When writing professionally for non-academic publication, the gold standard for formatting and style is AP Style. What Is AP Style, you ask?AP Style stands for Associated Press Style and refers to the stylistic and formatting guidelines found in the world famous Associated Press Stylebook. This book is published each year and covers the formatting guidelines that go beyond what you might find in the dictionary. For example, the guide covers the appropriate capitalization and abbreviation of both military ranks and [...]

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