Marion Barry, who earned the honorific after winning his fourth term despite being convicted for cocaine possession. The people who make your drinks at a bar are properly referred to as “bartenders,” though you may use “mixologist” if you’re aiming for a faint air of derision. If you wanted to know whether "wide" itself is a suffix and should therefore be attached without a hyphen, it looks like the two major styles vary. (See entry on. Just use the already-existing word. Bikeshare on second reference, not “CaBi.”, The former home of the Bullets (who weren’t renamed the Wizards until they moved downtown), Capitals, Hoyas, and the usual arena slate of concerts, Ice Capades, and monster truck shows. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law official style guide of the Associated Press, a not-for-profit news agency that’s been around since 1846. No need to specify that the D.C. neighborhood is in D.C., but if you’re referring to the area on the other side of the city line, write “Chevy Chase, Md.” (but see entry on “states” to learn how this varies from our usual style for inside-the-Beltway place names). There is no one alive that is youer than you! The neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River, both in Northeast and Southeast—and don’t forget that sliver of Southwest! May be used without explanation in quotes, but on first reference in our own copy, say “east of Rock Creek Park.”. Do not use to refer to all subsidized housing. If you're using just a month and year, spell out the month. The “District” in “District of Columbia” can now be capitalized on second reference, AP said in a Stylebook update in March. For major works like albums, movies, TV shows, operas, books, and plays.
How do I spell “bama” (“bamma?”), and am I one for asking? On second reference, “White Mike” is acceptable. One word. The authority on APA Style and the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual. If a generic term has become the equivalent of a proper name in popular use, treat it as a proper name. Capitalize formal titles only when they're used right before a name: Mayor Joe Smith or Mayor Smith; the mayor said (not the Mayor said.) Votes: The bill was defeated by a vote of 6 to 4.-but-The bill was defeated by a two-vote margin.
Instead, say, “the Advisory Neighborhood Commission for such-and-such neighborhood.” Advisory neighborhood commissioner should not be capitalized, unless used as a title. For example, if you look up “wide” in Webster’s New World College Dictionary, you see the first entry is for the plain old adjective (“The street is wide”). “Reagan National Airport” or “Reagan Washington National Airport” are fine on first reference. 14th and Girard streets NW. You might write, “Transwomen are protesting the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, which only allows ciswomen on its grounds.” Not to be confused with, Excited, pumped up. Baseball AP, MLA, Chicago, and APA mostly agree on these basic rules, but there are certain words and expressions over which they do not. (See entry on “Wilson Building.”). See entry on “. Only capitalize when referencing D.C. Home Rule, granted by an act of Congress in 1973. Find tutorials, the APA Style Blog, how to format papers in APA Style, and other resources to help you improve your writing, master APA Style, and learn the conventions of scholarly publishing. After a city, use the old AP style abbreviations (e.g.
Ignore the AP’s oafish new policy of spelling out state names. All words that are capitalized when part of a proper names should be lowercase when they are used in the plural or do not refer to a specific, existing body. Give these prescriptions great weight.—Jonathan L. Fischer. ( Log Out / Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Neighborhood south and west of Chinatown defined better by the overconcentration of José Andrés restaurants than by definitive boundaries. But when it’s a title before a name, abbreviate à la “shadow Sen. Say small plates, which are meant for sharing, although not always large enough for it. “The Hirshhorn” or “the Hirshhorn Museum” acceptable on second reference. ( Log Out / districtwide definition: Adjective (not comparable) 1. (“Southwest” is an exception, given the quadrant’s modest proportions, although “Southwest Waterfront” and “Buzzard Point” should be used when appropriate.) Also: one thing we don’t need more of. For example: chemist, Sam Johnson, Ph.D.; Dr. Sam Johnson, a chemist; or Sam Johnson, who has a doctorate in chemistry . Note that “congressman” is not a title, and keep it lowercase. Neighborhood boundaries can be derived from Google Maps, business improvement districts, and the, Brazilian power forward for the Washington Wizards. Actually, this seeming conundrum is pretty easy to deal with.