2015 AP Stylebook ready to launch May 27

A national holiday for editors is quickly approaching. The 2015 AP Stylebook will launch May 27, a day copy editors across the country will begin poring (not pouring) over the new and changed rules (and making cheesy style jokes).

Some basic style rules are not likely to change in 2015. For example, the word towards should be banished in the eyes of the AP. And there are very specific rules to follow when it comes to capitalizing titles: Capitalize formal titles when they come directly before a person’s name. Lowercase titles when they are not used with a person’s name or if the title comes after the name or is set off by commas.

Now it’s your turn. While editors await the new AP Stylebook’s release, tweet your favorite, most-used or most-confusing style rules to us @youthjournalism, and check our feed to see what others have to say.

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