AP Style
The Associated Press style
What is AP Style? Associated Press (AP) Style is simply a standardized way of writing everything from dates to street addresses to job titles. AP Style was developed and is maintained by The Associated Press. AP Style is the accepted standard that is used by most media outlets. 成人B站鈥檚 Office of Communications & Marketing uses AP style for all news releases, website and printed materials. The East Central University Stylebook is a quick reference for common terms associated with the University.
成人B站 Stylebook & Names
A
Academic Degrees: Put an apostrophe in bachelor鈥檚 degree and master鈥檚 degree. (The degree belongs to
the bachelor or master.) Even when shortened to bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 (no 鈥渄egree鈥
afterward), use the apostrophe. Use periods in abbreviations (B.A.,
M.A., Ph.D.).
Adviser: Not advisor
Alma Mater: Do not italicize
Alumna: Feminine singular
Alumnae: Feminine plural
Alumni: Masculine plural, but use for group of men and women
Alumnus: Masculine singular
Alums: More than one of either gender
Area Code: Use hyphen: 580-332-8000
Athletic Facilities:
- Chickasaw Plaza
- Elvan George Athletic Building
- Intramural/Practice Fields
- Ken Turner Baseball Field
- Kerr Activities Center (Informally may be referred to as 鈥渢he Dome鈥 or 鈥淜err Dome,鈥 but never referred to as 鈥渢he Gold Dome.鈥)
- Kinesiology Building
- Koi Ishto Stadium
- Mayhue Tennis Courts
- McBride Gym
- Norris Field
- Oscar Parker Tennis Courts
- Pat O鈥橬eal Strength & Conditioning Center
- Soccer Field
- Softball Field
- Tommy Hewett M.D. Wellness Center
B
Baccalaureate: Capitalize the ceremony, but not the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree: Or use
B.F.A., not Bachelor鈥檚 of Fine Arts Bachelor of Science
Degree: Or use B.S., not Bachelor鈥檚 of Science
Building and Other Location Names:
- Administration Building
- Ataloa Theatre (note the spelling of 鈥渢heatre鈥)
- Bill S. Cole University Center
- Chalmers Herman Theatre
- Chickasaw Business & Conference Center
- Chokka-Chaffa鈥 Hall
- Danley Hall
- Dorothy I. Summers Theatre (note the spelling of 鈥渢heatre鈥)
- 成人B站 Bookstore
- 成人B站 Child Development Center
- Education Building
- Faust Hall Auditorium
- Fentem Hall
- Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center
- Harland C. Stonecipher School of Business
- Horace Mann Building
- Kathryn P. Boswell Memorial Chapel
- Lanoy Education Building
- Linscheid Library
- Memorial Student Union
- Physical and Environmental Science Center
- Physical Plant
- Raymond Estep Multimedia Center
- Science Hall
- Stanley P. Wagner Ballroom
- Sterling L. Williams Foundation and Alumni Center
- Taff Dining Hall
See 鈥淎鈥 for Athletic Facilities
See 鈥淩鈥 for Residence Halls
C
Chair: (noun) Not chairman, chairwoman or chairperson
Classes: Do not capitalize (freshman, sophomore)
College of Education and Psychology
College of Health and Sciences
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Commas: Don鈥檛 use a comma before the 鈥渁nd鈥 in a series of three or more items unless necessary
to avoid confusion.
Commencement: Capitalize
Courtesy Titles: Don鈥檛 use 鈥淢rs.鈥 or 鈥淢r.鈥 Do not use 鈥淒r.鈥 after first reference.
D
Days or Dates: Spell out days of the week and months and capitalize. Use time/day/date sequence
(e.g., 7 p.m Monday, Aug 3rd, in the University Center).
Decades: Use numerals with no apostrophe (e.g., the 1960s)
Department Names: Capitalize (e.g., Department of Psychology)
Dimensions: Use figures for all numbers that indicate height, weight, width, etc., even for numbers
less than 10 (e.g., The book weighs 2 pounds.)
Doctoral Degree, Doctorate: The terms are interchangeable
Download
DVD: Acceptable for all digital video disk
E
East Central University: Or 成人B站 (not 鈥淓ast Central鈥)
Emeriti: Do not italicize
Emeritus: Masculine singular
Emeriti: Masculine plural
Emerita: Feminine singular
Emeritae: Feminine plural
Esports or esports: Not e-sports or eSports
F
Freshman/Freshmen: freshman when referring to one student; freshmen when referring to a group of students
G
GED: Acceptable on all references to Oklahoma鈥檚 General Educational Development Certificate
GPA: On second reference for grade-point average, no
periods
H
Halftime
Homepage
Housing Buildings:
- Briles Hall
- Chokka-Choffa鈥 Hall
- Pontotoc Hall
- Pesagi Hall
- Knight Hall
- Stadium Apartments
- Tiger Commons
Hyphen: Hyphenate adjectival phrases formed by adjective and a noun preceding the noun modified (e.g., first-year student). Phrases formed by an adverb ending in -ly and an adjective are not hyphened.
