The Write Blog

Last week, we kicked off a mini-series of AP Stylebook-themed blog posts. This week, we’re sharing a few more gems of wisdom from The AP Stylebook Online.
Q: What’s the rule for capitalizing a person’s title?
A: It’s complicated, but here are the basics: AP defines a formal title as “one [...]

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How’s this for a proofreading horror story: Because of a teeny little typo, people calling for a free cab service on New Year’s Eve ended up connecting with an “adult” chat line instead. Oops. That’s the kind of mistake that most likely ends in a lost client and a very, [...]

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Today, one of our most grammar-savvy clients emailed us with a question.
She asked:
If a sentence says, ‘A policy (that/which) protects the merchant against penalties . . . ’ should you use ‘that’ or ‘which’? And why?
I wasn’t 100% sure I knew the right answer. I was pretty sure. [...]