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Toledo, Ohio, and Dependencies
in North America. It is under the
jurisdiction of the patriarch of
Antioch.
See Eastern Orthodox
churches.
anybody, any body, anyone,
any one One word for an
indefinite reference: Anyone can
do that.
Two words when the emphasis
is on singling out one element of
a group: Any one of them may
speak up.
AOL Time Warner Inc. A
merger of America Online and
Time Warner Inc., announced in
2000.
Time Warner holdings included
CNN, Time magazine, TBS,
TNT, Cartoon Network, HBO,
Warner Music Group, Fortune,
Sports Illustrated, Entertainment
Weekly and Looney Tunes. The
online company AOL owned
Netscape Communications,
MovieFone, CompuServe and a
stake in Hughes Electronics, a
maker of electronic equipment.
AP Use in logotypes. Acceptable
on second reference for The
Associated Press.
Do not capitalize the when it
precedes AP.
See Associated Press.
apostolic delegate, papal
nuncio An apostolic delegate is a
Roman Catholic diplomat chosen
by the pope to be his envoy to the
church in a nation that does not
have formal diplomatic relations
with the Vatican.
A papal nuncio is the pope’s
envoy to a nation with which the
Vatican has diplomatic relations.
apostrophe (’) See entry in
Punctuation section.
Appalachia In the broadest
sense, the word applies to the entire
region along the Appalachian
Mountains, which extend from
Maine into northern Alabama.
In a sense that often suggests
economic depression and poverty,
the reference is to sections of
eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky,
southeastern Ohio and the
western portion of West Virginia.
The Appalachian Regional
Commission, established by federal
law in 1965, has a mandate
to foster development in 397
counties in 13 states — all of
West Virginia and parts of Alabama,
Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland,
Mississippi, New York,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia.
When the word Appalachia is
used, specify the extent of the
area in question.
Appalachian Mountains
Or simply: the Appalachians.
appeals court See U.S.
Court of Appeals.
apposition A decision on
whether to put commas around a
word, phrase or clause used in
apposition depends on whether it
is essential to the meaning of the
sentence (no commas) or not essential
(use commas).
See the essential phrases,
nonessential phrases entry for
examples.
approve See the entry that
reads adopt, approve, enact,
pass.
April See months.