The AP Stylebook online (2010) appears to be closed. The Blog has only old entries, repeatedly advocating "website" rather than "Web site".
---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:10:06 -0400 >From: Bill Hooper <[email protected]> >Subject: [USMA:47789] Re: Correcting the AP Style Book >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Thanks for the suggestion from Gene and the > information from Pat (reproduced at the end of this > msg). Here is the suggestion as I wrote it to the AP > by using that website. > =================== > Allow (or require) the use of metric measurements > when such are the primary units in which the > information/news was generated, possibly including > an appropriately rounded equivalent in parentheses. > To be consistent, when old English measures are > reported, the appropriately rounded metric measure > should be included. > =================== > Bill Hooper > 1810 mm tall > Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA > ========================== > SImplification Begins With SI. > ========================== > On Jun 11 , at 11:40 AM, <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... many of us should use the URL (below) for > suggestions to the AP to request an update of the > AP Style Book to accept SI (at least) and to > promote SI (at best)! > > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- > > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:50:05 +1000 > > From: Pat Naughtin > <[email protected]> > > Dear Carleton and All, > > Maybe it's time to visit the AP suggestions > page > > at > http://www.apstylebook.com/?do=social_media_responses > > to add your thoughts. > >
