Grammar and style
AP Stylebook update: Multiple emoji are emoji
The 2018 stylebook includes more than 200 new and updated entries.
May 30, 2018
Some guidelines for using semicolons
Punctuation helps a reader understand your story. Commas, periods, dashes and other marks convey the…
December 12, 2016
How to choose between ‘that’ and ‘which’ in your writing
The rules of grammar can seem complicated and rigid, but they will help you keep…
October 31, 2016
Which is best? Who or whom?
The rules of grammar can seem complicated and rigid, but they will help you keep…
October 24, 2016
It’s ‘Bah! Humbug!’ and other holiday style advice from the AP
"Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus would also be known as the Clauses."
December 2, 2014
Fusion tracks news orgs that use term ‘illegal immigrant’
"No major publication has started using it again after a period where it was banned."
November 21, 2014
Fear not the long sentence
A year ago I wrote an essay for the New York Times titled “The Short…
October 9, 2014
Why AP style doesn’t use ISIL or ISIS anymore
Just two weeks after the Associated Press explained why it referred to the Islamic militant…
August 11, 2014
AP Style should adopt the Oxford comma
It’s great to see that Nate Silver’s 538 is finally hitting its stride. Stepping aside…
June 23, 2014
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