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    • Q. Should bocce be capitalized? from Dublin , Calif.
      A. The game similar to lawn bowling is lowercase.
    • Q. In annual reports or other documents listing financials, is a negative number written with the "$" mark inside or outside the parenthesis, as in $(xxx.xx) or ($xxx.xx). from Magnolia, Texas
      A. AP stories don't present negative financial numbers in parentheses. An example: U.S. Steel reported a net loss of $68 million, or 47 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $482 million, or $3.36 a share, in 2010.
    • Q. sky dive or skydive? from NY, N.Y.
      A. Webster's hyphenates the verb sky-dive and uses two words for nouns: sky diver, sky diving.
    • Q. Is the apostrophe in the correct place for this sentence? The ( ) makes it look/sound awkward. "If the user organization%uFFFDs (Reporting Entity) management and/or user auditor determine..." Or should it be "..user organization's management (Reporting Entity) and/or..."? Thanks! from Vienna, Va.
      A. AP avoids parenthetical inserts, jargon such as and/or and unneeded capitalization. If you must, the second example is a little clearer.
    • Q. In the context of sports gambling, does AP hyphenate point shaving only if it's used as a modifier? Or is it always hyphenated? from Erie, Pa.
      A. It's point-shaving (n. and adj.).
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