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Period outside quotation marks ...?
American and British English differ here.
In American English, the convention is to put the punctuation inside the quotes.
He proclaimed that "he sleeps with the fishes."
In British English, the ...
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Attributing TV media sources in online, AP style, journalistic articles
There are websites out there that can be set to format citations for every single form of media. Citing just the televised report, you'll need as much of the following information: The Reporter's ...
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Period outside quotation marks ...?
All your examples are good, except #3.
A gangster might channel The Godfather movies by proclaiming "he sleeps with the fishes." Of course we all know what this means.
Periods and commas go inside ...
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Footnote placement -- inside or outside terminal quote?
If you're referring to APA style and you want to cite a quote you're using, then you don't use numbered lists, instead you use authors and page numbers to reference the specific quote.
If you want to ...
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When do I spell out numbers in bulleted lists?
Ultimately this relies on the definition of tabular matter (or rather table).
And I’d say the definition is pretty simple: tables have rows and columns (and content is therefore arranged in a grid). ...
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When do I spell out numbers in bulleted lists?
The rule I was taught in school was to spell out numbers that are less than or equal to 20, with various exceptions. But this is a matter of style. Different organizations have different style guides.
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Attributing TV media sources in online, AP style, journalistic articles
While that's fine, I wouldn't require online citations. Hszmv's description is how I would go. Don't forget the channel. A number and city if it is local, the company if it is not local.
Examples:
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How to quote programming code in AP Style?
I don't believe this is specifically covered by AP style. My personal approach would be to present the code in a block quote. (Or, if it's something really short, just a different font face.) But you'...
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Attributing a single source in a blog post
I would say you have to attribute the quotes, even if you don't have to cite them flat out.
So your first mention would be something like:
This scene was in fact shot in Seville, Spain rather than ...
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