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AP Style G
- Gay
- Men and women attracted to the same sex,
Lesbian is more common term for women.
- Preferred over homosexual except in clinical contexts or
references to sexual activity.
- Avoid references to "sexual preference" or to a gay or
alternative "lifestyle".
- Geographic names
- Domestic: DON'T use POSTAL
ABBREVIATIONS for STATE names.
- Foreign: First source for the spelling of all
foreign place names is Webster's Dictionary.
- Capitalize common nouns when they form an integral part
of a proper name, but lowercase when they stand alone.
- "Pennsylvania Avenue" VS. "The avenue"
- Governmental Bodies
- Full Name: Capitalize full proper names of
gov. agencies, departments and offices.
- "The U.S. Department of State, the Boston
City Council, the Chicago Fire Department."
- Without Jurisdiction: Retain CAPS in referring to a specific
body if the dateline or context makes the name of the nation,
state, etc. necessary.
- "the City Council, the Fire
Department"
- Lowercase condensed names:
"the department, the council"
- Plural, Nonspesifics = Words that are capitalized when part of a proper name should be
lowercased when they are plural or do not refer to a specific, existing body.
- "The town does not have a fire department. the bill requires city council to provide
matching funds. The president will address the lower houses of the New York and
New Jersey legislatures.