Editing AP Stylebook (section)

==Influence on American English==
The influence of the AP and similar news service styles has reached beyond the news writing community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Estes |first1=Dorothy Southerland |title=The effect of journalism on modern American writing |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc699668/m2/1/high_res_d/1002774466-Estes.pdf |website=unt.edu |access-date=August 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Julia |first1=Guarneri |title=How Syndicated Columns, Comics and Stories Forever Changed the News Media |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-syndicated-columns-comics-stories-forever-changed-news-media-180973431/ |website=[[Smithsonian Magazine]] |publisher=Smithsonian |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> Many other North American sectors disseminating information to the public began to adopt news styles as early as the late 1800s. Many other sectors now also have developed their own similar style guides and also continue to reference the ''AP Stylebook'' for general American grammar, more than any other style guide available.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perlman |first1=Merrill |title=AP Stylebooks through the ages |url=https://www.cjr.org/language_corner/ap-stylebooks-history.php |website=cjr.org |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Spiers |first1=Cynthia |title=Four US Style Guides That Every Writer Needs to Know About |url=https://www.acrolinx.com/blog/four-us-style-guides-that-every-writer-needs-to-know-about/ |website=www.acrolinx.com |date=June 18, 2020 |publisher=Content Quality |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>