- drive-thru: AP has adopted the more colloquial spelling "thru." (It's the most common and makes sense to me.)
- firsthand: One word for adjective or adverb. (Conforms to AP's previous style on secondhand.)
- handheld (n.) / hand-held (adj.): Now all we have to do is wait for the rants about "handheld" as a noun. You may safely ignore them.
- cardholder: For those holding credit cards, for instance. But credit card holder. (Credit cardholder, of course, could mean something entirely different.)
- nonprofit: AP really shouldn't need to have clarified this; I thought its existing language was eminently clear. But there were enough questions about hyphen or not, so it decided to weigh in.
- bed-and-breakfast: Note the hyphens.
- problem-solving: So, it's always been clear that "the problem-solving plan" was the correct use as an adjective. But I guess we now also write "he is problem-solving" or "Problem-solving" is fun? I have a better idea - skip the jargon and write "Solving problems is fun."
- do's and don'ts: Was there really any question on this?
An extension of the Common Sense Journalism monthly column by Doug Fisher, former broadcaster, newspaper reporter and wire service editor. From new media to old, much of journalism is just plain common sense.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
AP Style - driving thru some recent changes
Some recent changes in or additions to AP style:
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