Was the address of the store 4010 Holbrook Dr., or 4010 Holbrook Drive?
It's Drive, spelled out.
AP Style under addresses says to abbreviate avenue, boulevard and street when it's part of a specific address. But similar words like alley, drive, road and terrace are always spelled out, no matter what.
I know the report had drive abbreviated, but our job as journalists is to translate anything except direct citations and quotes into AP style.
Now, is it stupid that AP Style is being inconsistent on how to be consistent with addresses? I think so, absolutely.
But that doesn't matter, since AP Style is the standard by which most news organizations go when it comes to how they use facts and terms. So, we have to learn it for that practical reason: if we go into media, we'll have to know it. Even if some of it doesn't make sense.
Finally, I don't believe we're still on this,but ... the general AP Style number rule is that we spell out numbers from zero to nine (just like that, zero and nine, not 0 and 9) and that we use digits for 10 and above (just like that; 10, and not ten).
Next person who fails to adhere to the AP numbers rule, I chop off a finger.Yours, not mine. :)
It's Drive, spelled out.
AP Style under addresses says to abbreviate avenue, boulevard and street when it's part of a specific address. But similar words like alley, drive, road and terrace are always spelled out, no matter what.
I know the report had drive abbreviated, but our job as journalists is to translate anything except direct citations and quotes into AP style.
Now, is it stupid that AP Style is being inconsistent on how to be consistent with addresses? I think so, absolutely.
But that doesn't matter, since AP Style is the standard by which most news organizations go when it comes to how they use facts and terms. So, we have to learn it for that practical reason: if we go into media, we'll have to know it. Even if some of it doesn't make sense.
Finally, I don't believe we're still on this,but ... the general AP Style number rule is that we spell out numbers from zero to nine (just like that, zero and nine, not 0 and 9) and that we use digits for 10 and above (just like that; 10, and not ten).
Next person who fails to adhere to the AP numbers rule, I chop off a finger.Yours, not mine. :)
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