Punctuation for cities and states
Proper punctuation for cities and states: Please put the comma after listing street addresses, cities, and states. Click for examples.
Style Snapshot: Daylight saving
Daylight saving is an adjective. Do not use savings and do not use a hyphen.
Style changes for Black and internet
The changes are Black and internet. Both entries are now in The Blade Stylebook. Black is uppercase in terms of race or racial history or culture. Lowercase internet to match Blade style for web and website.
Style Snapshot: Lie, Lay
Lie is intransitive and does not take an object: lie, lay, lain. Lay is transitive and takes an object: lay, laid, laid. Check out some examples of lie and lay.
Style Snapshots: Canceled, Blade News Services, datelines
Here are a few style guidelines to follow. All items can be found in The Blade Stylebook.
3 Style Snapshots
Tony Durham put together Style Snapshots on media, Berlin as a dateline, and when to use affect and effect.
Access Blade Stylebook from the road
The Blade Stylebook can now be accessed out of The Blade building.
STYLE SNAPSHOTS: AW Trail, AW Bridge, and datelines
The styles for the Anthony Wayne Trail and the Anthony Wayne Bridge, plus our dateline policy.