AP Will **w Accept 'Over' as a Sy**nym to 'More Than'

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AP Will **w Accept 'Over' as a Sy**nym to 'More Than'
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Here it is, the tweet that ended decades of global grammatical stability and secure stylistic **rms:

AP Style tip: New to the Stylebook: over, as well as more than, is acceptable to indicate greater numerical value#ACES2014 (https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ACES2014&src=hash)

— AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) March 20, 2014 (https://twitter.com/APStylebook/statuses/446731452437512192)

In the new version of its venerated Stylebook, used by hundreds of news organizations across the country, the Associated Press will allow "over" as a sy**nym for "more than."

In other words, it will **w be acceptable to say:

There were over 78 crocodiles at the metallurgist’s convention.

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