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Homerfarmsby Posted 16 years ago
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AP STYLE w/MONETARY RANGES

Ap Style says that "$2 million- to $5 million-a-year contract" is correctly written. That being said and following their logic with this, do you agree with the below examples? No suggested recasts, please.

Please answer all 4 individually.

a $5,000- to $10,000-a-year raise

a 5 cent- to 15 cent-a-week increase

a 5 to 15 cent-a-week increase

a $5- to $10-a-week increase

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Let me just say that all these examples seem pretty unnatural to me. However, I'm not familiar with AP style. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Let me just say that all these examples seem pretty unnatural to me.
  • However, I'm not familiar with AP style.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Let me just say that all these examples seem pretty unnatural to me.

However, I'm not familiar with AP style.

Clive
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CliveLet me just say that all these examples seem pretty unnatural to me.
Me, too.
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homerfarmsbyAp Style says that "$2 million- to $5 million-a-year contract" is correctly written. That being said and following their logic with this, do you agree with the below examples? No suggested recasts, please.Please answer all 4 individually.

a $5,000- to $10,000-a-year raise - yes

a 5 cent- to 15 cent-a-week increase - no. a 5- to 15-cent-a-week
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Hi,

That part doesn't bother me too much.

It's the plethora of other hyphens.

ie cent-a-week, and to some extent $-a-year, $-a-week.



Once again, I don't know AP. But I'd favour rewriting, were I allowed to do so, which I'm not.
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Me too. An increase of X per Y.
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