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  Christel van der Boom

  

  When to use – and not to use – the Oxford comma in AP Style

  ragan.com - Allison Carter

  AP Style is designed to minimize characters used, but clarity is always king.The serial comma is one of the most misunderstood parts of AP Style. …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  AP Style // Purdue Writing Lab

  purdue.edu - Purdue Writing Lab

  Associated Press Style These resources provide an overview of journalistic writing with explanations of the most important and most often used …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  AP Definitive Source | Previewing a new AP Stylebook

  ap.org

  The guidance is immediately available to AP Stylebook Online subscribers and will be included in the new print edition of the Stylebook, set to be …

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  Christel van der Boom

  

  AP changes writing style to capitalize ''b'' in Black

  Associated Press

  The Associated Press changed its writing style guide Friday to capitalize the “b” in the term Black when referring to people in a racial, ethnic or cultural context, weighing in on a hotly debated issue. The change conveys “an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among …

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  Christel van der Boom

  AP Style State Abbreviations - Writing Explained

  writingexplained.org

  There are quite a few rules in the AP Stylebook for state names and AP Style state abbreviations. In this post, we will summarize all of the AP …