Spelling and other mistakes to avoid
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==UK English, rather than American English== | ==UK English, rather than American English== | ||
| - | * Use hyphens to connect nouns in adjectival phrases. | + | * '''Use hyphens to connect nouns in adjectival phrases, where possible.''' |
::Americans might say '' 'board level pressures are making a difference' ''. | ::Americans might say '' 'board level pressures are making a difference' ''. | ||
::In the UK, it is better to say '' 'board-level pressures ...' '' because this makes it clear that ''pressures'' (and not ''board'') is the subject of the sentence. | ::In the UK, it is better to say '' 'board-level pressures ...' '' because this makes it clear that ''pressures'' (and not ''board'') is the subject of the sentence. | ||
| + | *An exception to this rule occurs in abbreviations, for example: | ||
| + | ::If '' 'AIM' ''stands for ''Application Interface Marketing'', neither the UK nor the USA puts hyphens between the nouns. | ||
==Sentence construction== | ==Sentence construction== | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 30 October 2007
Spelling
- over time vs. overtime.
- This is incorrect: 'overtime this group has expanded...'
UK English, rather than American English
- Use hyphens to connect nouns in adjectival phrases, where possible.
- Americans might say 'board level pressures are making a difference' .
- In the UK, it is better to say 'board-level pressures ...' because this makes it clear that pressures (and not board) is the subject of the sentence.
- An exception to this rule occurs in abbreviations, for example:
- If 'AIM' stands for Application Interface Marketing, neither the UK nor the USA puts hyphens between the nouns.
Sentence construction
- Avoid joining two sentences with a comma.
- For example, this is incorrect:
- Within the UK, IT accounts for 4% of total greenhouse gas emissions, it is vital for CIOs to act now in order to reduce these emissions.
- It should be expressed either separately as:
- Within the UK, IT accounts for 4% of total greenhouse gas emissions. It is vital for CIOs to act now in order to reduce these emissions.,
- or with the use of an appropriate conjunction such as:
- Within the UK, IT accounts for 4% of total greenhouse gas emissions, so it is vital for CIOs to act now in order to reduce these emissions.
- For example, this is incorrect:
