Common AP Stylebook rules to follow Inklings follows the Associated Press Stylebook. All questions of style or debates on style will be answered by the AP. Here are common style points that Inklings writers frequently use. Abbreviations The following are common Acronyms the paper uses: & Acronyms BOE for Board of Education BOF for Board of Finance FCIAC for Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference AVOID AWKWARD CONSTRUCTIONS: Do not follow an organization's full name with an abbreviation or acronym in parentheses or set off by dashes. If an abbreviation or acronym would not be clear on second reference without this arrangement, do not use it. Names not commonly before the public should not be reduced to acronyms solely to save a few words. (The Future Business Leaders of America met in rm. 602). This also holds true for subsequent mentions in the article. FBI, for example is well known. FBLA is not. Generally, omit periods in acronyms unless the result would spell an unrelated word. But use periods in most two-letter abbreviations: U.S., U.N., U.K., B.A., B.C. MPH: mph is acceptable: the speed limit has been raised to 65 mph. No periods are used. SUPERINTENDENT: Do not abbreviate. Capitalize when used as a formal title before a name: Superintendent Elliot Landon UNITED STATES: Spell out on first mention, and then use U.S. on subsequent mentions. UNITED NATIONS: Spell out on first mention, and then use U.N. on subsequent mentions. Generally spell out the names of countries and cities.
Acad. depts.
Use lowercase except for words that are proper nouns or adjectives: i.e. the social studies department, the English department.
Acad. Titles
Capitalize and spell out formal titles such as chancellor, chairman, etc. when they precede a name (Chairman Swanson). Lowercase elsewhere. Lowercase modifiers such as department in department Chair Lisbeth Comm.
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