Category: Canadian Style

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.24 Comparative and inclusive numbers Use as great rather than greater. six times as great not six times greater four times as great not four times greater one third as large not three times smaller

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 1.06 Titles used with personal names Abbreviate professional and official titles only when they are used with surnames preceded by first names or initials. Dr. Kim Siever Dr. K. Siever Doctor Siever

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 1.18 Ampersand The ampersand (&) is properly used only when it forms part of a corporate name.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 1.17 Numbers When abbreviating the words number or numbers within the body of a text, use No. or Nos. but not the symbol #, which is reserved for tabular and statistical material.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 8.13 Titles Quotation marks should enclose the titles of the following within footnotes, bibliographies, and bodies of text: newspaper, magazine, and periodical articles book chapters short stories from collections lectures papers songs poems from collections dissertations theses unpublished manuscripts radio and TV programmes

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 2.02 Compound nouns and nouns in compounds (e) Hyphenate nouns of family relationship formed with great and in-law. father-in-law great-aunt

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.24 Comparative and inclusive numbers (c) Opinions differ on the proper forms for inclusive numbers written as numerals. To ensure clarity, abbreviate second numbers according to the following principles. Repeat all digits in numbers below 100 (e.g. 62–98). Repeat all digits where the first number is… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #13: Comparative and inclusive numbers

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 4.17 Capitalization: Time references and historical periods and events Capitalize the names of months and days, of holidays and holy days, of historical and geological periods and events, and of parliamentary sessions.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 2.13 Hyphenation: Points of the compass Write as one word compass directions consisting of two points, but use a hyphen after the first point in those compounds consisting of three points:: northwest southeast east-northeast south-southwest