By 5AM the first group of British soldiers arrived in Lexington. The British entered Lexington with with six companies, totaling 238 British soldiers. In Lexington, the British found 60 men, a single colony of militia. The British commander on the scene was Major John Pitcairn of the Royal Marines. Major Pitcairn approached the American commander, Captain John Parker and stated: âlay down your arms, you damned rebelsâ.
Journalism and Journalistic Writing. Summary: These resources provide an overview of journalistic writing with explanations of the most important and most often used elements of journalism and the Associated Press style. This resource, revised according to The Associated Press Stylebook 2012, offers examples for the general format of AP style.
As you can imagine, things might get a little bit messy if we each had to come up with our own sensible system of citation and documentation. Thatâs why the Modern Language Association (MLA), the American Psychological Association (APA), and other professional organizations have kindly provided guidelines for us to follow. Now, as long as we know which style a writer or a speaker is using, we can all understand each other and feel confident knowing that weâre following the same rules for citing and documenting our sources responsibly.