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See also our poetry entry for further inspiration.
Question from Washington, District of Columbia, on July 25, 2024
I don't see any reason to capitalize "golden man." I would like to rephrase as "the so-called golden man." What do you think? Thanks.
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Similarly, what is your advice for capitalizing and hyphenating related terms, such as machine translation post-editing (MTPE) or human-aided machine translation (HAMT)?https://apstylebook.com/ap_stylebook/hyphen-2?sconvid=2745
I haven't found specific guidance on the topic. Thank you.
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Question from Hopkins, Minnesota, on July 25, 2024
Which is accurate in terms of "a preventive chemical to keep your swimming pool free of bacteria."
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Question from San Diego, California, on July 24, 2024
The radio expands XYZ’s family of products with a highly integrated handheld solution to address
mission-critical communications challenges, putting resilient and assured communications capabilities directly in the users’ hands for simplified operation.
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i.e. "The county manager said he is grateful for this grant and emphasized its importance for the community." I would change this to the.
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If you need to clarify which sex was assigned, there's no problem with saying assigned female or male at birth. I would be wary of using the clinical abbreviations AFAB and AMAB, though, under our guidance in abbreviations and acronyms to avoid alphabet soup. If the terms are central to your series and turn up frequently, though, an exception might be made.
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Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Bernie Sanders, ___?___
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middle name as nickname when individual prefers full name on 1st reference
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Would "government" be uppercased in "Semi-government" in a composition title?
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Question from Yorkshire, UK, on July 23, 2024
Naturally, "chief" would be lowercase, but is the title viewed in its entirety and therefore all lowercased ("chief of the defence force"), or is he "chief" of a named entity (the Australian Defence Force), and therefore "chief of the Defence Force"?
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Federal departments that can be referenced by abbreviation or acronym on second reference can be found in the department entry. You can also search keywords like agency or bureau in the online stylebook to turn up appropriate results.
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hyphenate? spell out five/5?
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