First Ledes: Writing With (AP) Style

In this assignment, I didn't grade you for adherence to AP Style, since we're still in the process of going over it. While soon you will be graded based on AP use, in this one I still cited proper AP Style in your evaluation, so we can start getting used to it.

And some of the rules include:

It's 911 call, not 9-1-1. So says AP Style, under the heading of 911 call.

It's $1.5 million, not 1.5 million dollars. Under dollars: Use figures and the $ sign in all except casual references or amounts without a figure.

When using addresses, there's lotsa little rules to follow. Let's start looking at a few of 'em.

First, is an address 1840 Maldren Ave. or 1840 Maldren Avenue?

From AP Style, under addresses:

Use the abbreviations Ave., Blvd. and St. only with a numbered address: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Spell them out and capitalize when part of a formal street name without a number: Pennsylvania Avenue. Lowercase and spell out when used alone or with more than one street name: Massachusetts and Pennsylvania avenues.

Spell out and capitalize First through Ninth when used as street names; use figures with two letters for 10th and above: 7 Fifth Ave., 100 21st St. So in this case, it's 1840 Maldren Ave.

And if you referred to the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Wayne Boulevard, that would be the correct reference, not just Michigan and Wayne or Michigan Ave. and Wayne Blvd.