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AP Style Vocab

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1. illegal immigrant
Implausible
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
To exclude
Capitalize ZIP lowercase code only five number no comma 70791

2. Addresses
The metric term for 1000 grams. A kilogram is equal to approximately 2.2 pounds or 35 ounces. To convert to pounds - multiply by 2.2 (9 kilograms x 2.2 equals 19.8 pounds)
Most ending in z or es or s add es: Joneses - Gonzalezes - Charleses
The amount of electrical energy consumed when 1000 watts are used for one hour. The abbreviation kwh is acceptable on second reference.
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

3. improvised explosive device
IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
Capitalize formal titles directly before a name; lowercase and spell out when they are not used with a person name or after a title
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
A unit used to measure the power of nuclear explosions. One kiloton has the explosive force of 1000 tons of TNT. The atomic bomb dropped Aug. 6 - 1945 - on Hiroshima - Japan - in the first use of the bomb as a weapon had an explosive force of 20 kilo

4. assault rifle

5. tablespoon - tablespoonfuls
Equal to three teaspoons or one-half a fluid ounce. The metric equivalent is approximately 15 milliliters
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired
Twice a year
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

6. Amtrak
This acronym - drawn from the words American travel by track - may be used in all references to the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Do not use AMTRAK. The corporation was established by Congress in 1970 to take over intercity passenger operations f
Use figures spell out inches - feet - yards hyphen adjectival forms before nouns
Means in a hopeful manner; never use
IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable

7. persons
Capitalize only when referring to the total collections of events
Preposition to compare nouns and pronouns Jim blocks like a pro
Preferred with numerals
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title

8. whose
Preferred with numerals
A carriage-mounted cannon
Is possessive
Equal to three teaspoons or one-half a fluid ounce. The metric equivalent is approximately 15 milliliters

9. Kansas
Abbreviate Kan. in datelines or stories. Postal code: KS
Add s NO APOSTROPHES:1930s - ifs - buts - ands - low 20s - ABCs - Four VIPs
Equal to three teaspoons or one-half a fluid ounce. The metric equivalent is approximately 15 milliliters
Introduces more than two; must be objective ex. among us

10. farther
Titles when used before a full name; Junior and senior after individual's name
Weak-kneed
Physical distance
Acceptable in all references for severe acute respiratory syndrome - but it should be spelled out somewhere in the story

11. Adviser
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
Yep.
No O
Teammate

12. flyer
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
Proper name of some trains and buses
Use KANSAS CITY - Kan. - or KANSAS CITY - Mo. - in datelines to avoid confusion between the two
Sacrilegious

13. mortar
Device used to launch a mortar shell; it is the shell - not the mortar - that is fired
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
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
Salable

14. amid
Formerly Safeway Stores. Headquarters is in Pleasanton - Calif.
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying
Not amidst
A firearm typically used to fire small spherical pellets called shot. Shotguns usually have a smooth bore barrel - but some contain a rifled barrel - Which is used to fire a single projectile. Size is measured according to gauge - except for the .410

15. cents
Lowercase spell out cents 5 cents or $2.50
A cannon shorter than a gun of the same caliber employed to fire projectiles at relatively high angles at a target - such as opposing forces being a ridge. The form: a 105 mm howitzer
No O
Don't use unless asked

16. Saudi Arabia

17. Imax Corp.
It has become a generic term - no longer a trademark - for a type of television cuing device
Teammate
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
Headquarters is in Mississauga - Ontario

18. sacrilegious
Sacrilegious
2 c's and m's
It has become a generic term - no longer a trademark - for a type of television cuing device
It means without preparation of advance thought

19. ampersand (&)

20. one another
Is pronoun that is always a subject
More than two look at one another
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
The word applies to military or naval ammunition and to shotgun ammunition

21. teamster
Capitalize teamster only if the intended meaning is that the individual is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Chauffeurs - Warehousemen and Helpers of America
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
To introduce clauses Jim blocks the linebacker as he should
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

22. times
Use figures except for noon and midnight
Sanitarium - sanitariums
Salvo - salvos
It's = it is; its possessive form of neuter pronoun

23. Capitalize
The projectile fired by a rifle - pistol or machine gun. Together with metal casing - primer and propellant - it forms a cartridge
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying
Lowercase the common noun elements in plural uses
Firefighter preferred over fireman or firewoman

24. Saturday night special
A compact - relatively inexpensive handgun
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
To exclude

25. Afterward/Forward/Toward
Take out (v.) take out (n. and adj)
Titles when used before a full name; Junior and senior after individual's name
Sacagawea
No s

26. i.e.
A trademark for a process of making color motion pictures
Abbreviation for the Latin id est or that is and is always followed by a comma
Use figures EXCEPT for zero spell out minus and degrees; temperatures get higher & lower
Two Words.

