AP Stylebook

As I sit down to write this, though, none of those drafts feel right. There’s so much to say yet also nothing at all. How do you encapsulate four years of your life in 850 cohesive words?

When you’re going through the exciting, intimidating or mundane process of injecting for hormone replacement therapy, you may notice your mind wandering.

Although copy editors can edit out blatant lies and ugly slurs in the articles we're given, here are some things we don’t fact-check: framing and omission.

Punctuation marks are pretty objective in their purpose within the world of written (and spoken) language. But in an age dominated by the internet, memes and the universal need for speed, these marks have evolved into characters of their own.

The discrimination against persons diagnosed with mental illness is slowly decreasing.

Changing times demand changing coverage — here are some recent AP Stylebook and Daily Cal style changes that reflect recent events and political shifts.

Why do we need a fancy symbol for this? Well, the continued existence of the ampersand seems to suggest we do. But this usage suggests a convolutedness that transcends this simple claim to efficiency.

Style guides can be seen as part of the larger discourse surrounding issues we face in our day-to-day lives, but they also reflect how far institutionalized language rules still have to go to keep up with the times.

“OK but hear me out: I get that we’re copy editors and all, but why do we have to be like that when we see anything spelled incorrectly?”

If you ask me whether a verb is in the subjunctive mood, it’ll take me a while at best, require that I look up “subjunctive” before I can do the this hypothetical test set before me at worst.