Other stuff Flashcards
In city names, abbreviate “St.” but spell out
Fort, Port, Mount
In full names set as initials, use a
full space between initials: E. B. White
In names set as initials without a last name
don’t use a space between initials: E.B.
All-initial names:
no spaces, no periods (JFK) but spell out on first ref
Abbreviate state names in ____ and use ____
datelines; AP style
Academic course names:
Cap when simple (Economics 101), cap and put in quotes when complex (“Women in European History”)
Only hyphen African American, Asian American, etc. if
the term precedes another capitalized word
Genus:
Capitalized and italicized
species:
lowercase and italicized (following capped Genus)
When naming multiple rivers/valleys/streets/etc. together
capitalize the plural Rivers/Valleys/Etc.
Adverbs in heds:
Capitalized (It, Is, Be, Out)
Last word of a hed:
Always capped
When citing a foreign-language book and its translation, put original title _____ and translated title _____
in italics; Roman, in quotes, in parens after original
Google search terms:
italicized
Podcast names:
italicized
American Revolution =
the Revolution
French (or Other) Revolution =
the revolution
Mottoes and adages:
In quotes, initial cap, no comma before: What happened to “What would Jesus Do?”
A phrase that would normally be hyphenated can be left open in quotes when
it is alone in the quotes
100 years for ____ but a hundred years when ____
exact time; used casually
Not Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse but
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska (US legislature)
If a foreign term contains an English word
italicize to avoid confusion
When translating foreign word, put original in ___ and the translation in ___
italics; roman and in quotes
On the web, quote marks in headlines are
single quotes
On the web, quote marks in deks are
double quotes
On the web, italics in heds are ____ and in social/SEO titles are ____
italics; replaced with single quotes
Ship (sea and space) names:
roman
Onomatopoeic words:
italicized
Only italicize letters when
referred to as letters
Chapter, poem, essay, reports, column, article titles:
Roman, in quotes
If something is called something (*unless)
the thing should be in quotes (called “artificial states”); a single word, a capitalized phrase, at end of sentence
Stage directions outside quote:
Roman parens; italicize directions
Stage direction inside quote (Q&A):
Roman brackets; italicize directions
Use a space after an ellipses unless
the next character is a close quotation mark
between =
two entities
among =
three or more identities
compared
with
whether =
yes/no choice or question
in order to:
avoid using
may =
permission to do
might =
possibility
The puppies ___ I saw in the shelter
that
Numbers in heds =
digits
In bracketed links, italicized terms that normally would be made Roman should be
in single quotes instead
actor:
for men and women
“America First”
catch-22
blond (adj)
blonde (noun)
Not kitty-corner but
catty-corner
cellphone
changemaker
commander in chief
Church (capped as the institution)
college-football player, college-basketball player
dealmaker
decision maker
e-commerce
Not slaves but
enslaved people
goodbye
ground-breaking (noun)
IKEA
Indigenous (capped for North America)
“in to” if
“in” is part of the verb (log in to, tune in to)
Medicare for All
one-percenter
Patriot (small caps) Act
Photoshopped
ride-share
spacesuit
spacewalk
speechmaker/speechwriter
UC Berkeley
UC Davis
UCLA
MIT
UN, EU but
spell out on first reference
Nouns plural in form but singular in meaning
take only an apostrophe when possessive (The New York Times’, the United States’, the United Nations’, etc.)
Never use WWI/WWII
on first reference, and avoid generally
Location of the Supreme Court =
Supreme Court Building
Co-author is always
a co-author
Beltway =
Washington, D.C. + the government (as an insular institution)
When a number is an exact number
use digits
postelection
swaths
