Here’s our group in 2016 at the spring AP Quiz Bowl. How excited would you be on the winning team — and garnering three extra points to add to your exam grade.
Be sure to join us Sunday for the AP Quiz Bowl. That’s where you’ll be affected by the effect of good style.
Congratulations! You survived your AP style review.
So far, no one has died from too much grammar. No one knows all of this unless he/she has no social life. The rest of us have to study.
Hang in there. The exam is in two weeks.
You can be assurred no one has succumbed to death by AP style. You merely thought you would.
The best way to study for the big exam is to make up a rule, draw a cartoon or play a game with the hard-to-learn rules. Remember: The only people who know all of this have no social life. The rest of us must study.
LSU Student Media Director Steve Buttry visits South Hall
LSU Student Media Director Steve Buttry explained to #manship2010 today that the best way to learn to write a great lead is to first say it in 140 characters. In other words, work to tweet your lead.
“If it’s more than 140 characters, it’s probably too long,” Buttry said.
Student Media Director Steve Buttry said today writing style guides help us to know the difference between burro (an ass) and burrow (to make a hole or tunnel).
That’s why we study Associated Press style. While style, punctuation, grammar and word use aren’t thrilling topics, you can’t be trusted with the big stuff if you don’t get the small stuff right. We want to use words correctly so that we can be accurate, fair, brief and clear. Why should anyone believe your facts if you can’t spell or you misuse simple words?
So, don’t be a burro. If you are, you’ll want to burrow your way out of your writing problems.
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