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How Word Preferences in the AP Styleguide Reveal Bias61

How Word Preferences in the AP Styleguide Reveal Bias

The Associated Press Styleguide or AP Styleguide for short is one of the standards for reporting and of writing in general. Yet there is a built in bias in the AP styleguide that defines how information is presented and thus the information upon which the public absorbs.

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Tips for writing good articles62

Tips for writing good articles

Some helpful tips and useful insight on the art of writing good articles. Good writers never quit--they just get better.

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Affect and Effect - how to choose the correct word68

Affect and Effect - how to choose the correct word

Every writer knows, you have to get the details right.  Using the correct word in the correct place is not a matter of style or presentation, or one of pedantry - but one of grammatical accuracy.  Getting it right is the difference between...

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Proper Apostrophe Usage Possessives68

Proper Apostrophe Usage Possessives

If you want to be a professional writer, or if you just take your writing seriously, you will eventually encounter a quirk in English grammar that is often misunderstood. How to make a word that ends with 's'...

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Write Better Improve Vocabulary69

Write Better Improve Vocabulary

A popular book on being a writer is called Getting the Words Right. It is a good book and I highly recommend it if you are looking to improve your writing. I especially recommend it if you would like a look into what the world of professional...

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AP Style Writing What Is It73

AP Style Writing What Is It

This definition of AP Style answers the common question, about what AP Style is, and covers both AP Style writing, and the Associated Press Stylebook.

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English Grammar: Mastering Comma Usage69

English Grammar: Mastering Comma Usage

Tips and hints on how to use the seemingly innocent, but actually very tricky, comma.

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AP Style Basics76

AP Style Basics

Chicago is the oldest and most comprehensive style guide out there. Since it is so comprehensive, or because it is so comprehensive, it often takes much longer to find what you are looking for. This guide is primarily used for book authors, but...

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