AP Style Guide Writing Center（美联社风格指南写作中心）.pdf

Brandeis University Web Style Guide – Associated Press Style Text on Brandeis University Web sites should follow the grammar, punctuation and spelling rules outlined in the Associated Press Stylebook. The Office of Communications recommends that you purchase the latest edition of the AP Stylebook at . Quick Reference Numbers • Spell out the numbers one through nine. Use Arabic numerals for 10 and up. Always use Arabic numerals for ages and percentages, even for numbers less than 10. • Spell out numbers that start a sentence. If the result is awkward, re-work the sentence: Seventy-five students attended the symposium yesterday. Yesterday, 635 seniors were awarded degrees. • The exception to this rule is a sentence that begins with a calendar year: 2007 was a record-breaking year for fundraising. • Use Roman numerals for wars, monarchs and Popes: World War II, King George VI, Pope John XXIII • In the case of proper names, use words or numerals according to the organization’s practice: 3M, Twentieth Century Fund, Big Ten Abbreviations Academic Degrees • Avoid abbreviations: Jehuda Reinharz, who has a doctorate in modern Jewish history … • Use an apostrophe in bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, etc. • There is no apostrophe in Bachelor of Arts or Master of Science. • Use abbreviations such as B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. only when the need to identify many people by degree on first reference would make the preferred method cumbersome; use the abbreviations only after a full name and set the abbreviations off with commas: Dorothee Kern, Ph.D., delivered a lecture on enzymes. Dates • Always use Arabic figures, without st, nd, rd or th. • When a month is used with a specific date, abbreviate only Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.: Fall Open House will be held on Oct. 8. • When a phrase lis