Numbers
How should $1.5 million be written?
$1.5 million
his is the correct AP style abbreviation for the month of January when paired with a date.
What is Jan.?
A punctuation marked you should use sparingly, if at all, in copy.
What is an exclamation mark?
AP style prefers this word instead of writing “12 p.m.”
What is noon?
AP style writes this single word for organizations that do not operate for profit.
what is nonprofit?
Numbers over this, you should use numerals.
What is 10?
AP style uses this abbreviation for Eastern Time.
What is ET
AP style uses the serial comma only in cases of this situation.
What is clarity or ambiguity?
This U.S. region is capitalized in AP style.
What is the Midwest?
AP style writes percentages using this symbol.
What is %?
How should this be written: The budget increased by five percent?
5%
This is the correct AP abbreviation for Street when used with a numbered address.
What is St.?
In AP style, commas and periods always go in this position relative to quotation marks.
What is inside?
This collective noun is treated as plural in AP style when referring to law enforcement.
What is police?
Floors in buildings are written this way in AP style.
What is first, second, third?
AP style spells out numbers below this value.
What is nine and under?
This title is abbreviated before a name but spelled out when it stands alone.
What is Dr.?
AP style prefers this spelling for someone who gives academic guidance.
What is an adviser?
Website names are written using this capitalization style.
What is lowercase?
Times in AP style drop unnecessary zeros and appear this way. (Give an example).
What is 8 p.m.?
For dates, we don't use ordinals, but when we refer to what level a person is taking in K-12 we do.
What are grades?
Even though it has three letters, this academic degree is abbreviated using one period in AP style.
What is Ph.D?
There are two options of punctuations you can use when you have two independent clauses with no conjunction.
What is a period and semicolon?
AP style distinguishes “farther” from “further” by using “farther” for this type of distance.
What is physical distance?
AP style uses this spelling for wireless internet access.
What is Wi-Fi?