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I would like to know if upside-down is hyphenated and if so, under what circumstances. I read the entry and could not figure out the difference in usage in the two examples used. Thank you.
(adv.) upside-down (adj.) The car turned upside down. The book is upside-down.

Is the word "cash" singular or plural?

fast-food or fast food?  Is there a difference when using to modify a noun ("a fast-food restaurant) versus referring to a category of cuisine ("John prefers fast food.")?

I'm wondering about the phrase "a job well done." Since AP Stylebook has updated its rules about hyphenation, is it OK to not use the hyphen, or should it still be "a job well-done"? 

Should I use the numeral or the word to describe how many 3-point shots a player made? "He proceeded to make his next four 3-point shots."

The only entry for "overdraft" I see is for the noun's dictionary entry. I am interested in how to use this word as a verb, e.g., "Try not to overdraft your account." Would that be "overdraft" or "over-draft"?

The sentence, "It's well deserved!" Hyphenated or not?0

How do I write names of battleships

Let me try again. When referring to an event where people put literal shovels into the ground to signify the start of a construction project...
I'm getting sentences that say "The project broke ground on Tuesday." But shouldn't it be "XYZ organization broke ground on the project on Tuesday?" Isn't it anthropomorphizing the project the first way? A museum that isn't built is not out there with the shovels.

Hi - when formatting data columns in a table that shows figures for several years in a row, ex. 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, should the left-to-right order for the year be from newest-to-oldest or oldest-to-newest? Thanks!

Is Satellite with capital "s" or lowercase satellite

Hi, is it a FTSE company or an FTSE company?

I think organizations break ground on projects, the projects don't break ground themselves -- accurate?

Is it AP style that it's House (or Senate) Intelligence Committee -- rather than House (or Senate) intelligence committee -- even though formal names for those are House (or Senate) Select Committee on Intelligence?

Hi AP. I reviewed your state names entry but am curious about naming "states" that exist in other countries. My sentence in question is: "Sitting at a bar in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Dan began to tell me a story about his company." Should it read "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada"? Or is "Vancouver" easily recognizable that I could omit the BC and Canada references? (This article has no dateline.) Thanks!

When referring to volumes and issues of publications, are those words capitalized or lower case (Volume 106, Issue 1 or volume 106, issue 1).  In this case, the publication is a college newspaper that publishes weekly. Thanks!

Hello AP. I understand that we should use parentheses sparingly, according to AP Style rules. I'm proofing an article in which the author has included a URL in parentheses when he mentions a software company. The author has structured several sentences like this: "Amelia (http://www.ipsoft.com/amelia/) is an even more advanced piece of AI software." Is this something that AP would suggest to be reworded, or is this use of parentheses okay? Thanks!

Which is correct: The program is for those why fly less than 10 hours per year. OR The program is for those who fly fewer than 10 hours per year.
Should 10 hours be considered a quantity (i.e., a period of time) or an individual item (i.e., each hour)?
Thank you for your time!

Question about an answer from yesterday: Lincoln, NE, wrote:

You used to have several questions about the use of "3-D printed" as an adjective before the noun, as in "3-D printed model." Now that AP has closed up 3D, those Q&As seem to have disappeared. Does AP still advise leaving "3D printed" open as an adjective, or would you hyphenate?

A new program allows a half-star rating. Is the hyphen appropriate in the word half-star?

Hi! Is this (11 years later) still your ruling?

QUESTION from Washington, DC on April 04, 2008