AP Style - A

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The boy is 8/eight years old.

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8

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The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue/Ave.

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Ave.

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The mysterious package arrived at 899 Kanan Street/St., rather than Kanan Road/Rd.

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St./Road

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What is the correct term for Ms. Hazlewood, an Oak Park graduate, who began teaching mathematics in August 2015? (Options: alumnus, alumna)

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alumna

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She divided the cake between/among Peter, Paul and Mary.

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among

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He divided the loot among/between James and Joe.

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between

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)/Anti-Defamation League supports Awareness Week each year.

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Anti-Defamation League

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Lieutenant Governor/Lt. Gov. Kathy Kim has held her position since 2011.

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Lt. Gov.

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When a journalist studies the AP Stylebook, it will positively affect/effect his or her writing; the affect/effect being that the journalist's writing will improve.

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affect, effect

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After the hurricane, people were worried about how they were going to rebuild. "We are alright/all right down here. We just need electricity so we can begin to recover," Brown said.

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all right