October 20, 2006, Newsletter Issue #134: A.P. Style Book

Tip of the Week

Whether youīre writing fiction or non-fiction, technical writing, entertainment, I recommend getting an Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual. Although itīs designed for journalists, there are items that anyone can use, such as correct forms of corporate names (Dr Pepper, not Dr. Pepper), when itīs acceptable to use an abbreviation on first reference (MGM is acceptable on all references, AT&T only on second reference), military and computer terms, when to hyphenate or capitalize various words, etc.

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