The AP Style Book is my best friend

I really enjoyed learning about times in the Associated Style Book.  On a daily basis I am writing emails constantly to set up meetings, demos, and conferences with potential and actual clients.  It has always been a struggle for me to be able to know how to correctly write times.  I was finally able to learn that this week and remember it. 

I used to write the time in many ways.  I would use any of the following: 10AM, 10 am, 10 AM, 10 A.M., 10:00AM, 10 a.m., and others.  I finally realized that the appropriate use is 10 a.m. when minutes aren’t needed.  I also learned that one should use a colon when minutes are needed.  For example, one would write 10:45 a.m. 

I occasionally would use 4 o’clock, but that began to seem weird and made me feel like the person I was writing knew that I had no idea how to write it appropriately.  I have really enjoyed using the AP Style Book because I have a reference guide there that really helps me get passed those silly questions in my mind that I have no idea how to answer.  It has helped me with anything from dates to titles (since my clients are all law enforcement administration).  I think it is a great book to have as a tool.

I liked this week’s picture because it is such a terrible mistake.  When discussing books that will help a child learn, it is vitally important to make sure your grammar is correct.  “Their” should be changed to “they’re” because they are learning and there is nothing possessive about it.