Numerals
What numbers do you spell out?
one through nine
What is the abbreviation for Portable Document Format?
When do you capitalize organization and institution names?
When expressing a specific date, do you put "on" before the date
No, "on" is not used before the date.
What structure do you use when referring to age
Age-year-old
What is the abbreviation for Parent Teacher Association
PTA
When do you capitalize "Public School?'
When do you use person in an article?
When referring to only one person.
When writing numbers greater than three digits, what is needed?
A comma (ex. 3,000,000).
What is the abbreviation for Newspaper Association of America
NAA
What is the correct way to write P.M. or am.
Not capitalized, use with periods.
When should a journalist use "people"?
When there he/she is talking about more than one person?
When referring to money, how should it be expressed?
Number figures or spelled-out numbers?
Number figures should be used to express money.
ex. $4.00
When is the acceptable time to use the abbreviation PDF and PTA
All the time
When is the appropriate time to capitalize "presidential?"
Only when it is part of a proper name
How is presently used in AP style?
Presently means "in a little while" or "shortly".
when referring to a certain decade in the past, how should it be written?
With an apostrophe "s" or without and apostrophe?
Without an apostrophe (1960s).
To shorten long titles
When is it appropriate to capitalize season names?
Only when being used as a formal name. ex: Winter Olympics
In a simple series, which comma placement is correct?
Choice #1 or #2:
1.) The class requires books, pencils and pens?
2.) The class requires books, pencils, and pens?
Choice #1 is correct.