I'll use this thread solely for all AP Style-related queries, rather than cluttering the board with separate entries on AP Style.
Do these appear to be correct per AP Style? Numbers in AP Style can get tricky at times.
• Four and a half to 8 inches of snow is expected.
• The weatherman said, "A 4 1/2- to 8-inch accumulation is expected for later this evening."
• a 70 to 90 mph wind gust / a 70-90 mph wind gust
• Five-by-9-inch index cards are needed for the project.
• Five-by-9 1/2-inch index cards are needed for the project.
• It may be a 4 1/2- to six-hour project.
• The project may take 4 1/2 to six hours.
• a 6-foot-2 1/2-inch man
• a 7-pound, 5 3/4-ounce baby
• the 8-pound, 8-week-old redhead has almost doubled in size
• a $60 million–$70 million a year industry (Hyphen replaces "to.")
• a $95,000–$100,000 a year joint income (Hyphen replaces "to.")
BUT: It was a four- to six-hour project.
• Joe will face 3 1/2 to seven years in prison.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down three-eighths. (Not 3/8.)
• a two-hour, 14-minute, nine-second project
• a nine-day, 10-hour, seven-second marathon
• The renovation took two years, 11 months and three weeks.
• Tom's mother had 14 hamsters, six dogs, eight cats and 16 gerbils left in her pet store.
Thank you.
These look good?
Gordon, what's your spin on these? Very technically, I think they may all be correct in AP Style.
