AP Stylebook, D

The hurricane caused $50 million in __________.
1. damage
2. damages
The plaintiff was awardeed $4 million in _______.
1. damage
2. damages
Indicate the correct form in AP Style:
1. daylight-saving time
2. daylight saving time
3. daylight-savings time
4. daylight savings time
Indicate the correct form in AP Style:
1. the 1990's
2. the 1990s
Indicate the correct form in AP Style:
1. the '90's
2. the '90s
The brief _________ of the 1970s was nothing compared to the ____________ of the 1930s.
1. Depression, Great Depression
2. depression, Great Depression
Indicate the correct form in AP Style:
1. diarrhea
2. diarhhea
3. diarhea
Indicate the correct form in AP Style:
1. different from
2. different than
I differ ______ him on that issue.
1. from
2. with
The team hired a ____________ player.
1. seven foot, six inch
2. seven-foot, six-inch
3. 7 foot 6 inch
4. 7-foot 6-inch
5. 7-foot-6-inch
The cell was _______ feet long and ______ feet wide.
1. twelve, 6
2. 12, 6
3. 12, six
The infestation of pine beetles slowly moved ______.
1. north
2. North
Large elm trees once grew all over the _________.
1. northeast
2. Northeast
Though raised in Mississippi, he expressed ambivalence about being called a ___________.
1. southerner
2. Southerner
Why is _________ France a region and __________ Ireland a country?
1. northern, northern
2. Northern, Northern
3. Northern, northern
4. northern, Northern
He backed up his hard ______ on a CD-ROM _______.
1. disk, disk
2. disc, disc
3. disc, disk
4. disk, disc
A good butler must be _________ and not reveal anything he overhears.
1. discreet
2. discrete
He could identify six _________ sounds from the failing engine.
1. discreet
2. discrete
An unbiased person can be described as ____________.
1. uninterested
2. disinterested
He said he was completely __________ in going surfing.
1. disinterested
2. uninterested
He ________ from the high dive three times in a row.
1. dived
2. dove
The cappuccino costs nearly ________.
1. six dollars
2. $6
3. $6.00
4. 6 dollars
He tried to sell military secrets for __________.
1. ten million dollars
2. $10 million
3. 10 million dollars
4. $10 million dollars
The school budget fell to ________.
1. $2.5 million
2. 2.5 million dollars
3. $2.5 million dollars
4. two and a half million dollars