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Not taking the day off to read the new AP Stylebook

My copy of the 2016 Associated Press Stylebook arrived in the mail yesterday.

It has 591 pages and weighs 1 pound, 11 3/8 ounces.

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In keeping with its up-to-the-moment focus, it has dropped Gibson Girl and zoot suit from the print edition.

I did not stay up all night binge-reading it.

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But I did ascertain that its dumbest rule remains intact, on pages 288-289.

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