AP Style Flashcards
Academic Degree
If mention of a degree is necessary to establish someone’s credentials, the preferred form is to avoid an abbreviation and use instead such a phrase as : “John Jones, who has a doctorate in psychology”
Bachelors degree or bachelor’s degree?
Bachelors’s degree
Darya Hariri, PhD or Hariri, PhD
Darya Hariri, PhD
Darya Hariri, PhD., spoke or Darya Hariri, PhD spoke
Darya Hariri, PhD., spoke
Dr. Pam Jones, PhD or Dr. Pam Jones, a chemist
Dr. Pam Jones, a chemist
Academic Departments
Use lowercase except for words that are proper nouns or adjectives
Can department ever be abbreviated?
No
Addresses
Use the abbreviations Ave., Blvd. and St. Only with a numbered address
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania avenues or Avenues
avenues
Always use figures for am address number
9 Morningside Circle
Spell out and capitalize First through Ninth when used as street names
7 Fifth Ave.
Use figures with two letters for 10th and above
100 21st st
Affect
Means to influence (verb)
The game will affect the standings
Effect
Means to cause (verb)
He will effect many changes in the company
Means result (noun)
The effect was overwhelming. He miscalculated the effect of his actions.
