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10 writings tips from the Associated Press

By Kevin Allen | Posted: March 18, 2011
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If you’re looking to the social media landscape for ways to improve your writing, few places are as handy as the AP Stylebook Twitter feed.

The account provides a steady stream of tips that any writer—an AP style adherent or not—can use to improve his or her craft.

Here are a few of my favorite recent tips from the AP Stylebook Twitter stream:

Today's tip: It's daylight saving time. Not savings, and no hyphen. #APStyleless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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Singular proper names ending in 's': Use only an apostrophe. Achilles' heel; Dickens' theme. #APStyle @Jaybee_eatsless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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@whuddafugger Yes, the verb is to tweet: AP Stylebook tweeted an answer to your question. #APStyleChatless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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@RaoulFOX5 An event cannot be described as annual until it has been held in at least two successive years. #APStyleChatless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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This won an office debate for me:

An AP Stylebook pronunciation tip: Qatar, which will host the World Cup in 2022, is pronounced GUH’-tur. #apstyleless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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A reminder: While website is lowercase, the Web is capitalized. #apstyle @markdubya @JamesEBriggsless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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New to the Stylebook: Names of most websites and apps are capitalized. Use quotes only for game titles. #APStyleChatless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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New to the Stylebook: It’s handheld as a noun but hand-held as an adjective. #APStyleChatless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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The entry on the Great Recession has been updated to say NBER economists declared that it ended in June 2009. #apstyleless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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@Mandersat It's OK, OK'd, OK'ing, OKs. Do not use okay. #APStyleless than a minute ago via CoTweetAP Stylebook
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