Who made the AP the dictator of writing style? Carleton
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Palumbo Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 18:20 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41135] Associated Press Style Guide is working against us. I met a nice young lady over the weekend who is a reporter for the Burlington County Times in southern New Jersey. She informed me, during the course of our discussion, that she must write in English/Customary units, as metric is not allowed by the AP style guides. I asked if she could send me some text of it, here's what I just received from her. "Hey Mike, This is from the 2007 AP stylebook, you have to be a member to search the online version: For U.S. members, use metric terms only in situations where they are universally accepted forms of measurement (16 mm film) or where the metric distance is an important number in itself: "He vowed to walk 100 kilometers (62 miles) in a week." Seems even if reporters wanted to write in metric, they couldn't, or their editors would have to change it to get it run by the AP. Ideas? -Mike
