AP Style - A

The boy is 8/eight years old.

• 8

• eight

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

• Ave.

• Avenue

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

• St./Road

• Street/Road

• Street/Rd.

• St./Rd.

Ms. Hazlewood, an Oak Park alumnus/alumna, began teaching mathematics in August 2015.

• alumnus

• alumna

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

• between

• among

He divided the loot among/between James and Joe.

• among

• between

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

• Anti-Defamation League (ADL)

• Anti-Defamation League

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

• Lieutenant Governor

• Lt. Gov.

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.

• affect, effect

• effect, affect

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.

• alright

• all right