<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Grammarist &#187; Style</title> <atom:link href="http://www.grammarist.com/category/style/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.grammarist.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>Seasons (capitalization)</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/seasons-capitalization/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/seasons-capitalization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:45:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=17975</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most edited publications do not capitalize the seasons of the year, and we know of no major style guide that recommends doing so. Spring, summer, autumn, fall, and winter are common nouns like any other. Think of them as similar to morning, afternoon, and night&#8212;terms that denote clearly defined periods of time but are not [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/seasons-capitalization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>E-book, ebook, eBook</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/e-book-ebook/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/e-book-ebook/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:29:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New words]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=17688</guid> <description><![CDATA[As a term for books presented in electronic form, eBook is going out of style, at least in edited publications. Most American, Canadian, and Australian news publications that publish online are using the hyphenated form, e-book. Most web-friendly British publications are using the one-word ebook. There’s a good chance the one-word form will become standard [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/e-book-ebook/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Internet (capitalization)</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/internet-capitalization/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/internet-capitalization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:14:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=12299</guid> <description><![CDATA[All the American usage guides that we know of recommend capitalizing the first letter of Internet, and most major American publications (as well as most Canadian ones) do so. Outside North America, most publications in English-speaking countries do not capitalize internet. The non-U.S. approach makes more sense. There is no good reason to capitalize internet. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/internet-capitalization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Earth (capitalization)</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/earth/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/earth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:29:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=11591</guid> <description><![CDATA[When the noun earth is used in reference to our planet, it is capitalized only when treated as a proper noun (i.e., not preceded by the&#8212;for example, everything on Earth). When it is preceded by the, earth is not capitalized (e.g., everything on the earth). And of course, earth is sometimes used to mean the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/earth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>President</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/president/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/president/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:49:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=11243</guid> <description><![CDATA[President should be capitalized when it comes immediately before the name of a president of a country. It should not be capitalized when it refers to a president but does not immediately precede the name. For example, note the contrast in these sentences: House Speaker John Boehner criticized President Barack Obama Thursday . . . [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/president/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Boldface text</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/boldface/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/boldface/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 21:17:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=10809</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boldface text&#8212;which looks like this&#8212;has a few accepted uses. It’s generally not recommended for providing emphasis. That’s what italics and sentence structure are for. Because boldface text can be visually distracting, it is best used sparingly. Every publication has its own standards for boldface text, and some style manuals recommend against using boldface in all [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/boldface/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Spaces between sentences</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/spaces-between-sentences/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/spaces-between-sentences/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:36:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Typography]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=5541</guid> <description><![CDATA[The old typographical superstition that it&#8217;s proper to use two spaces after a sentence should be laid to rest. Virtually every major style guide recommends a single space, and most major publishers and publications comply. If you don’t believe us, take any book off the shelf or visit any editorially scrupulous website and look closely [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/spaces-between-sentences/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>You (in formal writing)</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/you-in-formal-writing/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/you-in-formal-writing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:52:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decorum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=5519</guid> <description><![CDATA[The prejudice against you in formal writing is sometimes justified and at other times unnecessarily limiting.  If there’s no reason why your reader should feel insulted by your use of you, then there’s nothing wrong with using this pronoun instead of the less personal one.  For example, these writers have no qualms about using you: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/you-in-formal-writing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>God (capitalization)</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/god-capitalization/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/god-capitalization/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:56:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capitalization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Decorum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=5115</guid> <description><![CDATA[Traditionally, God is capitalized when naming the Judeo-Christian deity. In this sense, God is a proper noun like any other name and does not take a definite or indefinite article. In phrases like the Biblical god and a forgiving god, which do have articles, there’s no need to capitalize god because it is a common [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/god-capitalization/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Textish</title><link>http://www.grammarist.com/style/textish/</link> <comments>http://www.grammarist.com/style/textish/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:56:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Grammarist</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Style]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terms]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.grammarist.com/?p=4248</guid> <description><![CDATA[Textish, sometimes referred to as textese, txtese, textspeak, texting language, txt talk, or SMS language, is our term for all those abbreviations and slang terms born of the necessity for brevity in text messages, instant messages, and social networking. Due to the ubiquity of these communication methods, Textish has made its way into emails, web [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.grammarist.com/style/textish/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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