Question

find & correct the ap style errors
on sat., may 14th, the team celebrated its 2nd place win in the tournament.
the 17 year old girl won 1st place in the event.

Explanation:

• For the first sentence:
• "Sat." should be "Saturday" as AP style generally spells out days of the week.
• "14th" should be "14" as AP style doesn't use ordinal suffixes (like -th, -st) for dates.
• "2nd" should be "second" as AP style spells out ordinal numbers first through ninth.
• For the second sentence:
• "17 year old" should be "17 - year - old" as it is a compound adjective modifying "girl" and needs a hyphen.
• "1st" should be "first" as AP style spells out ordinal numbers first through ninth.

Answer:

• On Saturday, May 14, the team celebrated its second place win in the tournament.
• The 17 - year - old girl won first place in the event.