Ap Style

style-guide

“Longtime AP style” commonly refers to writing and editing standards established and maintained by The Associated Press over many years. It describes a consistent, widely ad...

style-usage

AP style treats movie titles as names of creative works, so you must capitalize principal words and treat punctuation as part of the title. In print and digital text that cannot...

style-guide

Whether to underline or quote movie titles depends on the style guide, medium, and publication conventions. In academic and print settings, major style manuals typically recomme...

style-guide

Use the dollar sign and numerals for most amounts; spell out dollar only at the start of a sentence if no amount precedes it. Use decimal points for cents and commas for thousan...

academic-writing

When you reference a film in an academic or professional essay, the goal is to signal clearly that you are naming a complete, standalone creative work. How you type movie titles...

style-guide

AP style treats longtime as one word when it acts as a straightforward adjective meaning "formed over a long period" or "established over time," as in longtime friend or longtim...

style-guide

Effective style choices for percentages depend on whether you prioritize readability, consistency, or adherence to a specific style guide. This guide explains how to handle perc...

academic-writing

When you refer to a short story within an essay, treat the title as the name of a self-contained work and follow standard title punctuation and capitalization rules. Capitalize...

Writing Guidelines

In AP style, most numbers are governed by a simple baseline: spell out numbers zero through nine, and use numerals for 10 and above. This rule supports readability at scale and...