27. pour
To flow in a continuous stream
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title
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.
Proper tenses for impel

28. salable
NOT teaspoonsful
Salable
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
Sanitarium - sanitariums

29. kilo
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning
Use it to mean one or the other - not both
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 alone in datelines on stories from the Republic of San Marino

30. homicide
Legal term for slaying or killing
A device used to store multiple rounds of ammunition together as a unit - ready for insertion into the magazine of a repeating firearm
Handgun
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

31. K
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning
An Israeli collective settlement. The plural is kibbutzim
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
Use Taiwan - not Formosa - in reverences to the government in Taiwan and the island itself

32. take-home pay
Take-home pay
Physical distance
Takes singluar verb two people look at each other
LEARN SPELLING

33. in

34. like
LEARN SPELLING
This acronym - drawn from the words American travel by track - may be used in all references to the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Do not use AMTRAK. The corporation was established by Congress in 1970 to take over intercity passenger operations f
A trademark for a brand of hot pepper sauce
Preposition to compare nouns and pronouns Jim blocks like a pro

35. courtesy titles

36. salvo - salvos
To introduce clauses Jim blocks the linebacker as he should
The city in Utah stands alone in datelines
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
Salvo - salvos

37. Magnum
Only used in a direct quote or part of a title
Twice a year
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
The ammunition storage and feeding device within or attached to a firearm. It may be fixed to the firearm or detachable

38. lie
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
Insurance
Impassable means that passage is impossible: The bridge was impassable. Impassible and impassive describe lack of sensitivity to pain or suffering. Webster's New World College Dictionary notes - however - that impassible suggest an inability to be af
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying

39. state names
The spelling for the city in New Brunswick. To distinguish it from St. John's - Newfoundland
No e
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.
Take off - takeoff

40. Target Corp.
Headquarters is in Minneapolis
The new term is kilohertz
Noun or verb denotes praise or expression of courtsey
Is possessive

41. impeachment
Lowercase with periods avoid the redundant 10 a.m. this morning
Untrue statement - lie -lied -lying
The constitutional process accusing an elected official of a crime in an attempt to remove the official from office. Do not use as a synonym for convicted or removed from office
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals

42. less
Bulk or quantity; I had less than $50 in my pocket
Not compound subject; requires a verb that agrees with the nearer subject
A firearm typically used to fire small spherical pellets called shot. Shotguns usually have a smooth bore barrel - but some contain a rifled barrel - Which is used to fire a single projectile. Size is measured according to gauge - except for the .410
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

43. kids

44. people
Keystone Kops
One who leaves a country emigrates from it
Preferred to persons as the plural
A unit used to measure the power of nuclear explosions. One kiloton has the explosive force of 1000 tons of TNT. The atomic bomb dropped Aug. 6 - 1945 - on Hiroshima - Japan - in the first use of the bomb as a weapon had an explosive force of 20 kilo

45. team

46. Taser

47. teaspoonful - teaspoonfuls
Acronym for improvised explosive device. IED is acceptable on second reference. Roadside bomb is preferable
The collection of writings that constitute the Jewish civil and religious law
NOT teaspoonsful
The amount of electrical energy consumed when 1000 watts are used for one hour. The abbreviation kwh is acceptable on second reference.

48. imperial quart
Is pronoun that is always a subject
A carriage-mounted cannon
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.
One-fourth of an imperial gallon

49. Technicolor
A trademark for a process of making color motion pictures
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
Most significant word is made plural: daughters-in-law - assistant attorneys general - major generals
Take out (v.) take out (n. and adj)

50. women vs girls
A firearm typically used to fire small spherical pellets called shot. Shotguns usually have a smooth bore barrel - but some contain a rifled barrel - Which is used to fire a single projectile. Size is measured according to gauge - except for the .410
Acceptable on first reference for The Russian government's news agency that is officially ITAR-Tass. ITAR is an acronym for Information Telegraph Agency of Russia. Copy from other parts of the former Soviet Union should carry the logo of the local ag
But lowercase devil and satanic
After a girl reach the age 18 use woman or young woman