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AP Style Self-Quiz: Numerals 2
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The Cubs have won 62% of their games this season, but they still trail the Pirates by 2 games.
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The Cubs have won sixty-two percent of their games this season, but they still trail the Pirates by two games.
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The Cubs have won 62 percent of their games this season, but they still trail the Pirates by two games.
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The Cubs have won 62 percent of their games this season, but they still trail the Pirates by 2 games.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The state senate approved increasing the university's budget by two and a half million dollars, but the proposal failed in the house by 7 votes.
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The state Senate approved increasing the university's budget by $2.5 million, but the proposal failed in the House by seven votes.
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The State Senate approved increasing the university's budget by $2,500,000, but the proposal failed in the house by 7 votes.
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The state Senate approved increasing the University's budget by $2 1/2 million, but the proposal failed in the house by seven votes.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The number one draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys was a six-foot-seven, two hundred and fifty lb. tight end from Memphis, TN.
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The number one draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys was a 6-ft.-7, 250-lb. tight end from Memphis, TN.
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The No. 1 draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys was a 6-foot-7, 250-pound tight end from Memphis, Tenn.
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The No. One draft choice of the Dallas Cowboys was a six-foot-seven, 250-pound tight end from Memphis, Tenn.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The city council voted to increase the sales tax by ½ ¢, which would pay off the 25 and a half million dollar bond issue for improving parks.
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The City Council voted to increase the sales tax by one-half cent, which would pay off the $25.5 million bond issue for improving parks.
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The city Council voted to increase the sales tax by one-half ¢, which would pay off the $25 1/2 lf million bond issue for improving parks.
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The City Council voted to increase the sales tax by ½-cent, which would pay off the 25.5 million dollar bond issue for improving parks.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to declare the law unconstitutional even though polls showed the public supported it by a 3-1 ratio.
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The US supreme court voted five to 4 to declare the law unconstitutional even though polls showed the public supported it by a three to one ratio.
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The US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to declare the law unconstitutional even though polls showed the public supported it by a 3-to-one ratio.
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The U-S Supreme court voted five to four to declare the law unconstitutional even though polls showed the public supported it by a three-to-one ratio.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The panel of 7 Historians all agreed the Thirties had been the most important decade in the US in the Twentieth Century.
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The panel of 7 historians all agreed the 'Thirties had been the most important decade in the U-S in the Twentieth century.
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The panel of seven historians all agreed the 30's had been the most important decade in the US in the 20th century.
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The panel of seven historians all agreed the '30s had been the most important decade in the United States in the 20th century.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The search for the missing five-year-old boy intensified when the twenty-five-member rescue team learned the overnight low would be seven degrees F.
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The search for the missing 5-year-old boy intensified when the twenty-five-member rescue team learned the overnight low would be seven degrees fahrenheit.
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The search for the missing 5-year-old boy intensified when the 25-member rescue team learned the overnight low would be 7 degrees.
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The search for the missing five-year-old boy intensified when the 25-member rescue team learned the overnight low would be 7 degrees F.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in print copy.
The C.I.A. has identified 4 countries that provide at least 5 billion dollars a year in financial support for International Terrorism.
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The CIA has identified four countries that provide at least $5 billion a year in financial support for international terrorism.
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The C-I-A has identified four countries that provide at least five billion dollars a year in financial support for international terrorism.
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The C.I.A. has identified four countries that provide at least $5,000,000,000 a year in financial support for international terrorism.
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The police raid on the home of Charles Peabody Junior at Seventeen North 33rd Terr. uncovered three lbs. of heroin, ten lbs. of marijuana and 15 oz. of cocaine.
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The police raid on the home of Charles Peabody, Junior, at 17 North 33rd Terr. uncovered three pounds of heroin, ten pounds of marijuana and fifteen ounces of cocaine.
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The police raid on the home of Charles Peabody, Jr., at 17 North 33rd Terrace uncovered 3 pounds of heroin, 10 pounds of marijuana and 15 ounces of cocaine.
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The police raid on the home of Charles Peabody Jr. at 17 N. 33rd Terrace uncovered 3 pounds of heroin, 10 pounds of marijuana and 15 ounces of cocaine.
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Joanna Klein, a republican from Denton, defeated Tom Masters, a democrat from Valley, by a vote of 55,785-53,244 to win the seat in the US house of representatives.
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Joanna Klein, a republican from Denton, defeated Tom Masters, a democrat from Valley, by a vote of nearly 56,000 to slightly more than 53,000 to win the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Joanna Klein, a Republican from Denton, defeated Tom Masters, a Democrat from Valley, by a vote of 55,785 to 53,244 to win the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Joanna Klein, a Republican from Denton, defeated Tom Masters, a Democrat from Valley, by a vote of 55,785-53,244 to win the seat in the U-S House of Representatives.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in broadcast copy.
As of Friday, 11 people had filed as candidates for the 3 city council seats up for election this year.
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As of Friday, eleven people had filed as candidates for the three city council seats up for election this year.
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As of Friday, 11 people had filed as candidates for the three City Council seats up for election this year.
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As of Friday, eleven people had filed as candidates for the three City Council seats up for election this year.
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The hurricane left 15-thousand people homeless and caused at least 34 (m) million dollars in damage to the Florida Keys.
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The hurricane left 15,479 people homeless and caused at least $34,577,000 in damage to the Fla. keys.
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The hurricane left 15,000 people homeless and caused at least $34 million in damage to the Fla. Keys.
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The hurricane left fifteen thousand people homeless and caused at least $34 (m) million in damage to the Florida keys.
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The accident at the intersection of U.S. highway 50 and state route 6 killed an 11-year-old girl and her 47-year-old father.
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The accident at the intersection of U-S Highway 50 and state Route Six killed an eleven-year-old girl and her 47-year-old father.
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The accident at the intersection of U-S highway 50 and State Route 6 killed an 11-year-old girl and her 47-year-old father.
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The accident at the intersection of US Highway 50 and state Route Six killed an eleven-year-old girl and her forty-seven-year-old father.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in broadcast copy.
The Cardinals defeated the Mets 5-to-3, and the Braves beat the Phillies 7-to-1.
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The Cardinals defeated the Mets five-three, and the Braves beat the Phillies seven-one.
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The Cardinals defeated the Mets 5-3, and the Braves beat the Phillies 7-1.
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The Cardinals defeated the Mets five-to-three, and the Braves beat the Phillies seven-to-one.
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Select the sentence free of errors in AP style for addresses, abbreviations, capitalization and numerals in broadcast copy.
The high today was only 7 degrees, making this the 3rd coldest day of the year and the fifteenth consecutive day with a high temperature below freezing.
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The high today was only seven degrees, making this the third coldest day of the year and the fifteenth consecutive day with a high temperature below freezing.
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The high today was only seven degrees, making this the third coldest day of the year and the 15th consecutive day with a high temperature below freezing.
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The high today was only seven degrees, making this the 3rd coldest day of the year and the 15th consecutive day with a high temperature below freezing.
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