- Do you order Girl Scout Cookies or Girl Scout cookies (that is, with or without a capital C)? Without a capital C
- Hyphenated or not: “a week-long event” or “a weeklong event”? Yes Hyphenated
- Are those emails from Nigerian princes examples of Spam (capitalized) or spam (lower case)? Yes Spam and yes to capitalized
- When conducting research, should Wikipedia be used as a primary source?No Never
- Which of the following are trademarks and should be capitalized (if, indeed, they have to be used at all): Velcro, Frisbee, Breathalyzer, Styrofoam, Band-Aid? Band-Aid thats it
- When using the “micro blogging platform” known as Twitter, does one Twitter or Tweet? You Tweet out a status and use the app called twitter
- Is it correct to use tidal wave as a synonym for tsunami?Tsunami
- Which of the following may be used in an AP news story: ditto marks [〃], italics, brackets? Italics
- Arbitrate and mediate both appear in reports about labor negotiations, but only one of the terms calls for the handing down of a decision. Which one? Arbitrate
- Which is correct: associate degree or associate’s degree? Associates degree
- In a recipe, two cupfuls or cupsful? Two cups
- Which of the following social media terms are acceptable to the AP editors: app, mashup, retweet, unfriend, click-thrus? Retweet
- Do you visit a Web site or a website? Website
- Does writer’s guide need that apostrophe? NO
- Which pronoun should be used in reference to a ship, she or it? She
- Which of the following words and phrases should be avoided (except when in quoted matter)?
Deaf-mute
Canuck
Coke (as a slang term for cocaine)
Handicap (in describing a disability)
Scotch (to describe the people of Scotland)
- Is it acceptable to use the term “Obamacare” anywhere in a news story? Yes
- Is there any difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? Yes
- What does fulsome mean? I Have no clue
- What is the difference (if any) between farther and further? Farther is over there and further is it is more over there
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