AP Style - O, P, Q

Although the students said they were okay/OK, the EMTs gave them a proper examination.

• okay

• OK

The cup fell off of/off the desk and onto the floor.

• off of

• off

If you are going to use the F-word in a story, what is the appropriate way to write it?

• @$!@#$!

• f---

• f--k

• Spell it out, damn it!

The students pored/poured rabidly over their AP Style Guides.

• poured

• pored

She poured/pored milk over her cereal.

• poured

• pored

She found the answers to the quiz on page 9/page nine/Page Nine/Page 9 of the 10-page of the text.

• Page Nine

• Page 9

• page 9

• page nine

The teacher noticed that 80%/percent of her students was/were asleep.

• percent, was

• percent, were

• %, were

• %, was

She ate only 5/five percent/% of the cheesecake — aka not much at all.

• five %

• 5 percent

• 5 %

• five percent

The stink bomb exploded at 10 am/a.m./AM/A.M.

• am

• a.m.

• AM

• A.M.

The principle/principal step in succeeding at AP Style is to study.

• principle

• principal