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fake AP stylebook - ruiner - 2010-03-11
I thought this was kind of amusing: http://twitter.com/FakeAPStylebook - I recommend not reading it if you're neurotic and don't have a solid grasp of what they're talking about, else it might actually get stuck in your head and cause mistakes. ;p
I think it works best when they focus purely on those sticky rules and suchlike. Sample twts:
---- Remember: "its" means "it is" and "it's" is the possessive form of "it."
---- Chthulu - Ahhhhhhhhh! Noooooooo! AHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
fake AP stylebook - gyuujuice - 2010-03-11
That was confusing. o_o
..."Johnson & Johnson" XD I will never look at it the same way... <(x_X)> my head!
fake AP stylebook - ruiner - 2010-03-11
gyuujuice Wrote:That was confusing. o_oIt's stuck in your head because you have a speaking disability! Everyone laugh at gyuujuice now, ha ha. -_-
..."Johnson & Johnson" XD I will never look at it the same way... <(x_X)> my head!
fake AP stylebook - hereticalrants - 2010-03-13
There IS some good stuff in there.
For example,
"When considering whether to write in dialect, please don't."
Mark Twain is the only author I´ve known to pull it off (in English). The rest fail miserably and create things that are extremely painful to read.
Most of it is just funny, though.