Rescue: Writing With (AP) Style

When do you spell out avenue and street, and when do you abbreviate it?

In AP Style under addresses, it says to abbreviate when used with a specific street number, like 8397 Liberty Ave.

But when using just the street name without a number, it's spelled out, like Liberty Avenue.

Also, the abbreviation for avenue is Ave., and not Av. I know the latter was what was in the report, but we are supposed to translate anything outside of quotations to conform with AP Style. 

Elsewhere in AP Style, we had issues with whether to spell out numerals, or use digits instead. We had issues on whether to use just the first name, just the last name or a person's full name on second references. We had issues on how to properly list ages.

I'm not going to revisit these here, since we've gone over these instances in multiple previous AP Style blogs. But I do ask that you review EVERY AP Style blog post from the semester, and find the answers yourself.

It's easy to find every AP Style post. Just click on the label below this post that reads, "ap style," and all the posts will chain together.

Every blog post has labels describing its topic area, and clicking on any of those labels will bring up every similarly-labeled item we've done, period. Please use that as a short-cut resource if there are subject areas in which you'd like a refresher.