Hello Mr. Minthorn, I just noticed you are based in North Miami Beach, where our school is located. I'm publications editor for Scheck Hillel Community School, and we've just signed up for an online membership for the AP Stylebook. It would be amazing to meet you and have you speak with faculty and students...is this something you typically do?

I also have an editorial question! We use Hebrew transliterations on a regular basis. We don't have a consistent policy on using italics for these words...we never italicize commonly-used words, like Shabbat or Rosh Hashanah, but when less-common words come up, we tend to italicize. Your thoughts?
Thank you so much!

Hello,
Would you hyphenate the phrase "loss prevention" in this context? 
"Developing a loss-prevention strategy is just one aspect of your job as a business owner—it shouldn’t occupy all your time." 
I frequently see it unhyphenated, but I'm not sure what the standard should be.
Thanks!

Would you hyphenate muddle school in this example for a headline—Teacher brings gun to middle school class? Orysia McCabe

For a gender-neutral option, can we use outdoors person in place of outdoorsman or outdoorswoman?

When referring to an entity with a registered trademark symbol behind its name, do you have to use the symbol each time you use the name? 

Dear Editor:

I know that AP does not normally use italics in its stories at all. However, the name of the organization where I work is partially italicized to highlight the Spanish origin of one part of its name. When writing for AP what do I do? Thanks!

In the following, can "fiscal" be left out of the third and subsequent references, or is it necessary to include it before each of the years?

"In order to calculate a 30-year estimate starting in fiscal year 2018, I subtracted fiscal 2017 from last year’s plan and inflated the fiscal 2041 low and high range estimates at a rate of 2.25 percent through fiscal 2047. The inflation rate of 2.25 percent is the same rate used by NNSA in the fiscal 2017 SSMP to estimate costs beyond fiscal 2026. "

Is perpetrator the best name for a person who commits fraud? Fraudster appears to be chiefly British and perhaps even a colloquialism. Any other suggestions?

I probably should have asked this, like, 6,000 stories ago, but is there a style for Great American Eclipse? And I assume solar eclipse by itself would be lowercase? Thanks.

For a sentence stating years including a fraction, would the entire number be spelled out? Or would figures be used? e.g., "It's been six-and-a-half years" or "It's been 6 1/2 years"

In a two-part lecture or course title, where the first part would normally be followed by a colon, if that first part is also a question, would you use both a question mark and a colon or just the question mark (or colon)? (e.g. "I Can Do That With Google?: An Introduction to Gmail, Google Docs and Photos")

When referring to an age and up, is something like "age 45+" ok with AP style? Or should you write something like "age 45 and up"

When referring to the partition of India and Pakistan, should "partition" be capitalized?

Is it tradecraft or trade craft? 

Merriam Webster's says to spell the adjective "freestanding" as just shown. However, Lingofy will auto correct the spelling as "free-standing."  Which spelling is correct according to AP StyleBook? 

Should state names be spelled out in company boilerplates? 

Which is correct? Parking and walking in to work can sometimes put us in autopilot. Is it "walking in to work" or "walking into work"?

Is it redundant to say "study abroad in France (or any other country)"? It seems like "study in France" would convey that you're studying abroad.

If I have 15 buses that are each 40 feet long, is it "15 40-foot buses"?  It's an uncommon instance of numbers style that I don't see explicitly covered in the guide, so does the "spell it out up to nine" rule apply?  Spelling out either the 15 or the 40 seems awkward in this instance.

Which is correct? 1) This will result in $100,000s in cost savings per year. Or 2) This will result in hundreds of thousands in cost savings per year?

Would a writer consider "owner" of a company a title? So therefore when referenced the word "Owner" would be capitalized. 
Ex: Doug Sheppard, J & D Fitness owner, explains that they wanted to be more than a personal training studio. 
The ampersand is a part of the branding. That is why it is there. But do I put owner with a capital "O" in this sentence?

Are the people who make maple syrup sugar-makers, sugar makers or sugarmakers? Based on the -maker entry it seems it would be sugar-makers, but I don't see much actual use of that online. Thanks!

Hi there. I work in the communications office of the California Department of Industrial Relations. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, also known as Cal/OSHA, is one of the divisions in our department. We work daily with members of the media who use the AP Stylebook to check the reference of the division and they are inaccurately advised to use a hyphen. Cal/OSHA is officially spelled with a slash and it is a typographical inaccuracy to use any other character. Here is a link to press releases since 1994 that use the slash (we also adhere to AP style for these publications): http://www.dir.ca.gov/dirnews/NR1994.html. 

We strongly urge the AP style guide to recommend the correct reference to the division as Cal/OSHA, despite the guide's 'slash' protocols. 

Thank you,
DIR Communications 

In neither/nor constructions, can neither instead be paired with "or"?

Hi there. Should it be from sunup to sundown (one word) or sun-up to sun-down, or sun up to sun down (no hyphens)? Thanks!