The writer is saying that only one class of reporters, those who do not read the stylebook, should not criticize their editors. It would then mean that all reporters should not criticize their editors. Use a comma if the subject of each clause in a sentence is expressly stated, but no comma when the subject of the two clauses is the same and not repeated in the second.
Examples: We visited Washington, and we met with our senator. We visited Washington and met with our senator. Use a comma to introduce a complete one-sentence quotation within a paragraph. Use a comma instead of a period at the end of a quote that is followed by an attribution. Black said.
Do not use a comma, however, if the quoted statement ends with a question mark or exclamation point. Also see AP Style. Place a comma before and after the following when they appear in the middle of a sentence: A year, if it follows a month and date. Example: I was born on November 6, , in Madison, Wis. A state, if it follows a city or county name. Example: I was born in Madison, Wis.
Composition titles Apply the guidelines listed here to book titles, computer game titles, movie titles, opera titles, play titles, poem titles, album and song titles, radio and television program titles, and the titles of lectures, speeches and works of art:. Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions of four or more letters.
Capitalize an article — the, a, an — or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word in a title.
Put quotation marks around the names of all such works except the Bible and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material. In addition to catalogs, this category includes almanacs, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias, gazetteers, handbooks and similar publications. Do not use quotation marks around such software titles as Excel or InDesign. Translate a foreign title into English unless a work is known to the American public by its foreign name.
Congress Capitalize U. Congress and Congress when referring to the U. Senate and House of Representatives. Although Congress sometimes is used as a substitute for the House, it is properly reserved for reference to both the Senate and House. Use congressional lowercase unless part of a proper name. While the word Senate is capitalized, the role itself is lowercase when referring to a general senator or senators. However, if you refer to a specific senator by name, then you need to capitalize it.
For example:. Not capitalized: The senators will vote on an important healthcare bill today. Capitalized: The bill was opposed by Senator Bernie Sanders. For more answers to capitalization questions, see our FAQs or try out our free capitalization tool. General subjects are lowercase algebra, chemistry , but the names of specific courses are capitalized Algebra I, Introduction to Sociology. See Exceptions below.
Use lower case in textual matter The senate committees will meet in August; Janet Millar will serve as a senator; Christine Miller will attend the senate meeting in August. Academic Years and Terms Lowercase words designating academic terms and years freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, fall semester, summer quarter, spring After a Colon Capitalize the first word after a colon if what follows is a grammatically complete sentence; otherwise, lowercase the first word unless it is normally capitalized.
An exception to this is if the colon is used as a kind of dash indicating a logical connection between the clauses, rather than performing its usual function of introducing what follows. Use consistency, however, and don't have a sentence that says: "Visitors to Southern California increased, while those to northern California decreased. Chapters, Figures in a document Capitalize references to specific chapters, figures, etc. In Chapter 3 you will find.
The appendix include. The figure shows. Departments Campus Capitalize formal names Department of History , but lowercase informal names history department. Divisions CO Capitalize divisions and departments within the Chancellor's Office in formal usage but only when the complete title is given. The Division of Business and Finance is active.
According to student academic support, more students are applying electronically. Historical Periods A numerical designation of a time period is lowercased unless it is part of a proper name 21st century, the nineties. Place Names Political divisions state, county, city, etc. If referring to the official name, the California State Legislature, each word is capitalized.
However, if referring to state legislators or the state legislature, use lowercase. Capitalize U. Congress and Congress when referring to the U. Senate and House of Representatives. Use lowercase members when saying members of Congress. Use Rep. Spell out and lowercase representative and senator in other uses. When formally introducing U. State representatives should be formally introduced as Mr.
Address the senator by name—start the email with Dear Senator [last name].
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