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The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard of news writing. With "The AP Stylebook" in hand, you can learn to write with the clarity and professionalism for which the Associated Press is famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries - including more than 50 new ones - detailing the AP's rules on grammar, Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation and word and numeral usage. You'll find answers to such wide-ranging questions as:

-When should the names of government bodies or businesses be spelled out and when should they be abbreviated?
-What are the general definitions of the major religious movements?
-Which companies do the big media conglomerates own?
-Who are all the members of the British Commonwealth?
-How should box scores for baseball games be files?
-What constitutes "fair use"?
-What exactly does the Freedom of Information Act cover?

With invaluable additional sections on the unique guidelines for business and sports reporting and on how you can guard against libel and copyright infringement, "The AP Stylebook" is the one reference that all writers, editors and students cannot afford to be without.