AP Stylebook
How are earthquakes measured?
They are measured by seismometers (p. 94)
Which one is in the correct AP format?
1. Amtrak
2. AMTRAK
3. American travel by track
1. Amtrak
mother's day
Mother's Day
five cars
five cars (correct as is)
january fifth
Jan. 5
When can you use "Xmas" as an abbreviation for Christmas?
Never (p. 50)
Which one is in the correct AP format?
1. X-ray
2. Xray
3. x-ray
1. X-ray
the west coast
the West Coast
sixty percent
60%
june sixth
June 6
When is Washington's birthday celebrated?
It is celebrated on the third Monday in February (p. 314)
Which one is in the correct AP format?
1. zip-line
2. Zipline
3. zip line
3. zip line
spring is coming
spring is coming (correct as is)
eleventh in line
11th in line
october twenty-twenty
October 2020
What's another name for German measles?
Rubella (p. 128)
Which one is in the correct AP format?
1. toward
2. towards
1. toward
heading north on maple drive
heading north on Maple Drive
fifteen-years-old
15-years-old
ten in the morning
10 a.m.
What does the term "hat trick" refer to in hockey?
Three goals in one game (p.441)
Which one is in the correct AP format?
1. bogie
2. bogey
2. bogey
the american man
the American man
odds of five to four
5-4
twelve in the morning and afternoon
midnight/noon