Is it okay to say: One Bedroom, 1.5 Baths?

Hi.  Would you say "Setting preschoolers up for success" or "Setting up preschoolers for success" ?  I would think the latter.   However, all of the time, we say, "They set me up" rather than "They set up me."

I get asked about this a lot. AP Style talks about log in/login, but doesn't address log in to/log into.

Is there a preference between in to or into? Should it follow the general rule of using into when entering a space? 

Should these be hyphenated? "We got to chat with two of students, eighth-grader Joe Smith and fifth-grader Susie Jackson." Why?

I think my search skills are just failing me here.

I encounter a lot of constructions like "career-oriented" and "protein-based." When they are in titles (such as our Division of Career-Oriented Programs), should they be "Career-Oriented" or "Career-oriented"/"Protein-Based" or "Protein-based"? 

Online title case generators say AP wants the second word lower case, but my brain wants it capped. 

I'm writing an article about a book called "Goodlife, Mississippi." I'd like to use the headline: Visit 'Goodlife, Mississippi,' for a Soulful Story of Struggle and Celebration. I'm unsure if I should use the comma after Mississippi the way we normally would with city/state construction. I don't use the second comma in the body of the article when I cite the book title, but in the headline, I'm using the book title to do double duty and reference a city and state. How would you handle the punctuation in this unusual situation?

Would "underwater" be one or two words in the sentence: Underwater, we are all free to move. OR Under water, we are all free to move.

Would you put quotation marks around the name of a playlist? For example:

... from the cover of Apple Music's R&B Now playlist ... The song is also Top 10 on Spotify's similarly influential Are & Be playlist.

Thank you very much.

I am an employee for the City of Groveland. Is it correct that when writing a news release for the city, Associated Press prefers the word 'city' to be lowercase except when saying 'The City of Groveland?' Furthermore, it is preference if the word 'city' is lowercase or capitalized? As in, "The City of Groveland is deeply committed to protecting the health and welfare of our residents. The Mayor and Members of Council have received several emails identical in nature urging the city to take action."

Hi. With judicial districts, would you lowercase shortened versions of them on second reference such as “the southern district” for the Southern District of New York? Or the northern district for the Northern District of California? 

Regarding military copy: Marine(s) is capitalized, I imagine because it's part of the armed service Marine Corps. Why isn't Guardsman or Guardsmen capitalized in reference to the National Guard?

Within a quote, regarding a person at a time in the past when he had just come out as gay, would it be "a then newly out George Smith," "a then-newly-out George Smith" or "a then-newly out George Smith"?

AP style is to use numerals for mathematical usage. When the word "times" is used in the sense of multiplication, is that considered a mathematical usage? For example, would you use five or 5 in this sentence: It costs five to 10 times as much as anything similar.

Hi! Can we get an updated ruling on how to use energy-efficient when it occurs after a noun? I'm not sure if the answer from 2017 still stands because of updates made in 2019. I do see energy-efficient mentioned under the entry for using -efficient, but I'm unclear on whether that still applies when it's used after a noun because of the guidance in the hyphen entry for hyphenating compound modifiers.

a) The new roof is more energy-efficient.
or
b) The new roof is more energy efficient.

Also, would the answer change at all if I removed 'more'? Thank you!

Hello -- can you please tell me which is correct?  "[Company] notifies the member that they 
 will need to pay out of pocket and submit a claim." or  "[Company] notifies the member they 
 will need to pay out of pocket and submit a claim."

What are your thoughts on using "advancements" instead of "advances" as a plural noun? For example, "Three major technology advancements/advances propelled the industry forward."

Should "supporters" be followed by "knows" or "know" in the following sentence? This community of dedicated supporters knows how important it is to provide hunger relief all year.

I'm unable to reword the sentence in question. Thank you.

When you have two types of something, should it be treated as a singular or plural; for example, should the verb that follows this subject end in an s: "Having diverse electrical and automation experience allow" or "... allows"?

Is it still acceptable to use the phrase "students in need" when writing about supporting student scholarships at a university? For example, "Your gift today helps to support students in need."

Does AP style still prefer two words "goal post" or should we use one word "goalpost"? I see dictionaries list it as one word. 

Can sentences start with "E.g.," or should it always be lowercase? Thank you!

Would emigre be published with accent marks? That is, émigré?

How would you write this sentence? Should it end with a question mark or do you read it as a statement?  “The question is do we buy an existing home, or do we build a new one.” 

Is the word "Hyflex" capitalized? Example: I'm taking one hybrid class and one Hyflex class this semester.