Gramergirl here. I'm Minion Foguri. And this week I have a quick and dirty tip about the

difference between titled and end titled. A meeting middle about recent changes to the

roles the Associated Press expects its writers to follow, and a tidbit about the idiom

into thin air. Here's titled versus end titled.

Some people think entitled can't be used in this sense. She sold her book, which was

entitled, Squiggly in Artwork, Role the World. They are entitled to their opinion, but they're

wrong. The Chicago Manual of Style calls this belief a zombie rule. Of course, entitled

does mean that someone has a certain right, that they are entitled to something. But major

dictionaries and usage guides also state that titled and entitled are synonyms, in the

meaning named or called when referring to a book, article or speech, or something that

has a title. Saying a book is entitled something isn't wrong. On the other hand, simpler

language is almost always better, and since titled is simpler than entitled, I do consider

titled to be the better choice. As does the Associated Press. In fact, it's the better

choice for no other reason than that you won't have to deal with people incorrectly correcting

you. But better yet, rewrite the sentence without

either word, that usually gives you a simpler, more direct sentence anyway. For example,

instead of writing, she sold her book, which was entitled, Squiggly in Artwork, Role the

World. You could write, she sold her book, Squiggly in Artwork, Role the World. And that

was your quick and dirty tip. Titled and entitled can both be used to introduce the name of a

publication. But titled is the better choice, and often it's an even better choice to get

rid of the word entirely. A couple of weeks ago at the American Copy

Editor Society Annual Meeting in Portland, the Associated Press announced a few major

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