Ap Style

Question 1

Do you spell out the name of all states or abbreviate them?

Answer 1

Spell out the names.

Ex: Northridge, California

Question 2

What months do you spell out completely?

Answer 2

The months with five or less words.

Ex: March, April, May, June, and July

Question 3

How do you abbreviate a numbered address? 1600 Pennsylvania Ave or 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Answer 3

1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

Question 4

What’s the difference between Affect and Effect?

Answer 4

Affect means to influence. Ex: the game will affect the standings.
Effect, as a verb, means to cause. Ex: He will effect many changes n the company.
Effect, as a noun, means result. Ex: the effect was overwhelming.

Question 5

What’s the difference between its and it’s?

Answer 5

It’s is a contraction for “it is” of “it has”.
Ex: it’s up to you. It’s been a long time.
Its is the possessive for, of the neuter pronoun.
Ex: the dog chased its tail.

Question 6

When is it appropriate to capitalize the name of a month?

Answer 6

You must capitalize the names In all use.

Question 7

What term do you use when somebody passes away?

Answer 7

Always use “died”. Do not use the phrase “passed away”.

Question 8

Are the names of seasons supposed to be capitalized or lower case?

Answer 8

Lowercase at all times nose part of a formal name.

Ex: Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics, Fall 2014 Semester.

Question 9

Do you or do you not use a comma before the word “and” when listing a series of there or more things?

Answer 9

No. Do not use a comma.
Ex: the flag was red, white and blue.
She has lived in many communities, including Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Canoga Park and Reseda.

Question 10

Spacing between sentences.

Answer 10

Always use one space between sentences. Never more.

Question 11

When is it appropriate to use “to”?

Answer 11

Use “to” between two dates, times or numerals.

Ex; the museum, which has a mummy display from June to August, is open from 10a.m. To 6p.m. Daily.

Question 12

How is “who”used?

Answer 12

Who is the pronoun used for references to human beings and animals with a name. It is grammatically the subject (never the object) of a sentence.
Ex: the woman who rented the apartment moved up without notifying

Question 13

When is “who,” used?

Answer 13

Whom is used when someone is the object of the verb or preposition:
Ex: the woman to whom the apartment was rented moved it without notifying the owner. Whom do you wish to see?

Question 14

How to write a.m And p.m.

Answer 14

Use the lowercase at all times. a.m., p.m.

Question 15

Apostrophe

Answer 15

Generally used to show possession.

Ex: the alumni’s contributions. Women’s rights.

Question 16

Held

Answer 16

Use held only in the literal sense.
Ex: he held the pencil.
Don’t use held when referring to events, concerts, conventions, etc.

Question 17

Academic departments

Answer 17

Use lowercase for rods that are proper bounces or adjectives.
Ex: the department of history, the history department, the department of English.

Question 18

Ages

Answer 18

Use hyphens for ages expressed as adjectives before a noun or as substitute for a noun.
Ex: a 5-year-old boy, but the boy is 5 years old.n

Question 19

Numerals

Answer 19

Spell out one through mine; 10 and higher use numerals.

Question 20

When to use “over”

Answer 20

Generally refers to spatial relationships( the plane flew over the city) but is now acceptable when referring to a quantity.
Both sentences are acceptable: their salaries increased over $20 a week. Their salaries increased more than $20 a week.