Comments on: 10 of the most annoying AP style quirks https://www.prdaily.com/10-of-the-most-annoying-ap-style-quirks/ PR Daily - News for PR professionals Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Michael Cravotta https://www.prdaily.com/10-of-the-most-annoying-ap-style-quirks/#comment-658309 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:30:20 +0000 https://www.prdaily.com/?p=344188#comment-658309 Here’s how I personally think of titles. Titles go before a name and would be used to address that person, for example Captain James Kirk. The title is part of a name. The use of the word “captain” after his name indicates his position.

I would never use Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue since few people would go around the hallways of Cupertino calling him Senior Vice President Cue. In text I would use Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president.

Now, I would use middle school Principal Lauren Smith since someone at a board of education meeting might call her Principal Smith.

Someone at a congressional hearing might say “Chief Engineer Ford, thank you for coming.” So I would use it as a title.

Just my personal interpretation of AP guidance.

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