https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun Post the fun fact you found in the AP Stylebook for others to enjoy. Please include your name in the title (see below). en-us 2021-01-28 23:00:09 UTC 2021-02-06 03:46:58 UTC hello@padlet.com kananovichv https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1138909650 Styrofoam is a trademark for a brand of plastic foam, but it’s never used to make cups, which means there’s no such thing as a styrofoam cup.]]> 2021-01-28 23:06:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1138909650 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1160317794 Internet of Things is a term used to describe devices, appliances, sensors and anything else with an internet connection but it does not include traditional gadgets such as PCs and phones. ]]> 2021-02-03 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1160317794 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1161414207 gods and goddesses: capitalize God in reference to the deity of monotheistic religions... lowercase gods and goddesses in reference to the deities of polytheistic religions or false gods.]]> 2021-02-03 23:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1161414207 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1166100293 "OK"
The proper way to write "OK" not "Okay". There is no "ay" and both the "O" and the "K" are capitalized. The same goes for "OK'd, OKs and OKing".]]> 2021-02-04 21:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1166100293 younglk1 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1166643068 dot-com An older and informal description of companies that do business mainly on the internet. Usually reserved for companies that thrived in the years 1995-2001, a period often known as the dot-com era. When referring to the domain name itself, use, .com, .org, etc.]]> 2021-02-05 01:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1166643068 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1168279614 Meme A piece of information o visual content that's shared verbally or transmitted widely, often via social media.]]> 2021-02-05 14:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1168279614 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169187641 Even though Doughnut is the correct spelling, AP recognized that Donut is acceptable too.  

]]> 2021-02-05 16:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169187641 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169253247 hang, hanged, hung: one hangs a picture, a criminal or oneself. For past tense or the passive, use hanged when referring to executions or suicides, hung for other actions]]> 2021-02-05 17:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169253247 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169300128 White Paper: Two words, lowercase, when used to refer to a special report.]]> 2021-02-05 17:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169300128 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169322110 menswear not men's wear]]> 2021-02-05 17:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169322110 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169758460 "menswear" : not men's wear. ]]> 2021-02-05 18:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169758460 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169890795 NEVER add the letter "s" to the words "toward" and "forward." Also, AP style does not use the oxford comma, which I find very sad.]]> 2021-02-05 19:14:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169890795 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169983094 you don't capitalize devil, but you capitalize Satan]]> 2021-02-05 19:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1169983094 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170146231 minister is not a formal title in most religions.]]> 2021-02-05 20:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170146231 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170508736 You capitalize Swiss cheese but not french fries.]]> 2021-02-05 22:43:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170508736 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170759700 I found it interest reading about all the correct ways to use sport terms.]]> 2021-02-06 02:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170759700 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170775766 Guerrilla to me means the animal but in the book it refers to an unorthodox soldier and his tactics ]]> 2021-02-06 02:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170775766 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170779594 Champagne is a sparkling wine from the champagne region of France. if not from that region, call it sparkling wine.

I didn't realize it had to be from a specific place to technically be called champagne.]]> 2021-02-06 02:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170779594 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170784049 On a MLB box score, if a player changes position, only his original position will be listed on the box score]]> 2021-02-06 02:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170784049 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170791278 Avenue - "Ave." not simply "Ave"]]> 2021-02-06 03:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170791278 https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170815632 Her Majesty: Capitalize when it appears in quotations or is appropriate before a name as the long form of a formal title. For other purposes use the women's name or the queen.
- Queen Chloe ;) ]]> 2021-02-06 03:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kananovichv/com1300_apfun/wish/1170815632