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Example: "We could produce on-the-spot IDs with the new machine."
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Taylor Swift hits No. 1 in earnings for 2023
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Question from Kanab, Utah, on March 14, 2024
Is saying "[thing 1] is 10 times as likely to happen as [thing 2]" the same as saying "[thing 1] is 10 times more likely to happen than [thing 2]"?
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Saying 10 times more likely is pretty clear.
I can't figure out what 10 times as likely means. Does it mean the same, or something different? I have no idea, and a quick Google search was no help.
That tells me this much: If I can't figure out what 10 times as likely means, there's a good chance that at least some of your readers will be unsure as well. So I'd go with 10 times more likely -- if in fact the math on that one is correct.
Question from Washington, District of Columbia, on March 14, 2024
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tribe Refers to a sovereign political entity, communities sharing a common ancestry, culture or language, and a social group of linked families who may be part of an ethnic group. Capitalize the word tribe when part of a formal name of sovereign political entities, or communities sharing a common ancestry, culture or language. Identify tribes by the political identity specified by the tribe, nation or community: the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation. The term ethnic group is preferred when referring to ethnicity or ethnic violence.
Question from Bradenton, Florida, on March 14, 2024
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Either way, we wouldn't capitalize it.
And thanks for your kind words!
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I think I'd do it this way, with the parenthetical (thinking) and the quote marks:
I got a call today from someone. And this person said, "I’ve been depressed for a long time and I’ve never been able to articulate what that's like to my wife. And we watched your show and now I feel like she gets it." And I was (thinking) like, "that was the intent of the show "— to have these conversations.
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Question from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 13, 2024
US marshals arrest 4th suspect in mass shooting
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US Marshals arrest 4th suspect in mass shooting
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Question from Mission Viejo, California, on March 13, 2024
This is pure California dreamin’.
This is pure California dreamin.’
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Question from Pawcatuck, Connecticut, on March 12, 2024
My inclination is to choose "a child" or "children" and get rid of the awkward construction in the same way I would avoid "(s)he" or "and/or." Any guidance on this issue?
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Question from Cranford, New Jersey, on March 12, 2024
If we're talking about how you access a website: Do you signon or sign-on or sign on?
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Question from Washington, District of Columbia, on March 12, 2024
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Do you really want or need it in the title of an article?
Question from Beijing, on March 12, 2024
In the entry on Company Names, it says:
Do not use all-capital-letter names unless the letters are individually pronounced: BMW. Others should be uppercase and lowercase. Ikea, not IKEA; USA Today, not USA TODAY.
In AP stories I've seen "Imax Corporation" and "IMAX CEO" - so my initial hypothesis that it's Imax for the company and IMAX for the format (like JPEG), doesn't seem quite right.
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