State of Confusion
Atlanta is a stand-alone city. It does not need Georgia as an ID.
True or False: Datelines contain the time
False: city, state, date
False - Ohio is too short
Comma or No Comma: January 2016
No Comma - January 2016
True or False: January 15, 2016
False: Jan. 15, 2016 - abbreviate with month, date and year
True or False: The City of Chicago is cold.
False: The city of Chicago is cold.
True or False: Dateline is NEW HAVEN, CT - May 20, 2025
False - NEW HAVEN, Conn. - May 20, 2025
True or False - Texas should be abbreviated in text
False - too short
Comma or No Comma: Washington, D.C,
Comma - Washington, D.C.
Correct? The 1980's
No - The 1980s
Los Angeles is a stand-alone city - no need for a state.
True - No need to ID the state
This is a proper dateline in AP Style:Kansas City, Mo. - Feb. 15, 2016
False - Capitalize the CITY: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Feb. 15, 2016
The abbreviation for Connecticut in AP Style
Conn. Not the postal code: CT
Hamden, Connecticut
Two months of the five months never abbreviated when used with a date.
False - The state of New York
New York is a stand-alone city
True - No need for NEW YORK, New York
Mass.
How many commas in this: "Feb. 14 2025 is the target date"
Two - Feb. 14, 2025, is the target date.
True or False: Comma after the year in text. Feb. 12, 2025, is the target date.
True: Feb. 12, 2025, is the target date.
Two of the eight states never abbreviated in datelines:
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, Utah
True or False: Hartford is a stand-alone city
False - Hartford, Conn. in a dateline.
The AP Style abbreviation for Alaska is Alas.
False - Alaska is one of the eight never abbreviated.
Comma or No Comma: He was driving to Canton, Ohio, today.
Comma - always after state.