AP Style Vocab

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1. amok
The name for the worldwide association of the 22 national Anglican churches. Each national church is independent. A special position of honor is accorded to the archbishop of Canterbury - as the pre-eminent officer in the original Anglican body - the
Capitalize ZIP lowercase code only five number no comma 70791
Not amuck
See AT&T Inc.


2. holidays
Capitalize them
Use figures. The form: 212-621-1500. For international numbers use 011 (From the United States) - the country code - the city code and the telephone number: 011-44-20-7535-1515. Use hyphens - not periods. The forms for toll free numbers: 800-111-1000
Always spell out and use figures and decimals NOT fractions
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses


3. sandbag (n.)
The verbs: sandbagged - sandbagging. And: sandbagger
Handgun
See Newspaper Association of America
More than two look at one another


4. kindergarten
NOT teaspoonsful
Preferred to persons as the plural
Freight railroad - with headquarters in Kansas City - Mo. It is the parent of Kansas City Southern Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA and it holds a 50 percent stake in Panama Canal Railway Co.
Kindergarten


5. handgun
Use alone in datelines on stories from the Republic of San Marino
Don't use unless asked
One who comes into a country immigrates
Handgun


6. cents
To argue to the contrary
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Telecast (n.) televise (v.)
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50


7. lie
Capitalize in religious references; lowercase to mean a period of rest
When employed to indicate that something is in vogue - use quotation marks only if followed by a noun: It was the 'in' thing to do. Raccoon coats are in again.
State of reclining lie - lay - lain - lying
Formerly a trademark - now a generic term


8. bad/ badly
Writers or speakers imply in the words they use. A listener or reader infers something from the words
Bad should not be used as an adverb only exceptation is I feel bad.
Insurance
Also: keynote speech


9. Taser

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10. titles
Sanitarium - sanitariums
A unit of measurement for digital data storage. In the metric system - a kilobyte is 1000 bytes; in computer binary terms - it is 1 -024 bytes. Thus - 64KB means 64 times 1 -024 bytes - or 65 -536 bytes (not 64000). Abbrev.: KB. (similarly - MB for m
Equal to one-sixth of a fluid ounce - or one-third of a tablespoon. The metric equivalent is approximately 5 milliliters
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title


11. teaspoon
Equal to one-sixth of a fluid ounce - or one-third of a tablespoon. The metric equivalent is approximately 5 milliliters
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.
Freight railroad - with headquarters in Kansas City - Mo. It is the parent of Kansas City Southern Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA and it holds a 50 percent stake in Panama Canal Railway Co.
Lowercase use figures and $ sign


12. savings and loan association
Once limited to accepting deposits and making home mortgage loans - they are not banks. Since enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery Act in 1989
A firearm that reloads automatically after each shot. Note there are differences between fully automatic and semi-automatic firearms. Be specific in usage. The form: a .22-caliber automatic
A prefix denoting 1000 units of a measure. Move a decimal point three places to the right - adding zeros if necessary to convert to the basic unit: 10.5 kilograms equals 10 -500 grams
Use Taiwan - not Formosa - in reverences to the government in Taiwan and the island itself


13. SARS
Acceptable in all references for severe acute respiratory syndrome - but it should be spelled out somewhere in the story
Follow the guidelines in composition titles. Put quotation marks around show only if it is part of the formal name. The word show may be dropped when it would be cumbersome - such as in a set of listings. In text or listing - treat programs named aft
Anemia - anemic
Homicide without malice or premeditation


14. principle
A fundamental truth - law - doctrine or motivating force
Use Saddam in second reference to Iraq's Saddam Hussein
Every two years
A rifle that is capable of being fired in fully automatic and semi-automatic modes - at the user's option. Designed for - and used by - military forces. Also used by some law enforcement agencies. The form: an M16 assault rifle.


15. take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj.)
Capitalize ZIP lowercase code only five number no comma 70791
Take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj)
Abbreviate Kan. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KS
Preposition to compare nouns and pronouns Jim blocks like a pro


16. constitute

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17. insure
Take-home pay
One who leaves a country emigrates from it
Insurance
Sanitarium - sanitariums


18. time element
Also: keynote speech
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
Tattletale
Use days of the week not today or tonight in print avoid saying next Monday or last Monday


19. assault weapon
A semi-automatic firearm similar in appearance to a fully automatic firearm or military weapon. Not synonymous with assault rifle - which can be used in fully automatic mode. Wherever possible - be specific about the type of weapon: semi-automatic ri
A heavy - large-caliber shoulder firearm fired by means of a matchlock - a wheel lock - a flintlock or a percussion lock. Its ammunition is a musket ball
An Israeli collective settlement. The plural is kibbutzim
A device used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit - ready for insertion into the magazine of a repeating firearm


20. shot
Wastebasket
Abbreviate Ky. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KY
Two Words.
Small lead or steel pellets fired by shotguns. A shotgun shell usually contains 1 to 2 ounces of shot. Do not use shot interchangeable with buckshot - which refers only to the largest shot sizes


21. Americorps
Americorps
Use K in references to modern transmission speeds - in keeping with standard usage: a 56K modem (no space after numeral). The abbreviation should not be used to mean 1000 or $1000
Capitalize building in Washington
When employed to indicate that something is in vogue - use quotation marks only if followed by a noun: It was the 'in' thing to do. Raccoon coats are in again.


