AP vs. Chicago https://apvschicago.com/ Edit or Die Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:28:01 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://apvschicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon-32x32.png AP vs. Chicago https://apvschicago.com/ 32 32 Styling Text Messages in Fiction https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/styling-text-messages-in-fiction.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/styling-text-messages-in-fiction.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:00:12 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1121 Your protagonist’s phone vibrates. It’s a text from her best friend, but how? He died exactly one year ago in a car crash. The words come into focus.

Wait a second. How should text messages be styled in a manuscript?

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/styling-text-messages-in-fiction.html/feed 0 Beyond Kerning: How to Proofread Design https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/beyond-kerning-how-to-proofread-design.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/beyond-kerning-how-to-proofread-design.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 14:00:12 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1119 If you love catching a zero in place of a capital O, a curly quote in place of a prime, or two single quote marks in place of a double, you can hone your eagle eye by learning to spot flaws in design.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/beyond-kerning-how-to-proofread-design.html/feed 0 Crafting Citations through Principles, Not Rules: MLA Style, Eighth Edition https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/crafting-citations-through-principles-not-rules-mla-style-eighth-edition.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/crafting-citations-through-principles-not-rules-mla-style-eighth-edition.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:00:32 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1115 As a student of the humanities, I worked with Modern Language Association (MLA) style long before I became aware of the other styles. So it’s big news to me and generations of scholars that the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, published in April, breaks from a rule-based format to one that focuses on the principles for crafting useful citations.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/crafting-citations-through-principles-not-rules-mla-style-eighth-edition.html/feed 0 Staying Ahead of Style Guides https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/staying-ahead-of-style-guides.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/staying-ahead-of-style-guides.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:00:49 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1096 Were you delighted by the ruling on Internet by The Associated Press Stylebook? Effective June 1, 2016, Internet became internet, no longer capitalized. Though many reacted with trepidation, others have desired this change for the last decade or so.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/staying-ahead-of-style-guides.html/feed 0 Nine Obscure (but Useful) Recommendations from The Chicago Manual of Style https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/nine-obscure-but-useful-recommendations-from-the-chicago-manual-of-style.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/nine-obscure-but-useful-recommendations-from-the-chicago-manual-of-style.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:00:19 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1098 Reading The Chicago Manual of Style while on deadline is different from curling up with it for a leisurely read. If you haven’t had time for the latter, not to worry. I’ve compiled a list of lesser-known but useful recommendations.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/nine-obscure-but-useful-recommendations-from-the-chicago-manual-of-style.html/feed 0 The New York Times Style: Fine Distinctions beyond the Newsroom https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/the-new-york-times-style-fine-distinctions-beyond-the-newsroom.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/the-new-york-times-style-fine-distinctions-beyond-the-newsroom.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:00:06 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1102 Billed as “the official style guide used by the writers and editors of the world’s most authoritative news organization,” the 2015 edition of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage contains hundreds of changes made since the 2002 edition, increasing its usefulness to non-NYT writers and editors.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/the-new-york-times-style-fine-distinctions-beyond-the-newsroom.html/feed 0 Consistency vs. Flexibility https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/consistency-vs-flexibility.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/consistency-vs-flexibility.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:00:34 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1104 In The Gregg Reference Manual, William A. Sabin said this of applying one style to all circumstances: “It is the impoverished person who meets every situation with the same set of clothes.” Copyeditors are charged with enforcing consistency, but new editors have a tough time knowing when to be flexible.

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]]> https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/whats-in-a-logo.html/feed 0 Lowercasing the First Word of a Sentence https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/lowercasing-the-first-word-of-a-sentence.html https://apvschicago.com/2018/07/lowercasing-the-first-word-of-a-sentence.html#respond Wed, 11 Jul 2018 07:00:11 +0000 https://apvschicago.com/?p=1108 As a reader of Macworld, I am accustomed to reading sentences and headlines that start with iPhone or iPad—with the lowercase initial letter intact. Though some may consider this a defilement, capitalizing the first word of a sentence, in certain cases, is negotiable.

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