Category: Canadian Style

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.27 Punctuation in salutations In business letters and printed speeches, a colon follows the salutation. In personal letters, a comma follows the salutation. Dear Dr. Jones: Dear Jimmy,

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.24 Comparative and inclusive numbers Join consecutive numbers with and or or, except when intermediate quantities are available. Our seats are in rows 5 and 6. (not 5 to 6) The temperature ranged from 10 to 11 °C. (not 10 or 11)

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 14.06 Titles of occupations Eliminate titles and terms that suggest a job is not typically performed by persons of one sex. Do not feminize occupational titles by adding ess, ette, or ix, as in manageress, usherette, or executrix.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 1.03 Periods Use periods with most lower-case abbreviations (mph is one exception). a.m. p.m. e.g. i.e.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 4.17 Time references and historical periods and events Do not capitalize the names of the seasonsm centuries or decades nless they are personifed or are part of special names. winter the thirties Old Man Winter Dirty Thirties

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.04 Initial numbers Spell out a number when it occurs at the bbeginning of a sentence, as well as any related nmbers closely following it: Ninety-six dogs attacked the twelve cats. Where this would result in a cmbersome contruction, rewrite the sentence. A pack of 96… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #25: Initial numbers

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.59 Possession for two nouns If possession is shared by two or more subjects, add ’s to the last word only. Kim and Mary’s family To indicate individual possession, ’s is added to each element in the series. Kim’s and Mary’s likes and dislikes

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.23 Plurals Plurals of numerals are usually formed by adding an s. I was born in the 1970s. She paid me with four 20s.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 8.11 Reference to words as such When referring to a word’s form rather than its meaning, use quotation marks to draw the reader’s attention; although most writers prefer to place such words in italics. Just be consistent. Words being defined, French terms, and foreign words are… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #22: Reference to words as such