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Happy first day of summer! @APStylebook says lowercase spring, summer, fall, winter and derivatives such as summertime, summer solstice & summer school. Capitalize if part of formal name: Summer Olympics. – at Village St George, LA
NWS: We can help with 3 out of 4 of these potentially dangerous hazards. Visit weather.gov every day and get your local forecast. Can't do much about that gloom of night though....NASA? nitter.cf/APStylebook/status/106…
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these Stylebook editors from the swift completion of their appointed Twitter chats. Join our #APStyleChat on winter weather terms, today at 2:30 p.m. EST.
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#Election2018 at @AP: @AP_Politics: Our Senate, House, governor race calls. @AP: Major results/big picture. AP VoteCast data: apne.ws/0SCQpT1 AP insight on Instagram: apne.ws/mPdeM03 AP journalists: apne.ws/y1zvJKt And more below. apne.ws/sARq8Kj
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An earlier AP story on Anthony Bourdain’s suicide mentioned details about his death that were not in keeping with AP style. We have removed those details in the current version. apne.ws/rKzb1wR
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You've never heard me play the mandolin ...
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My vegetable intake is so out of tune.
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Both can shred your fingertips.
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Related: a dulcimer is a musical instrument; a dull simmer is what you do when cooking soup.
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An @APStylebook reminder: Use Medal of Honor "recipient" or a synonym, but NOT "winner" #MedalofHonor #JamesMcCloughan
Some sites make it easy to run up the number of purported online petition signers by clicking or returning to the page multiple times. (2/2)
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Be cautious about quoting the number of signers of online petitions. (1/2)
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Why the @APStylebook went with "esports," not "eSports," via @espn. apne.ws/2tNsB2x
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Clarifying that second sentence: Don't use as a noun and don't use the term transgendered.
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Memory aid: The apostrophe usually isn't used if "for" or "by" would be in the longer form: a college for teachers, a trade by the Reds.
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No apostrophe for a word ending in s being used primarily in a descriptive way: a Reds infielder, a teachers college, a writers guide.
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Fresno police: Slaying suspect told them he hates white people, shouted "God is great" in Arabic before killings. apne.ws/2pBVg8C
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We deleted a tweet about a Fresno slaying suspect shouting "God is great." It failed to note he said it in Arabic. A new tweet is upcoming.
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AP style is esports for competitive multiplayer video gaming. Use alternate forms like eSports or e-sports only if part of a formal name.
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Making a case for a singular ‘they.’ On our blog: apne.ws/2nkzB2F
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