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AP Style is the Bible for working journalists.

With rules for everything from how to write numbers to when to use the names of states, AP Style covers a wide range of topics.

Few - if any - professional editors will expect you to know the entire contents of the AP Style book.

Instead, it is important to know some common areas.

In class, I will allow you to use your style book for many quizzes. Several quizzes, announced as surprises, will be without the style book.  You will be expected to know the following for these quizzes:

Rules for:

Dates, ages, numerals, cities, states, titles.