AP Style or NYT Style? Mr. on second reference is dumb

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

FWIW, for the Library of Congress, it's one word, or at least it is in their subject headings.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

AP style can make it two words; there's a good argument for that, albeit a tight-ass argument. But common usage makes it one word; check the book titles on Amazon.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

So, might this have actually been a useful thread by myself?

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

Well, as long as the tight-ass argument is a good argument, I'm sure I'll stick with that one.

Not really.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

Oh, well sorry then. I PMed you.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?



Until it's "newswriter" and "entertainmentwriter," it's "sports writer."

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

It's one word in the dictionary:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sportswriter

AP just gets crushed on this board. And rightfully so.
God forbid someone think differently than an antiquated service dilatory to change.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

Maybe I'm mistaken about the playing field here. Are we talking about the style for outside use, or the style in newspapers?

Because if we're talking about the style in newspapers, the dictionary doesn't matter, nor does Frank Deford, nor does Amazon. AP style matters.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

No, I'm talking about things such as resumes, etc. And just in general.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

Oh.

Well, then you can spell it SportzWriterz as far as I'm concerned.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

I hate pancakes. That statement is relevant as anything doodah writes here.

 

Re: In your opinion: Sportswriter, one word or two?

And to be fair, not all newspapers use AP Style. The New York Times employs a bizarro style that doesn't really make sense at all.