CAPITALIZATIONProper names:

Names of individuals; countries, states, regions, and cities; political,

racial, and religious groups; languages; institutions and

organizations; days, months, and holidays; historical periods; product

brand names; fully specified academic degrees, particular academic courses.

Titles of literary and other artistic works

Official and personal titles

UNDERLINING AND ITALICS Titles of individual works Foreign terms For emphasis Letters and numbers referred to as

words Calling attention to a word’s use Vehicles of transportation

NUMBERS When to use words-

When numbers can be written as one or two words Hyphenate number words between 21 and 99

(except round numbers) e.g. Twenty-one; ninety-nine If the number requires three or more words, use

numerals Use words for any number that begins a sentence

NUMBERS When to use numerals

MeasurementsDates, time, page numbers, decimals, and

percentagesUse WORDS with o’clockFor numbered streets, use numerals unless

the number is less than ten or the building and street numbers may be written by each other.

ABBREVIATIONS1- Personal and professional titles

Mrs., Mr., Dr. (that come before the person’s name)

Esq., MD. PhD (that come after the name)

2- Common terms and organizationsDVD, UFO, ATT

3- Use Latin abbreviations for time of daya.m.; p.m.; abbreviations for AD (anno Domini- in the year of our Lord), BC (before Christ)

NOTE: the year precedes BC (44 BC) but follows AD (2013 AD)

4- Latin terms i.e. (that is)e. g. (for example)Avoid etc. (et cetera- and so forth); simply

site the examples you have5- Names of regions (do not abbreviate,

except in addresses)6- Units of measure (don’t abbreviate

common units of measure) The room was 15 feet, 9 ½ inches wide. (Do abbreviate technical terms -- The speed

limit was 35 mph)