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Comprise |
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Comprise means include.
The whole comprises parts, but is not comprised of parts. |
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Course Work |
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Course work should be written as two words, not as one. |
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Courses |
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Use lowercase when you refer to courses, unless you use the specific course name or the
course name includes a proper noun or numeral.
She is enrolled in a business administration course.
Last semester she took Spanish I. |
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Dashes |
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The two dashes most commonly used by typesetters are the em dash and the en dash. The em dash is what is
usually meant by the word dash—a long mark that can be represented by a typist as two hyphens
(like this--with no space on either side) or that can be created by using the em dash character (—) found in the character
set of most software programs. The en dash is simply a specialized, slightly elongated hyphen that looks like this: –.
Dashes separate, hyphens join. The distinction usually holds true for em versus en dashes, too.
Inclusive dates and other number sequences may be printed with en dashes, rather than with hyphens.
1994-96, pages 8-10,
8 A.M.-5 P.M.
To place an en dash in your Word document, go to the "Insert" pull-down menu and select "Symbol." Once the Symbols
box comes up, choose "Normal Text" from the "Font" pull-down window. The en dash is listed next to the em dash. |
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Dates |
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Use the following style:
March 19, 1993
No comma is needed when referring only to a month and year.
The program will begin in April 2002.
Never use ordinals (1st or 2nd or 2d or 3rd or 3d) in referring to a date.
January 1, 2003
Use an s without an apostrophe after the year to indicate spans of decades or centuries.
The College was founded in the 1850s. |
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Doctoral Titles |
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Avoid use of the honorific title Dr. in reference to an academic who has earned a doctorate,
unless used in a direct quote.
Dr. may be used in reference to a medical doctor.
Faculty members should be referred to by their professorial titles.
assistant professor, associate professor, professor |
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Ellipsis Points |
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Ellipsis means omission. Ellipsis points are three-period sequences used to indicate that something has been left out of a sentence or
passage. Leave a space before and after each period. If a sentence ends (or is cut off) right before the ellipsis, you should
also leave in the period that would have ended the sentence. This period will have a space after it but no space before it.
The ellipsis character (...) is found in the character set of most software programs. |
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E-mail |
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Hyphenate e-mail. The word e-mail is a noun and is not capitalized. Although both email and
e-mail are accepted by various style guides, e-mail is the preferred TCNJ style. |
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