The AP has issued a style and reference guide for reporters to follow when writing about 9/11 and the tenth anniversary of the attacks. Many of the terms already appear in the AP Stylebook, but the ...

FORT POLK, La. — From distinct rank abbreviations to last name references, the Associated Press style guide vastly differs from the military writing standards detailed in Army Regulation 25-50, ...

BOB GARFIELD: What do you call the AARP in Spanish? What’s the right term for “sequester?” And when Cubans and Ecuadorians have different words for things like drinking straws and pickup trucks, which ...

The Associated Press Stylebook, which news organizations across the country look to for stylistic guidance, has dropped the term Web site in favor of website. How does the AP decide when to update an ...

Numbers one through nine are written out; 10 and up are digits. This can be confusing because you can switch between writing out numbers and digits in the same sentence. EXAMPLE: There are eight ...

A key goal of any newspaper should be communication. There is a reason writers stray from terms that may be unfamiliar to the common reader and attempt to make the ideas they present straightforward.

Tyler O'Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: "Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center," and "The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal ...