Creative Editing
Chapter 3
Exercise 4
4. Unless your instructor tells you otherwise, use the style rules given in this chapter and the AP stylebook, and delete all choices except the correct style in each of the following sets. All are first reference unless otherwise noted.
a.
Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 127 University Center
In 127 University Center Tuesday at 7 p.m.
7 p.m. Tuesday in 127 University Center
7 p.m. Tuesday night in University Center room 127
b.
Detroit, Mich.
Detroit
Detroit, MI
Detroit, Michigan
c.
El Paso, Texas
El Paso
El Paso, Tex.
El Paso, TX
d.
Paris, France
Paris, Fr.
Paris
e.
Liverpool, Great Britain
Liverpool, England
Liverpool, United Kingdom
Liverpool
f.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, P.R.
San Juan
g.
Temperatures fell 5 degrees.
Temperatures fell five degrees.
Temperatures fell 5°.
h. (standing alone in sentence; not a title)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Chief Justice of the United States
chief justice of the United States
chief justice of the Supreme Court
i.
We will play this coming Saturday.
We will play Saturday.
We will play next Saturday.
j.
U.S. Congress
U.S. congress
United States Congress
United States' Congress
United States congress
k.
daylight-saving time
daylight savings time
DST
daylight-savings time
l.
62 degrees Fahrenheit
62F.
62 Fahr.
Fahrenheit 62
F 62
m.
Flags ashore sometimes fly at half-mast.
Flags ashore sometimes fly at half mast.
Flags ashore sometimes fly at half-staff.
Flags ashore sometimes fly at half staff.
n.
The dentist committed suicide; he hung himself.
The dentist committed suicide; he hanged himself.
The dentist committed suicide; he was hanged.
The dentist committed suicide; he was hung.
o.
hydrogen bomb
H-Bomb
H-bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
p.
T-shirt
Tee-shirt
t-shirt
T shirt
q.
catsup
ketchup
catchup
Ketchup
r.
K Mart
K-Mart
K mart
K-mart
Kmart
s.
held High Mass
held high mass
sung High Mass
celebrated high Mass
t.
mid-semester
mid-term
mid-life
mid-America
mid-wife
u.
12 midnight
12:00 midnight
12 a.m. midnight
12 p.m. midnight
midnight
v.
The team is ranked No. 1.
The team is ranked number one.
The team is ranked Number One.
The team is ranked #1.
w.
King George III
King George 3d
King George 3rd
King George the Third
x.
1 1/2%
1.5%
1 1/2 per cent
1.5 percent
1.5 per cent
y.
She is a pom-pom girl.
She is a pom pom girl.
She is a pompom girl.
She is a pom-pon girl.
z.
The Rev. James Jones
Rev. James Jones
Reverend James Jones
the Rev. Mr. James Jones
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