caps or no caps
"President" as a job title is only capitalized when?
What is "before the name"?
Example: President Randy Boyd
This is 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. in AP style.
What is noon or midnight?
These numbers should generally be written out, according to AP Style.
What is "one through nine"?
The volleyball game was hosted on September 4, according to AP Style.
What is "Sept. 4"?
This country bought 52% of all American soybean exports last year and none at all this year.
What is China?
In AP Style, the names of seasons — like spring, summer, fall, and winter — are capitalized under this condition.
What is "only when part of a formal event or name"? (e.g., Spring Ball)
This is how you would write “3 o’clock in the afternoon” in AP Style.
What is 3 p.m.?
If it's 32 degrees here, it is zero in Canada.
What is "Fahrenheit" and "Celsius"? (written out)
The title of my English professor, Dr. Jenkins, looks like this.
What is "professor Jenkins, PhD."?
A study by Purdue found that the wholesale price of turkey has risen by 75% since last year for what reason?
What is avian flu outbreak?
According to AP Style, "north" and "south" are only capitalized when they refer to this.
What is a region? (e.g., the West Coast, the South, but he drove west)
July 4th looks like this in AP Style.
What is July 4 (no "th")?
Use this word in AP style instead of a hyphen when talking about a range of time or ages.
What is "to"?
Example: In 5 to 10 years...
These types of streets are never abbreviated even with a full address with a number.
What is Road, Circle, Terrace and Way?
In 2010, 67% of Americans said they drink alcohol at least occasionally. Gallup says this percentage drinks occasionally as of 2025.
What is 54%
The author Stephen King lives in Maine.
The lower-case title is referred to as this in AP Style.
What is an "occupational title"?
We're approaching this time of year, celebrated on Dec. 25.
What is "Christmastime"? (one word in AP Style)
AP Style uses this for ages.
What is a numeral?
Example: "She is 7 years old."
For AP Style datelines, cities and states are in these cases.
What is upper-case city and lower-case state?
Example: KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
The New York Times announced this major change to its restaurant reviews this year.
What is: having two chief critics? (a first for the paper)
Foot Safety: How to Keep Up With Food Recalls
This headline is incorrect for what reason?
Use sentence case (or down-style) for headlines, meaning only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized.
Correct Headline:
Food safety: how to keep up with food recalls
This decade featured the release of the Beatles' first album.
What is the "1960s"? (no apostrophe)
If my dad gives me a dollar, I would write it this way in AP Style.
(casual reference, or non-specific amount)
In AP Style, states are written like this in the body of a text.
What is "written out"? (In other words, don't abbreviate!)
Elite colleges are looking for this quality among applicants nowadays.
What is "a tolerance for opposing views"?