"Upfront" was one word in AP Style, based on the first listing for the adjective and adverb in Webster's New World Dictionary. But AP Stylebook switched to @merriamwebster.bsky.social , which hyphenates the adjective (an up-front payment) and leaves open the adverb (we paid up front). #APStyle

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Be the slot nerd from your newspaper and support the Associated Press.

#JournalismThreads #APstyle #GulfOfMexico #GulfOfAmerica #COpolitics

‘Formerly Twitter’? AP Style Gives an Update #grammar #apstyle https://www.patrickkphillips.com/grammar/formerly-twitter-ap-style-gives-an-update/

I write a lot (and please don't write "alot"), so I own and use many style manuals.

The #AssociatedPress (AP) has good ones, though I'd like to suggest and exception to one of its rules:

When referring to Trump, let's acknowledge how much of his presidency he spent slacking off playing golf, by capitalizing his title thusly:

pResident Trump

https://writingexplained.org/ap-style/ap-style-president

#Trump not #APstyle #StyleGuides

How Long Must We Say 'Formerly Known as Twitter'? #grammar #apstyle https://www.patrickkphillips.com/grammar/how-long-must-we-say-formerly-known-as-twitter/

Just noticed why the #APstyle is pants-on-head retarded. As if it wasn't already because there's no #serialcomma

It's "email" per #AP but then there's "e-book", "e-book reader", and "e-reader".

Chicago Manual of Style in the streets, AP Style in the [news]sheets.

Today is the one-year anniversary of this tweet, and I think it's too good to leave on Xitter.

#copyediting #CMOS #APStyle

AP draft checklist for editing. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

#apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

AP adds a checklist for editing. It’s in draft form, and it will be on the website in draft form for feedback this afternoon. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Avoid “the” labels: the dead, the wealthy, etc. Favor more specific terms. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Capitalize designations before numerals: Room 3, Size 6, Aisle 17. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

New entry on skunked term “woke.” Avoid it, other than in direct quotations. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Diacritical mark for Hawaii is being discussed, but no change yet, partly for technical reasons. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Civil Rights Movement now capitalized. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

On using deadnaming to help readers understand the news: “Use your judgment. We don’t have absolute rules a lot of the time,” but “we think that bar should be pretty high.” — Paula Froke, Associated Press. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Additions to transgender entry. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

Additions to transgender entry. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

LGBTQ+ now default, adding the plus sign. #apstyle #APStylebook #ACESEvolve

The "troubled" son of the Oklahoma bomber? If that is the #APStyle guide, that's fine. It's meant to convey some compassion for the accused. But the AP should do it in every story about a person accused of crimes who have had a difficult past. And I don't believe they do. #Journalism https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-city-bombing-nichols-son-vegas-robbery-796c54bf4e86864b49db241cd32c78ae