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AP Style Vocab

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1. Ages
Always use figures. Use hyphens for ages expressed as adjectives before a noun or substitute as a noun
A firearm designed or made to be fired from the shoulder and having a rifled bored. It uses bullets and cartridges for ammunition. Its size is measured in calibers. The form: a .22-caliber rifle
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title
Do no abbreviate in datelines or stories. Postal code: ID

2. dimensions
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Use alone in datelines on stories from the Republic of San Marino
Connotation of wrongdoing use acknowledge or said instead of admitted
Use KANSAS CITY - Kan. - or KANSAS CITY - Mo. - in datelines to avoid confusion between the two

3. Target Corp.
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario
Acceptable on second reference for surface-to-air missile(s)
Headquarters is in Minneapolis
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)

4. further
Legal term for slaying or killing
Extension of time or degree
A fundamental truth - law - doctrine or motivating force
DO NOT PLACE IN QUOTES

5. Tabasco
A trademark for a brand of hot pepper sauce
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
A scale of temperature based on - but different from - the Celsius scale. It is used primarily in science to record very high and very low temperatures. The Kelvin scale starts at zero and indicates the total absence of heat (absolute zero). Zero on
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

6. flier
The measure of the size of a shotgun. Gauge is expressed in terms of the number Per pound of round lead balls with a diameter equal to the size of the barrel. The bigger the number - the smaller the shotgun. The forms: a 12-gauge shotgun - a .410-gau
An aviator or handbill; pass out those fliers
Anemia - anemic
Tail wind

7. Saturday night special
Spatial relationships
A compact - relatively inexpensive handgun
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland
DON'T USE IN PRINT

8. impostor
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).
Impostor
See John F. Kennedy Space Center
Sacagawea

9. who
IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
Is pronoun that is always a subject
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
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

10. gender-neutral titles
A province of Canada north of Montana and North Dakota. Do not abbreviate
Firefighter preferred over fireman or firewoman
Formerly a trademark - now a generic term
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition

11. Manslaughter
It means without preparation of advance thought
Homicide without malice or premeditation
Only when person prefers to be known that way; use quotation marks for Brandon 'Scoop' Carter; commonly used nicknames can be replaced for first names
To receive

12. demolish - destroy
Tape recording (n.) tape-record (v.)
Contain - include all - or embrace
Something cannot be partially demolished or destroyed
Only when person prefers to be known that way; use quotation marks for Brandon 'Scoop' Carter; commonly used nicknames can be replaced for first names

13. capital
Describes money - do not capitalize - city where a seat of government is located
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
The city in California stands alone in datelines
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.

14. kilo
A handgun that can be a single shot or a semi-automatic. It is measured in calibers. The form: a .45-caliber revolver
Acronym for instant message; sometimes used as a verb IM'ing - IM'ed. acceptable on second reference for instant messaging
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 singular verb and pronoun 'it' when referring to the team as a collective unit. However - the team name takes a plural verb: The Orlando Magic are close to setting a franchise record

15. American Medical Association
Two Words.
Tablecloth
Teammate
AMA is acceptable on second reference. Also: the medical association - the association. Headquarters is in Chicago

16. fully automatic
No O
When someone is the object of a verb or preposition
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.

17. kidnap - kidnapped - kidnapping - kidnapper
Precede with a hyphen: break-in - cave-in - walk-in - write-in
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
Yep.
When someone is the object of a verb or preposition

18. mpg/mph
Someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree ex. school principal
Acceptable in all forms
Teammate
See Newspaper Association of America

19. San'a

20. Kansas City Southern
To argue to the contrary
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
Only when person prefers to be known that way; use quotation marks for Brandon 'Scoop' Carter; commonly used nicknames can be replaced for first names
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.

21. over
Acronym for improvised explosive device. IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
Spatial relationships
An aviator or handbill; pass out those fliers
No e

22. kilobyte
Use KANSAS CITY - Kan. - or KANSAS CITY - Mo. - in datelines to avoid confusion between the two
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
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario

23. musket
To flow in a continuous stream
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
Proper tenses for impel
Two words unless used as adjective before a noun in a nautical sense

24. take off (v.) takeoff (n. and adj.)
Sandwich
Take off - takeoff
Homicide without malice or premeditation
Preferred with numerals

25. kilohertz
Acceptable in all forms
See AT&T Inc.
Individual items;fewer than 10 applicants called. I had fewer than 50 $1 bills in my pocket
Equals 1000 hertz (1000 cycles Per second) - replacing kilocycles as the correct term in applications such as broadcast frequencies. Abbrev.: kHz.

