Is it 11:00 p.m. or 11 p.m. or 11 pm or 11 o'clock?
It's 11 p.m., or maybe 11 o'clock. Under times:
Use figures except for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. . . . The construction 4 o'clock is acceptable, but time listings with a.m. or p.m. are preferred.
In the wake of this exercise, please be sure to review the AP Style listings for times.
Now, does the general AP Style number rule of spelling out numbers under 10 and using numerals for 10 and over count when talking about the time of day??
Actually, no. Here is what it says in AP Style under times:
Use figures except for noon and midnight.
So 9 a.m. is 9 a.m., not nine a.m.
But the AP style rule of numbers under 10 are spelled out/numbers 10 and over are given in digits still applies elsewhere. For example, the robber was shot three times -- with three spelled out -- and not 3 times, with 3 as a digit.
Also, is an address 2752 Michigan Ave or 2752 Michigan Ave. or 2752 Michigan 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 2752 Michigan Ave.
And if you referred to the intersection of 29th Street and Melrose Avenue, that would be the correct reference, not just 29th and Melrose.
Now, let's look at money. Is it $25, with the dollar symbol ahead of the amount or 25 dollars, with dollars spelled out?
It's the former, and not the latter. This is what I pulled from the AP Stylebook, under dollars: Use figures and the $ sign in all except casual references or amounts without a figure.
Now, let's talk about titles.
If someone's title precedes their name, then you capitalize: Ingham County District Attorney Ramone Hernandez
If someone's title follows their name, then it's lower-case: Ramone Hernandez, Ingham County district attorney
Also, titles in most cases should not be included after a first reference. You may start out by saying District Attorney Ramone Hernandez, but in subsequent references it's just Hernandez.
It's 11 p.m., or maybe 11 o'clock. Under times:
Use figures except for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m. . . . The construction 4 o'clock is acceptable, but time listings with a.m. or p.m. are preferred.
In the wake of this exercise, please be sure to review the AP Style listings for times.
Now, does the general AP Style number rule of spelling out numbers under 10 and using numerals for 10 and over count when talking about the time of day??
Actually, no. Here is what it says in AP Style under times:
Use figures except for noon and midnight.
So 9 a.m. is 9 a.m., not nine a.m.
But the AP style rule of numbers under 10 are spelled out/numbers 10 and over are given in digits still applies elsewhere. For example, the robber was shot three times -- with three spelled out -- and not 3 times, with 3 as a digit.
Also, is an address 2752 Michigan Ave or 2752 Michigan Ave. or 2752 Michigan 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 2752 Michigan Ave.
And if you referred to the intersection of 29th Street and Melrose Avenue, that would be the correct reference, not just 29th and Melrose.
Now, let's look at money. Is it $25, with the dollar symbol ahead of the amount or 25 dollars, with dollars spelled out?
It's the former, and not the latter. This is what I pulled from the AP Stylebook, under dollars: Use figures and the $ sign in all except casual references or amounts without a figure.
Now, let's talk about titles.
If someone's title precedes their name, then you capitalize: Ingham County District Attorney Ramone Hernandez
If someone's title follows their name, then it's lower-case: Ramone Hernandez, Ingham County district attorney
Also, titles in most cases should not be included after a first reference. You may start out by saying District Attorney Ramone Hernandez, but in subsequent references it's just Hernandez.
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