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Old 04-07-2006, 01:27 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by chumdawg
Way off topic here, but I wonder why the AP style guide had them spell out Texas while it abbreviated the names of the rest of the states--especially the states CA, AR, FL, VA, and OK, which are one-word states like Texas is.

Because Texas is the only state that was once a nation. The AP is obviously putting a lot of thought into the proprieties of state spelling in the above article...
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