Mr. Rewrite

Follow @CN_SteveElliott !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); Feel free to send pictures, questions and feedback to [email protected]. For information on the author, please visit www.steventelliott.com. NOTE: Many posts call attention to signs, etc., in the civilian world that aren't consistent with Associated Press style. They don't need to be. I use them to illustrate points for those who are bound by AP style. Spelling and grammar errors get snarky treatment regardless of the source.

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#APStyle considers my new @cronkitenews location a sixth-floor walk-up (not walkup). I consider it good exercise. 

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Hope those invested in #APStyle weathered the sell-off (not selloff). These headlines may follow another style.

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@khantasha The @APStylebook's advice: Use hyphen only when not using causes confusion. So air quality data, small-business owner.

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Pleas (sic) don't do this. #spelingfale

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#APStyle won't let me offer students make up (adj.) lessons. Makeup lessons, makeups (n.) are OK, though.

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As an #APStyle follower, I'll take a 50 percent discount on wind chimes (not windchimes), per Webster's New World.

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Support women's and men's (not womens/mens) rights, products, basketball, etc., per #APStyle and common sense.

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They should consider feeding the trout every day (adv.). #everydayisanadjective

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Not a fan of "Sunday's." And I get a discount for documenting it. #apostropheatrocity #APStyle

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A hot deal for cool drinks: At .99 cents per, that's 101 bottles for a buck. #noncents

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I see this error every day (adv.), but the odds are against seeing it on such a grand scale. #everydayisanadjective

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Usually don't pick on menus, but I'm passing on the sandwhich, bicsuits and heuvos.

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Someone should own up to this.

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I don't like Monday's. #apostropheatrocity

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#APStyle really, really wants me to get a 3-D (not 3D) printer for my birthday.

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#APStyle wants students to sign up (v.) for summer housing after seeking sign-up (adj.) information.