages percentages, for numbers 10 or higher use numbers

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on

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do not use before a date or day of the week

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include

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use to introduce a series when items are only some of the total

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said

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preferred in attribution in news stories. its more direct and free of innuendo

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compose/comprise

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compose means to put together, comprise includes all

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dates

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abbreviate the month if used with a date, otherwise spell it out, don't abbreviate months spelled with five or less letters, don't use st nd rd or th

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time date and place

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that is the proper order for listing specifics about an event

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times

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use am and pm lower case with periods. do not ue zeros in whole hours 5 p.m. use midnight and noon to avoid 12am vs pm

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