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Style Guide A-D
A academic degrees - B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), B.S. (Bachelor of Science), M.A. (Master of Arts), M.S. (Master of Science), M.Ed. (Master of Education), M.O.T. (Master of Occupational Therapy), Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy). Use bachelor's and master's degree. When referring to degrees in general, lowercase the first letter of the degree and use s (they all had master's degrees in English). Capitalize formal names of academic degrees (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Education). accommodate acronym: When using an acronym, on first usage identify what it stands for, then use the acronym: Board of Higher Education (BHE). addresses - abbreviate Ave., Blvd., and St. only with a numbered address. Use figures in address numbers. Spell out First through Ninth when used as street names. Use figures with two letters for 10th and above, (e.g. 7 Fifth Ave., 100 21st St.) Administration Theatre admission, admittance - Admittance is physical entry into a space. Admission is figurative entry or a sense or right or privilege of participation. adviser - Not advisor. advising/advisement – do not use “advisement” in place of “advising.” Advising is a verb meaning “to give counsel or offer advice;” advisement is a noun, meaning “careful consideration or the act of advising.” affect/effect - affect is usually the verb, effect is usually the noun. afterward - No s on the end. all right – Never use alright. Hyphenate only as a modifier (he is an all-right student). already /all ready - already means having occurred/all ready means prepared. alumni/a/ae/us - Female singular: alumna; female plural: alumnae; male (or generic) singular: alumnus; male (or generic) plural: alumni. Alum is not a word. Alumni Advisory Board – the executive body overseeing alumni interests among, between - Use between to show relationship between two objects; among when more than two objects are involved. athletic field – John Coughlin Memorial Field
B bachelor's degree - See academic degrees baccalaureate Board of Higher Education (BHE) Board of Trustees (BOT) - also Worcester State College Board of Trustees – the executive governing body overseeing College interests book titles – see composition titles but/yet - Redundant if used together.
C campuswide - One word. Also citywide, statewide, worldwide, etc. capital, capitol - capital is the city where the seat of government is located, capitol is the building. Capital Campaign - Capitalize when referring to the College’s fund-raising campaign, “Creating Excellent Opportunities” Capital Campaign City of Worcester’s Rockwood Field - owned by the City of Worcester, this adjacent athletic complex is not to be referred to as Worcester State College’s Field, and includes: The Ralph Raymond Softball Field (home of the Worcester Fast Pitch Association) The Jesse Burkett Little League Fields and Program The Baseball Field The Multi-Purpose Athletic Field (Football/Soccer/Rugby) class year - Use a backward apostrophe (‘) before the class year. No comma between name and class year: John Q. Public ‘89. Use class year with maiden name, not married name: Jane (Private) ‘89 Public. College – In the body of the text, use upper case only when referring specifically to Worcester State College. This is strictly for image identification purposes and is not intended to supplant MLA style. commas - In a list of three or more items, no comma before the final and. Communication Science and Disorders Department Communication Department Commuter Lounge composition titles – Apply the guidelines listed here to book titles, movie titles, opera titles, play titles, poem titles, song titles, television program titles and the titles of lectures, speeches and works of art. § Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions of four or more letters. § Capitalize an article--the, a, an--or word of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word in a title. § Put quotation marks around the names of all such work except the Bible and books that are primarily catalogs of reference material. § Do not underline book titles (except when using MLA style)
currently/presently - currently means now; presently is in the near future.
D decimals - Place a 0 before decimals less than 1. For example, 0.27. In describing quantities in millions, use one decimal place at most. For example, $2.7 million. departments - Uppercase formal names (Department of Computer Science, computer science department). different - Takes the preposition from, not than. directions - Lowercase north, south, northeast, northern, etc. when they indicate compass direction. Capitalize them when they designate regions (the Northeast.)
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