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Toward |
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Always use toward, not towards, which is the British
Commonwealth form. |
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Trademarks |
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Do not use brand names to refer to a generic product. However, if referring
to a specific trademarked product, capitalize it.
photocopy, Xerox; cola drink, Coca-Cola; tissue, Kleenex |
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Vita, Vitae |
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The full name for a listing of one's academic and professional
accomplishments is a curriculum vitae (plural: curricula vitae),
or CV (plural: CVs). The term vita (plural: vitae)
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Washington, DC |
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DC should be written without periods.
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Web Addresses |
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Avoid ending a sentence with a Web address, also known as a URL
(uniform resource locator). Otherwise, inexperienced computer users may
be frustrated if they try to use your end punctuation as part of the address.
It may be helpful to your readers if you put URLs in parentheses.
Leave off the http:// at the beginning of URLs and forward slashes
at the end. Most browsers automatically insert these for you.
When writing URLs, preferred College usage is all lowercase.
www.tcnj.edu, not www.TCNJ.EDU
An exception is when a non-College URL uses capital letters. In these
instances, include the URL as it is given.
URLs are case sensitive after a slash following the .extension. For
example: If you create and serve a Web page www.tcnj.edu/~Home your
site can only be accessed by typing in the word Home exactly as you have
named it when you created and posted your site. Typing in www.tcnj.edu/~home
will result in a "file not found" error.
Try to keep URLs on one line in running copy. If you divide a URL at the
end of a line, divide after a slash mark. Always try to access the URLs
in your publications to make sure they are correct. |
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Web Site |
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Web site should be two words with no hyphen, with Web
capitalized. |
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World Wide Web |
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World Wide Web is a proper noun and should be capitalized.
When used alone, Web is also capitalized. |
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Years |
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In text describing upcoming events, do not use the year when referring to
the current year unless there would be some confusion about
which year is meant.
The Class of '84 will gather at Bar Anticipation on Saturday, June 25.
The new program will begin in September 2004. |
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