Blog #7

#7

This post is supposed to be about something that I learned from the Associated Press Stylebook, and the more that I think about it, the more I think I can’t choose just one thing. Honestly, I’ve used this book before for other classes, but I haven’t used it as extensively as I have for this class.

Never before had I discovered so many things that I’ve been doing wrong for the majority of my life. English has never been a favorite subject of mine, but I’ll say I have enjoyed learning things that I’ve been wondering about for most of my writing career.

One of the things that I’ve learned a lot about are things that need to be capitalized. The AP Stylebook references rules for a specific type of writing. Its journalistic kind of writing. And with that said, there are a lot of things and people that are written about that get more emphasis than others. One of the things I thought was interesting was capitalizing the title of a person. Depending on whether the title is before or after the name, or if it is at the beginning of the sentence or if this is the first time the person’s name is mentioned. You have to take all of that into account to decide what to do with the title of that person’s name/ position, and whether you have to capitalize it or not. It’s exhausting.

Another thing I’ve learned is how to use certain words or phrases, like blonde and blond. I always thought they were the same! They’re not.

There are loads of other things that I have learned, but this post would have to be a lot longer.