AP Flashcards
Academic Departments
Use lowercase unless it is proper noun
Address with a street number
Use abbreviations like blvd.
Address without street number
Spell out whole address
Age of people and animals
Use numbers
Correct way of speaking of death
Died not passed away
Held hold
To be used literally only as in the action
Who
When used for a person or animal
Whom
When the subject is doing a verb
Titles
Use only as a courtesy
Spacing
Only one space per line
Dealing with series
Do not put a comma on the word before and
That
Pronoun used for inanimate objects
Which
Pronoun used for animals that are unnamed
Apostrophes
Generally used to show possession
a.m. p.m.
Lowercase do not use in conjunction with noon or midnight
It’s
It is or it has
Its
Shows possession
Months
Capitalize all months but abbreviate them
Numerals
Spell out 1-9 use numerals for numbers greater
Numerals
Spell out 1-9 use numerals for numbers greater
Quotations
Inside must be word for word
