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It’s time to catch up on some AP rules as clarified on Ask the Editor:
- Heat wave is two words; don’t hyphenate it or make it one word. Example: This heat wave is so bad, my tires melted.
- Don’t use double punctuation in a story. For example, if you have an exclamation point, but the sentence hasn’t ended, don’t also use a comma. Here’s an example from Ask the Editor: When she said "Boo!" they were all afraid.
- Olympics tip: When using Team USA, capitalize the t. AP says, “For other nations, AP tends to use generic names, such as the British Olympic team (lowercase t).”
- Recycled water from sinks and showers is graywater. One word, no hyphen, and use the American spelling of gray.
- You “while away” an afternoon, not “wile away.”
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- The Wall Street Journal has a fun quiz to test your grammar skills. Check it out at the link above and see how you do.
From the latest AP style changes to timely copy editing reminders, check out everything you need to know to make your copy clean.
