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Institutional Identity Guidelines
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Style Guide E-K
E Eager Auditorium Email or email emeritus/a/i – Masculine singular: emeritus; feminine singular: emerita; plural: emeriti. Denotes individuals who have retired, but retain their rank or title. entitled, titled - entitled means a right to do something; titled means what something is called.
F faculty and staff - The collective nouns faculty and staff can be used in singular and plural senses (the French faculty meets regularly with the other language faculties; the staff sometimes disagrees among themselves). farther, further - farther refers to physical distance; further is an extension of time or degree. faze, phase - faze means to embarrass or disturb: The strike did not faze her; phase denotes an aspect or state: They will phase in the new system this year. fewer, less - Use fewer for individual items, less for bulk, time or quantity. first annual – Do not use. fiscal year – The 12-month period is six months ahead of the calendar year: July 1, 2002-June 30, 2003. In writing, write fiscal year out first, then use FY. The fiscal year began in July for FY2002-2003. forward – not forwards fractions - Spell out amounts of less than one using hyphens: Two-thirds, three-quarters Convert anything over one to decimals. full time, full-time – Hyphenate when used as a compound modifier: He goes to school full time. He is a full-time student. fund raising - A noun. Fund-raising is an adjective. Fund-raiser is a noun. Fund raising is important to the College. The Development Office started a fund-raising campaign. A fund-raiser was hired.
G gray - Not grey. Gymnasium/ Gym Building – capitalize as a formal name gym/gymnasium Ghosh Center or Ghosh Center for Science and Technology; see also Kalyan K. Ghosh Center for Science and Technology
H hyphens - Use when two words are combined as an adjective (except with very or words ending in ly). First-hand knowledge. Blue-green sea.
I include, comprise – Use include to introduce a series when the items that follow are only part of the total: the price includes breakfast; use comprise when the full list of individual elements is given: the zoo comprises 100 types of animals. Internet - Always capitalized. Abbreviated Net. irregardless – Do not use. its/it's - Use its for possessive; it's for contraction of it is.
J Jr./Sr. - Do not precede with a comma (Joe Johnson Jr.) except in business correspondence. Jesse Burkett Field – not Worcester State College Baseball Field job titles – always lowercase. See titles.
K Kalyan K. Ghosh Center for Science and Technology – see also Ghosh Center |
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