26. refute

27. Teamsters union
Uses periods in most two letter words; CIA - FBI - GOP; Never use organizations full name then an acronym;
Try to avoid abbreviations; use apostrophe in master's degree but not in Master of Science; only use B.A. - M.A. - LL.D. and Ph.D. when needed to identify individual on first reference if after a name set off with commas
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title
Acceptable in all references to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters

28. San Francisco
A trademark for a brand of hot pepper sauce
The city in California stands alone in datelines
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title
Keystone Kops

29. Saskatchewan
Use singular verb and pronoun 'it' when referring to the team as a collective unit. However - the team name takes a plural verb: The Orlando Magic are close to setting a franchise record
Salvo - salvos
Spell out and capitalize first through ninth use figures for others Ave. Blvd. St. only ones allowed to be abbreviated when numbered address is present. Do Not abbreviate compass points if number is omitted
A province of Canada north of Montana and North Dakota. Do not abbreviate

30. Abbreviations

31. Tass

32. buckshot
See shot
Tail wind
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
Keystone Kops

33. American Stock Exchange
Plural alumnae woman
Sandwich
ASCAP is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in New York
In second reference: the America Exchange - Amex - or the exchange

34. tabular matter
Take-home pay
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired
Action word lay - laid - laying
Exceptions may be made to the normal rules for abbreviations - as necessary to make material fit. But make any abbreviations as clear as possible

35. in - into
The city in California stands alone in datelines
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired
Lowercase - because it denotes not a single period but any series of cold periods marked by glaciation alternating with periods of relative warmth. Capitalize the proper nouns in the names of individual ice ages - such as the Wisconsin ice age. The m
In indicates location: He was in the room. Into indicates motion: She walked into the room

36. assault weapon
Salable
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
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

37. American Petroleum Institute
No apostrophe
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.
Don't use unless asked
Abbreviate St. in the names of saints - cities - and other places: St. Jude - St. Paul - Minn.; St. John's - Newfoundland; St. Lawrence Seaway

38. keynote address
Exceptions may be made to the normal rules for abbreviations - as necessary to make material fit. But make any abbreviations as clear as possible
Also: keynote speech
The '90s - 1920s
Firefighter preferred over fireman or firewoman

39. pore
The new term is kilohertz
Verb to gaze intently or steadily
See shot
To receive

40. teaspoon
Tattletale
The amount of electrical energy consumed when 1000 watts are used for one hour. The abbreviation kwh is acceptable on second reference.
Salvo - salvos
Equal to one-sixth of a fluid ounce - or one-third of a tablespoon. The metric equivalent is approximately 5 milliliters

41. improvised explosive device
To receive
IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
A province of Canada north of Montana and North Dakota. Do not abbreviate
Their = possessive pronoun - there= adverb indicating direction - they're= contraction for they are

42. Salt Lake City
Acronym for instant message; sometimes used as a verb IM'ing - IM'ed. acceptable on second reference for instant messaging
Two words unless used as adjective before a noun in a nautical sense
Capitalize only when used before the name of royalty: King George VI. Continue in subsequent references that use the king's given name: King George - not George. Lowercase king when it stands alone. Capitalize in phrases such as strikeout king Nolan
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines

43. Kentucky
Impostor
Preposition to compare nouns and pronouns Jim blocks like a pro
Abbreviate Ky. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KY
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44. Sabbath
Saudi Aramco is acceptable on second reference. (Formerly the Arabian American Oil Co.)
Capitalize in religious references; lowercase to mean a period of rest
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition

45. teen - teenager (n.) teenage (adj.)
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50
Also: keynote speech
To flow in a continuous stream
Do NOT use teenaged

46. Idaho
Do no abbreviate in datelines or stories. Postal code: ID
Acceptable as first reference for International Business Machines Corp. Headquarters is in Armonk - NY
Two Words.
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines

47. Acronyms
Always spell out and use figures and decimals NOT fractions
Uses periods in most two letter words; CIA - FBI - GOP; Never use organizations full name then an acronym;
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
@ sign not used when needed spell them out and provide an explanatory editor's note

48. tailspin
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Never alright; sometimes all-right as a compound modifier
Introduces more than two; must be objective ex. among us
Tailspin

49. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Use the ampersand when it is part of a company's formal name or company position title: House & Garden - Procter & Gamble - Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway. The ampersand should not otherwise be used in place of and.
See AT&T Inc.
No O
Headquarters of this airline is in Tempe - Ariz.

50. Single Letter