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The form for toll-free numbers: 800-111-1000.
If extension numbers are needed, use a comma to separate the main number from the extension: 212-621-1500, Ext. 2.
We updated our style for telephone numbers in 2024 to drop parentheses.
We now recommend the form: 212-621-1500.
For international numbers use 011 (from the United States), the country code, the city code and the telephone number: 011-44-20-7535-1515.
Use hyphens, not periods. No parentheses.
Our dictionary, Merriam-Webster, defines a juke joint as a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band.
Learn more about the oldest juke joint in Mississippi, and perhaps the whole of the U.S.:
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Stylebook Editor Anna Jo Bratton is speaking at ACES: The Society for Editing on April 24. She'll share what's new in AP style, including a few changes going live that morning on AP Stylebook Online.
Will you join us in Atlanta? Or will you watch here for what's new?
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The AP is calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion.
Israel moved thousands of troops across the border into Lebanon, and Israeli forces and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants have been fighting on the ground for at least three weeks.
Samsung is one of the world’s leading makers of smartphones; its most popular models carry the brand name Galaxy.
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Samsung is acceptable on first reference in stories about consumer electronics, although it is one business of the Samsung conglomerate and needs to be distinguished in broader stories about the company, Samsung Electronics.
Samsung Electronics is a maker of appliances, consumer electronics, semiconductor chips and other products.
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The narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded passes is the Strait of Hormuz. The strait (lowercase) on second reference.
See more guidance in our AP Stylebook Topical Guide on war in the Middle East: www.apstylebook.com/topical_most...
* In statistical performances, hyphenate as a modifier: She completed 8 of 12 passes. He made 5 of 6 (shots is understood). She was 5-for-12 passing. He had a 3-for-5 day. He was 3-for-5. She went 3-for-5 (batting, shooting, etc., is understood).
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* In narrative, spell out nine and under except for yard lines in football and individual and team statistical performances: The ball was on the 5-yard line. Seventh hole. In basketball, 3-point play and 3-point shot.
Our numerals entry offers guidance on sports data:
* No comma between the team and the score, such as "The Dodgers defeated the Phillies 10-3."
The AP Stylebook styles workbook, workday, workforce, workhorse, workout, workplace, worksheet, workstation and workweek all as one word with no hyphen.
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We sent the AP Stylebook, 58th Edition, to our printer this week.
Even though we update AP Stylebook Online throughout the year, it's a big undertaking to thoroughly review the manuscript.
You can see the results of all that hard work when our new book goes on sale on May 27.
NASA is acceptable in all references to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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The noun form is layoff, one word. As a verb, it's lay off, two words.
Use Middle East unless Near East is used by a source in a story. Mideast is also acceptable, but Middle East is preferred.
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Popular usage once distinguished between the Near East (the westerly nations in the listing) and the Middle East (the easterly nations), but the two terms now overlap, with current practice favoring Middle East for both areas.
and northeastern Africa (Egypt and Sudan).
Some consider Libya and other Arabic-speaking countries of the Maghreb to be part of the region.
The regional name "Middle East" generally applies to southwest Asia west of Pakistan and Afghanistan (Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the eastern part of Turkey known also as Asia Minor, United Arab Emirates and Yemen),
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AP style does not hyphenate air traffic controller.
FAA is acceptable on second reference for the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The call letters of amateur radio stations typically mix letters and figures: K2LRX.
If a station is widely known in the market by a nickname, and you want to use the nickname because it's more familiar or because of station preference, use the call letters as well: "The report on Fox 59 (WXIN-TV) comes six weeks after ..."
Use all caps for call letters and call signs.
Use hyphens to separate the type of station from the base call letters: WBZ-AM, WBZ-FM, WBZ-TV.
