Editorial style guide The New Era University O ?ce of Student Communications and Publications NEUOSCaP created the New Era University Editorial Style Guide NEU- ESG adopted from the writing conventions contained in The Associated Press Stylebook which is

The New Era University O ?ce of Student Communications and Publications NEUOSCaP created the New Era University Editorial Style Guide NEU- ESG adopted from the writing conventions contained in The Associated Press Stylebook which is the standard for most university publishing The NEU-ESG serves as a quick reference tool for members of the NEU academic community for its consistent and appropriate usage for print and electronic materials written for and about the New Era University On formatting conventions for the titles of books publications articles course listings ?lms music or works of art the NEU-OSCaP follows the convention of The Chicago Manual of Style the guide most commonly used in academia for the citation of references Departures from either guide are noted in the text The guide also includes items speci ?c to NEU and outlines accepted practice for NEU content providers In applying any style guide it is most important to maintain a consistent editorial approach within a speci ?c piece For spelling style usage and foreign geographic names not mentioned in The Associated Press Stylebook the sta ? of the OSCAP encourages the use of Webster's New World College Dictionary Fourth Edition The NEU-ESG will be reviewed yearly to include new or edited items speci ?c to Endicott and to incorporate any changes in other referenced style guides When that occurs we will implement changes in College materials as practical ENDI COTT EDITORIAL S TYLE GUIDE C - AND -UP Spell out numbers at the beginning of the sentence Example Two NEU students won the championship in the last held National Quiz Bee in So ?tel Manila Use the numeric form for numbers - except when the number is used at the beginning of the sentence Examples Two NEU students won the championship in the last held National Quiz Bee in So ?tel Manila but The NEU Board of Trustees personally congratulated the NEU students who won the championship in the last held National Quiz Bee in So ?tel Manila A AN AND AND Use the article ??a ? before consonant sounds and ??an ? before vowel sounds Examples a director an honest man the h is silent Use the ampersand only for speci ?c titles or business names e g Abercrombie Fitch The ampersand may be used sparingly as a graphic element or as a means of shortening Web menu headings ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS AND INITIALISMS An abbreviation is any shortened form of a word Examples etc for etcetera Jan for January An acronym is a special kind of abbreviation that is made from the ?rst letter or letters of a string of words but are pronounced as if they were words themselves Examples OSCaP O ?ce of Student Communications and Publications NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations Initialisms are also made from the ?rst letter or letters of a string of words but they cannot be pronounced as words themselves Examples include NEU New Era University CAS College of Arts

  • 36
  • 0
  • 0
Afficher les détails des licences
Licence et utilisation
Gratuit pour un usage personnel Aucune attribution requise
Partager