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AP Style Highlights of the most important style rules
When to capitalize titles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Abbreviate SOME titles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
After a name, don’t capitalize a title and spell it out ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Abbreviate in addresses only with an  exact, numbered  address ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Abbreviate BAS in addresses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Dates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Don’t abbreviate the ‘short’ months ,[object Object],[object Object]
Capitalization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Abbreviating states ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How to remember which states to abbreviate ,[object Object],[object Object]
Numbers ,[object Object],[object Object]
Use figures for these exceptions: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Money ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Except on tests… ,[object Object]
What's wrong here? Buffalo State College is at 1300 Elmwood Avenue.
What's wrong here? The Gov. did not pardon the Dr.
What's wrong here? The project is slated to cost $4 to $6 million.
What's wrong here? The play will be held November 30th.
What's wrong here? Performances begin at 9 in the evening.
What's wrong here? He took the test 2 times before he passed it.
What's wrong here? Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running for the Senate.
What's wrong here? My ten-year-old car is now worth about ten dollars.
What's wrong here? Florida Atlantic University's downtown tower is located at 111 East Las Olas Boulevard, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
What's wrong here? At the conference, I met the Author Dave Barry and Carlos Alvarez, Mayor of Miami.
What's wrong here? This exhibition opens August 23, 2010, and ends in Jan. 2011
What's wrong here? The only places I really want to go are Ladysmith, Wis., and Round Lake, Oh.
What's wrong here? The two-year-old boy couldn't lift the four-pound pumpkin, so his ten-year-old sister helped him.

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