22. kids

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23. Imax Corp.
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario
The city in California stands alone in datelines
When employed to indicate that something is in vogue - use quotation marks only if followed by a noun: It was the 'in' thing to do. Raccoon coats are in again.
Create or put together


24. amnesty
See pardon - parole - probation
Used to describe those who have entered the country illegally - it is the preferred term - rather than illegal alien or undocumented worker. Do not use the shortened term illegals
Headquarters of this airline is in Madrid - Spain
Tape recording (n.) tape-record (v.)


25. illegal
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs
Writing paper
Use illegal only to mean a violation of the law. Be especially careful in labor management disputes - where one side often calls an action by the other side illegal. Usually it is a charge that a contract or rule - not a law - has been violated


26. Salt Lake City
Acceptable on second reference for surface-to-air missile(s)
Acceptable as first reference for International Business Machines Corp. Headquarters is in Armonk - NY
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines
LEARN SPELLING


27. Magnum
The verbs: sandbagged - sandbagging. And: sandbagger
A trademark for a type of high-powered cartridge with a larger case and a larger powder charge than other cartridges of approximately the same caliber. The form: a .357 Magnum - a .44 Magnum
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
State of reclining lie - lay - lain - lying


28. kerosene
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition
Lowercase when describing the leader of a prayer in a Muslim mosque. Capitalize before a name when used as the formal title for a Muslim leader or ruler
Formerly a trademark - now a generic term
Proper tenses for impel


29. Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Capitalize the proper names used for a sacramental rite that commemorates the life of Jesus Christ or signifies a belief in his presence: the Lord's Supper - Holy Communion - Holy Eucharist. Lowercase the names of other sacraments: baptism - confirma
The maxim that between introduces two items and among introduces more than two covers most questions about how to use these words: The funds were divided among Ford - Carter and McCarthy. However - between is the correct word when expressing the rela
Plural alumnae woman


30. 'in'

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31. teammate
Verb to gaze intently or steadily
A province of Canada north of Montana and North Dakota. Do not abbreviate
Teammate
Bulk or quantity; I had less than $50 in my pocket


32. -in
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
Is possessive
Noun or verb denotes praise or expression of courtsey
These and similar combinations of a letter and figure(s) designate rifles used by the military. The forms: an M-1 rifle - an M-16 rifle


33. tailspin
But lowercase devil and satanic
Connotes success in argument and almost always implies an editorial judgement DON'T USE instead deny - dispute - rebut - or respond to
Tailspin
Kindergarten


34. teachers college
Titles when used before a full name; Junior and senior after individual's name
See AT&T Inc.
Extension of time or degree
No apostrophe


35. compose
A heavy - large-caliber shoulder firearm fired by means of a matchlock - a wheel lock - a flintlock or a percussion lock. Its ammunition is a musket ball
Create or put together
Twice a year
It has become a generic term - no longer a trademark - for a type of television cuing device


36. Talmud
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
Writing paper
Tailspin
Sacagawea


37. sacraments

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38. American Newspaper Publishers Association
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.
Is pronoun that is always a subject
Abbreviate Kan. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KS
See Newspaper Association of America


39. SAT
Use only the initials in referring to the previously designed Scholastic Aptitude Test or the Scholastic Assessment Test. Example: The students scored above average on the SAT
Extension of time or degree
@ sign not used when needed spell them out and provide an explanatory editor's note
No s


40. caliber
Always spell out and use figures and decimals NOT fractions
Acronym for instant message; sometimes used as a verb IM'ing - IM'ed. acceptable on second reference for instant messaging
A measurement of the diameter of a gun barrel except for most shotguns. Measurement is in either millimeters or decimal fractions of an inch. The word caliber is not used when giving the metric measurement. The forms: a 9 mm pistol - a .22-caliber ri
ASCAP is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in New York


41. dollars
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition
Headquarters of this airline is in Madrid - Spain
A rifle that is capable of being fired in fully automatic and semi-automatic modes - at the user's option. Designed for - and used by - military forces. Also used by some law enforcement agencies. The form: an M16 assault rifle.
Lowercase use figures and $ sign


42. imam
Two words unless used as adjective before a noun in a nautical sense
Lowercase when describing the leader of a prayer in a Muslim mosque. Capitalize before a name when used as the formal title for a Muslim leader or ruler
Freight railroad - with headquarters in Kansas City - Mo. It is the parent of Kansas City Southern Railway Co. and Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA and it holds a 50 percent stake in Panama Canal Railway Co.
Use alone in datelines on stories from the Republic of San Marino


43. KGB
Acceptable on first reference - but the story should contain a phrase identifying it as the former Russian secret police and intelligence agency. The initials stand for the Russian words meaning Committee for State Security
Not amidst
See Newspaper Association of America
AM is acceptable in all references


44. Sacagawea
Sacagawea
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs
The metric term for 1000 meters. (Abbrev.: km) A kilometer is equal to approximately 3 -281 feet - or five-eighths (0.62) of a mile. To convert to miles - multiply by 0.62 (5 kilometers x 0.62 equals 3.1 miles).


45. wastebasket
A handgun that can be a single shot or a semi-automatic. It is measured in calibers. The form: a .45-caliber revolver
Acceptable as first reference for International Business Machines Corp. Headquarters is in Armonk - NY
Salable
Wastebasket


46. lie
Preferred to persons as the plural
Do no abbreviate in datelines or stories. Postal code: ID
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying


47. impromptu
Salvo - salvos
It means without preparation of advance thought
But lowercase devil and satanic
Don't use unless asked


48. hopefully
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
Is possessive
To argue to the contrary
Action word lay - laid - laying


49. taps

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50. temperatures
Introduces more than two; must be objective ex. among us
Kindergarten
See John F. Kennedy Space Center
Use figures EXCEPT for zero spell out minus and degrees; temperatures get higher & lower