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Use figures for temperatures, except zero. For example: * It was 8 degrees below zero or minus 8. * The temperature dropped from 38 to 8 in two hours.

Watch out for double negatives: "Irregardless" is a double negative. "Regardless" is correct. Instead of "can't hardly," "can hardly" is better.

A NYT correction for the ages.

COMM 2100 students should know that for those of a certain age, the recent death of Ethel Kennedy at 96 will finally close the book on one of the saddest and most politically violent decades in modern U.S. history. RIP ESK RFK

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A team losing a game is not a "disaster." Home runs are homers, not "dingers," "jacks" or "bombs." A player scored 10 straight points, not 10 "unanswered" points. If a football team scores two touchdowns and the opponent doesn't come back, say it "never trailed" rather than

Budding Journalists: This is the center of The New York Times newsroom as of noon today, Election Day. If you're ever needing evidence of the significance of independent journalism in society, think of the essential work that so many have done up to now and will do in the coming days.

A glorious day! The bells of Notre Dame in Paris rang this morning for the first time since the fire in 2019!

COMM 2100-01 | Current Events Quiz hint: I’d have love to been in Paris to hear these.

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The abbreviation mph is acceptable in all references for miles per hour. Also, mpg is acceptable in all references for miles per gallon when paired with a figure: The car got 40 mpg. But write out in general uses: “My car gets a lot of miles per gallon,” he said.

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AP style generally says to lowercase tree and other seasonal terms with Christmas: card, wreath, carol, etc. One exception to note: National Christmas Tree in Washington.

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1/ Here’s a story about how journalism works. Spoiler Alert: This is how we decide *not* to publish. We were recently looking at Pete Hegesth’s different statements over the years about West Point, where he has said he was admitted. First stop: West Point.

.Peggy Noonan is absolutely right about this: "The important thing to tell a student entering college or high school: Read." This is just about the only advice I give anyone anymore, over and over.

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Capitalize Inauguration Day when referring to the total collection of events that include inauguration of a U.S. president; lowercase in other uses: Inauguration Day is Jan. 20. The inauguration day for the change has not been set.

The Super Bowl is Feb. 9 in New Orleans. If thinking about the city makes you hungry, note that AP style says they're crawfish, not crayfish, the classic sandwich is a po'boy with no space, and for dessert, it's bananas Foster, with the F capitalized because it is named for a

Datelines on stories should contain a place name, entirely in capital letters, followed in most cases by the name of the state, country or territory where the city is located. Use date line, two words, for the imaginary line that separates one day from another. The