I
Inc.: Do not precede it with a comma
It鈥檚, its: 鈥淚t鈥檚鈥 is a contraction that means 鈥渋t is鈥 or it has. 鈥淚ts鈥 means 鈥渂elonging to it.鈥
J
Jr., Sr.: Do not set off by commas (e.g., John Smith Jr.)
M
Master of Arts Degree: Not Master鈥檚 of Arts
Master of Education: Not Master鈥檚 of Education
Master of Science Degree: Not Master鈥檚 of Science Men鈥檚 and/or Women鈥檚 Sports: Use the apostrophe. Do not use 鈥淟ady Tigers.鈥
Miles: Use figures in dimensions, formulas and speeds. For distances, spell out numbers
under 10 unless the number is fractional, in which case use numerals
Months: Never abbreviate months when they do not immediately precede a date. When the name
of a month immediately precedes a date, abbreviate it 鈥 but only if the month鈥檚 name
is six letters or longer (e.g., We were married on Aug. 6 last year. We were
divorced March 5, 2014.).
N
Names and Titles: Titles for faculty, staff and students are used after the person鈥檚 name (not capitalized)
and look like this:
- Jane Smith, Bromide junior
- Dr. Jeffrey Gibson, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs
Numbers: Spell out numbers from one through nine. Use numerals for 10 and above. Do not use
the abbreviations th, rd or nd with numerals or dates. (Exception is centuries, e.g.,
21st Century.)
O
Once a Tiger: 鈥淥nce a Tiger, Always a Tiger!鈥
R
Residence Halls:
- Briles Hall
- Chokka-Choffa鈥 Hall
- Pontotoc Hall
- Pesagi Hall
- Knight Hall
- Stadium Apartments
- Tiger Commons
P
Period: Use a single space after the period at the end of a sentence. Do not put a space
between initials (e.g., C.J. not C. J.).
Phone Numbers: Write phone numbers without parentheses (e.g., 580-332-8000).
Physical Plant
P.O. Box: At 成人B站, we use PMB.
Plurals: Note the rule that when you form the plural of a proper noun that ends in a 鈥測鈥 you
usually add an 鈥渟鈥 as in Kennedys, Grammys, Emmys.
S
Scholastic Assessment Test: The new name of the Scholastic Achievement Test. SAT remains acceptable
Schools:
- Harland C. Stonecipher
- School of Business (or SSB, not SOB)
- School of Fine Arts
- School of Graduate Studies
- School of Nursing
State Names: Spell out all names of states in sentences. Use postal abbreviations only in addresses
that contain zip codes. Place comma between the city and state name, and another after
the state name, unless at the end of a sentence (e.g., She traveled from San
Diego, California, to go to school in Ada, Oklahoma.).
T
Temperature: Use figures unless the temperature is zero.
Titles, Academic and Professional: Capitalize titles when they appear before the name; lowercase when they come after
(e.g., Provost Jeffrey Gibson or Dr. Jeffrey Gibson, 成人B站 provost). Do not capitalize
when they stand alone.
Titles, Books, Plays, Music: Italicize names of books, newspapers, journals, films, plays, symphonies, titled
art works, operas, ships, spacecraft and airplanes. Use 鈥渜uotation marks鈥 around the
titles of articles, poems, songs, one-act plays, television or radio programs, series
of books and sculptures.
Theatre: Theatres on campus use this spelling.
Time of Day: 11 a.m., noon or midnight (not 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.), 3 p.m.
U
United States: Abbreviate it as 鈥淯.S.鈥 only as an adjective before a noun, otherwise spell out
University: Capitalize when referring to 成人B站 specifically; otherwise, do not capitalize.
V
Vice President: No hyphen
W-Z
Website, Web Page
www: World Wide Web
Contact
Office:
Administration Building, Suite 204
1100 E 14th St
PMB N-8
Ada, OK 74820Email:
ecuinfo@ecok.edu
Contact
Office:
Administration Building, Suite 204
1100 E 14th St
PMB N-8
Ada, OK 74820Email:
ecuinfo@ecok.edu
