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Question on style; I can't find it in the AP Sports Guide

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by MilanWall, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. hpdrifter

    hpdrifter Member

    Why's it got to be racial on here?
     
  2. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    Don't agree. It usage, it's pronounced "oh."
     
  3. Left_Coast

    Left_Coast Active Member

    It's conversational. It's how people would expect to read it because they're intuned to say "Oh-for-12." Plus, it's an "oh-fer" not a "zero-fer."
     
  4. shotglass

    shotglass Guest

    I'm much more definite about the last two being wrong than I am about "a" vs. "an."

    "RBI-single" ... nope. Favorite pet peeve of a copy editor, right up there with "second-straight victory."
     
  5. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member


    Too much hyphenation is a bane of our biz.

    My understanding, finally in my late 40s, that there are few absolutes about hyphenation, and that less is best, has made editing life much easier on that front.
     
  6. I agree that's how we pronounce it, but that doesn't make it right.
    A lot of people will say "could care less," when it's "couldn't care less." Or they say "try and" instead of "try to." Or "supposeably." Or any number of other things.
    I'm not saying I'm necessarily right. I'm just saying I don't think you can look at something written and say, "Well, this is how we would say it, so let's write it that way."
     
  7. SoCalDude

    SoCalDude Active Member

    RE: hyphenation ... Seems as though half the questions each night on the desk are whether something should be hyphenated. AP is attempting to reduce hyphenations. One of the rules of thumb I use now is, if you can't decided whether it should be hyphenated, then don't hyphenate it.
     
  8. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    Except in this case -- and not the others -- "an" seems more correct.
     
  9. SF_Express

    SF_Express Active Member

    Exactly.
     
  10. chazp

    chazp Active Member

    LOL!
     
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