AP style Flashcards
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Always write ages as
numerals (in numbers)
if age is used as an adjective or in the place of a noun
hyphenate it
an 18-year-old student
the student is 18 years old
the teacher is in his 40s
Magazine and newspaper titles
DO NOT ITALICIZE just capitalize
for books, video games, movies, tv shows, world of art, speeches, and song titles
use quotation marks
dates are written as
numbers without the “th”
jan 14
January
Jan.
February
feb.
march
March
April
April
may
may
June
June
July
July
august
aug.
September
Sept.
October
Oct.
November
Nov.
December
Dec.
if you are just mentioning the month and not a date
Your only say the moth without it abbreviated
it is usually cold in January
Days of the week
CAPITALIZE but DO NOT ABBREVIATE
money
always use numbers
write $ before
spell out cents and numbers after million
Numbers
1 through 9 are spelled out
10 and above are written as numbers
Always write out “percent” do not use %
Commas and periods
go inside quotation marks
Sates
if you are only talking about a state and not a city spell out the states.
when writing about both the city and state abbreviate the state
States the are not abbreviated
Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas, Utah
