AP Stylebook: V
Veterans Affairs
Formerly Veterans Administration, it became Cabinet level in March 1989.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd,
Headquarters is in Crawley, England
Verizon Communications Inc.
Headquarters is in New York
Volkswagen AG
Headquarters is in Wolfsburg
Virgin America
Headquarters of this airline is in Burlingame, Calif
verses
Lines on how to handle verses of poetry typographically
vitamins
Lowercase vitamin, usa a capital letter for the Figure.
V-E Day
May 8, 1945, the day the surrender of Germany was announced, officially ending the European phase of World War II
volatile
Something that evaporates rapidly
versus
Spell it out in ordinary speech and writing.
Vatican City
Stands alone in datelines (Vatican City)
Vienna
The city in Austria stands alone in datelines
Volkswagen of America Inc.
The name of the U.S. subsidiary ofVolkswagen AG
Velcro
Trademark for a nylon material that can pressed together or pulled apart for easy fastening and unfastening.
video games
Two words in all uses (video game)
vice
Use two words: vice admiral
vote tabulations
Always use figures, spell out below 10 in other phrases. Below used hyphen; above 1000 use to.
village
Apply the capitalization principles in city (village)
valley
Capitalize as part of a full name (valley)
vice president
Capitalize or lowercase following the same rules that apply to president
voodoo
Capitalize when referring to the religion, practiced in Haiti and parts of Africa; Lowercase in all other uses.
Virgin Islands
Community name in datelines on stories from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Veterans Day
Formerly Armistice Day, Nov. 11 the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918.
vernacular
The native language of a country or place
veto, vetoes (n)
The verb firms: vetoed, vetoing
volley, volleys
volley, volleys
vote-getter
vote-getter
vulgarities
vulgarities
VDT
Abbreviation for video display terminal. Spell out
VCR
Acceptable in all references to videocassette recorder
vegetative state
A condition in which the eyes are open and can move, and the patient has periods of sleep and periods of wakefulness but remains unconscious, unaware of self or others.
Vaseline
A trademark for a brand of petroleum jelly.
Virginia
Abbreviate Va.
Vermont
Abbreviate Vt. in datelines or stories. Postal code: VT
V-neck(n. and adj.)
V-neck(n. and adj.)
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW is acceptable on second reference. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO
very high frequency
VHF is acceptable in all references
Voice of America
VOA is acceptable on second reference
Vandyke beard, Vandyke collar
Vandyke beard, Vandyke collar
Vidalia onion
Vidalia onion
Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Vietnam War
worm
a type of virus that spreads ib networks
virus
any malicious, invasive program designed to infect and disrupt computers
V-J Day
the day of victory for Allied forces over Japan in World War II.
V-8
the engine
Valium
trademark for a brand of tranquilizer and muscle relaxant. aslo called diazepam
v-chip
v-chip
vacuum
vacuum
van, von
van, von
vendor
vendor
v.
verbs
VIP, VIPs
very important person (s)
vice versa
vice versa
videodisc
videodisc
videotape (n. and v.)
videotape (n. and v.)
vie, vied, vying
vie, vied, vying
vienna bread, vienna coffee, vienna sausages
vienna bread, vienna coffee, vienna sausages
vinaigrette
vinaigrette
viscount, viscountess
viscount, viscountess
voice mail
voice mail
