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The Associated Press Stylebook states that in contexts other than mailing addresses, the traditional state abbreviations should be used. [16] However, the Chicago Manual of Style now recommends use of the uppercase two-letter abbreviations, with the traditional forms as an option. [17]
Washington WV: West Virginia WI: Wisconsin WY: Wyoming AS: American Samoa CM: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands CZ: Panama Canal Zone FM: Federated States of Micronesia GU: Guam MH: Marshall Islands MP: Northern Mariana Islands PI: Philippines PR: Puerto Rico PW: Palau TT: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands VI: U.S. Virgin Islands
The Associated Press Stylebook (generally called the AP Stylebook), alternatively titled The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, is a style and usage guide for American English grammar created by American journalists working for or connected with the Associated Press journalism cooperative based in New York City.
AP [1] AP Stylebook: Associated Press: Journalism: American English: www.apstylebook.com: APA [2] APA style: American Psychological Association: Psychology, social sciences: American English: apastyle.apa.org: CBE [3] Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th edition [a] Council of Biology Editors ...
FIPS state codes were numeric and two-letter alphabetic codes defined in U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard Publication ("FIPS PUB") 5-2 to identify U.S. states and certain other associated areas. The standard superseded FIPS PUB 5-1 on May 28, 1987, and was superseded on September 2, 2008, by ANSI standard INCITS 38:2009. [1]
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Oct. 1—PULLMAN — Washington State may have been idle this weekend, but that didn't stop the Cougars from climbing in the new AP poll. WSU rose three spots to No. 13 in this week's poll, which ...
The source (# 6) link, after careful reading, does not say anything about state abbreviations being something that should be avoided. In fact, it says that it is alright to use the abbreviation if you know it. My overall impression is that they are saying that either the abbreviation or state name written in full is perfectly and equally ...