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AP Style Vocab

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1. impel - impelled - impelling
Acceptable on first reference for intercontinental ballistic missile(s) - but the term should be defines in the body of a story. Avoid the redundant ICBM missiles
Proper tenses for impel
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
Singular criteria is the plural

2. Abbreviations

3. American Medical Association
See pardon - parole - probation
AMA is acceptable on second reference. Also: the medical association - the association. Headquarters is in Chicago
More than two look at one another
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

4. gauge
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
Not anchor or co-anchor
Every two years
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

5. immigrate
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
Spatial relationships
One who comes into a country immigrates
Anemia - anemic

6. kids

7. take up (v.) takeup (n. and adj)
But lowercase devil and satanic
A trademark for a type of nonstick coating
Add apostrophe s:p's and q's
Take up (v.) takeup (n. and adj.)

8. kilocycles
The new term is kilohertz
LEARN SPELLING
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines
Every two years

9. San'a

10. San Diego
The city in California stands alone in datelines
Preposition to compare nouns and pronouns Jim blocks like a pro
Yep.
Use figures EXCEPT for zero spell out minus and degrees; temperatures get higher & lower

11. demolish - destroy
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman
To stand still
Something cannot be partially demolished or destroyed

12. take-home pay
Take-home pay
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines
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

13. anchorman - anchorwoman
Uses periods in most two letter words; CIA - FBI - GOP; Never use organizations full name then an acronym;
Not anchor or co-anchor
Anemia - anemic
Abbreviate Ky. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KY

14. automatic
APT is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in Reston - Va.
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
Take off - takeoff
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.

15. magazine
The ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a firearm. It may be fixed to the firearm or detachable
Firefighter preferred over fireman or firewoman
Don't use unless asked
See AT&T Inc.

16. assure
Lowercase use figures and $ sign
A firearm that fires only once for each pull of the trigger. It reloads after each shot. The form: a semi-automatic rifle - a semi-automatic weapon - a semi-automatic pistol
To make sure or give confidence
The projectile fired by a rifle - pistol or machine gun. Together with metal casing - primer and propellant - it forms a cartridge

17. mortar
Use figures EXCEPT for zero spell out minus and degrees; temperatures get higher & lower
To stand still
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
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired

18. weak-kneed
DON'T USE children 15 and younger
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
Weak-kneed
Sanitarium - sanitariums

19. take out (v.) take out (n. and adj.)
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title
Take out (v.) take out (n. and adj)
Use figures except for noon and midnight
Not amidst

20. its; it's

21. ampersand (&)

22. lie
State of reclining lie - lay - lain - lying
Salvo - salvos
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition
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.

23. either
Handgun
Spell out when standing alone; when with a city - town - village or military base abbreviate unless Alaska - Hawaii - Idaho -Iowa - Maine - Ohio - Texas and Utah.
Use days of the week not today or tonight in print avoid saying next Monday or last Monday
Use it to mean one or the other - not both

24. Accept
To receive
Noun or verb denotes praise or expression of courtsey
Formerly Safeway Stores. Headquarters is in Pleasanton - Calif.
Indicate position or rank ex No.1 man; don't use in names of schools

25. tailspin
The new term is kilohertz
One who comes into a country immigrates
Tailspin
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

26. M-1 - M-16
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
Plural alumni man who attended a school
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

27. emigrate
Create or put together
Equal to one-sixth of a fluid ounce - or one-third of a tablespoon. The metric equivalent is approximately 5 milliliters
One who leaves a country emigrates from it
It's NOT an apostrophe in the Yemen capital's name. It is a reverse apostrophe - or a single opening quotation mark

28. amid
Not amidst
A lightweight fully automatic gun firing handgun ammunition
The standard British gallon - equal to 277.42 cubic inches or about 1.2 US gallons. The metric equivalent is approximately 4.5 liters
Individual items;fewer than 10 applicants called. I had fewer than 50 $1 bills in my pocket

29. Proper names plural
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
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning

30. Sault Ste. Marie - Mich. - Sault Ste. Marie. - Ontario
To exclude
Do NOT use teenaged
Also: keynote speech
The abbreviation Ste. instead St. because the full name is Sault Sainte Marie

31. kibbutz
An Israeli collective settlement. The plural is kibbutzim
Bad should not be used as an adverb only exceptation is I feel bad.
Capitalize them
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman

32. ZIP code
Plural alumnae woman
Capitalize ZIP lowercase code only five number no comma 70791
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
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. Taser

34. holidays
Not anchor or co-anchor
Capitalize them
The standard British gallon - equal to 277.42 cubic inches or about 1.2 US gallons. The metric equivalent is approximately 4.5 liters
Acceptable in all references for severe acute respiratory syndrome - but it should be spelled out somewhere in the story

35. who's
A trademark for a type of nonstick coating
ASCAP is acceptable on second reference. Headquarters is in New York
Proper name of some trains and buses
Contraction for Who is NOT POSSESSIVE

36. bullet
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
Tablecloth
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
The projectile fired by a rifle - pistol or machine gun. Together with metal casing - primer and propellant - it forms a cartridge

37. Addresses
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
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).
To argue to the contrary
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

38. principal
Someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree ex. school principal
Not anchor or co-anchor
It's = it is; its possessive form of neuter pronoun
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title

39. illegal
Someone or something first in rank - authority - importance or degree ex. school principal
But lowercase devil and satanic
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
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

40. Afterward/Forward/Toward
The city in Texas stands alone in datelines
Sandwich
Headquarters of this airline is in Tempe - Ariz.
No s

41. impassable - impassible - impassive

42. Katmandu
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
Preferred spelling for the capital of Nepal
A firearm that fires continuously as long as the trigger is depressed. Examples include machine guns and submachine guns
Telecast (n.) televise (v.)

43. women vs girls
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman
Acceptable in all references to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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
Introduces two items; between him and her - between you and me

44. impromptu
Take over (v.) takeover (n. and adj)
2 c's and m's
It means without preparation of advance thought
Describes money - do not capitalize - city where a seat of government is located

45. email

46. a.m. - p.m.
No s
Lowercase with periods. Avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning.
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario
Impostor

47. compliment
Noun or verb denotes praise or expression of courtsey
It has become a generic term - no longer a trademark - for a type of television cuing device
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
Sanitarium - sanitariums

48. Technicolor
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland
A trademark for a process of making color motion pictures
Capitalize in religious references; lowercase to mean a period of rest
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50

49. tanks
Use KANSAS CITY - Kan. - or KANSAS CITY - Mo. - in datelines to avoid confusion between the two
Use Arabic figures - separated from letters by a hyphen: M-60 - plural: M-60s
USE WITH GREAT CARE specify source of allegation avoid redundant uses ex. accused her of allegedly
Abbreviate Kan. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KS

50. Taliban
Use Saudi as the adjective in referring to the people or culture of Saudi Arabia. It's Saudi diplomacy - not Saudi Arabian diplomacy. For the Saudi monarchy - follow the syle on British and other monarchies. Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal wou
Saudi Aramco is acceptable on second reference. (Formerly the Arabian American Oil Co.)
Extremist Islamic movement that ruled Afghanistan until driven out by U.S.-led coalition after the Sept. 11 - 2001 - attacks. It continues to operate as insugent force with adherents in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The name derives from the Arabic word
See Newspaper Association of America