The AP Stylebook Continues Its Hatred Against Technology
This is grammar overkill. Or is that more than kill?
Everyone in public relations has these two books: The Elements of Style, written by Strunk and White, 1920, and the The AP Stylebook.
The latter of the two necessities is typically at the center of water cooler chat because of unwanted changes. Whenever the Associated Press unveils a new rule — usually heard at the annual American Copy Editors Society (ACES) conference — journalists and PR pros alike are usually peeved.
Contested AP style changes are no secret to cube farms at agencies nationwide, but this latest one is particularly agonizing for those in digital PR.
First, it was at ACES 2010 when the Associated Press removed a space in the word website. Coders,
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