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This page talks about common grammar rules to adhere to. | This page talks about common grammar rules to adhere to. | ||
==General== | |||
* '''American English over British English.''' | * '''American English over British English.''' | ||
* '''Use the Oxford comma''': in a list with more than three items in it, put a comma before the "and." ("Apples, oranges, and peaches," NOT "Apples, oranges and peaches." | * '''Italicize names and shortened names of titles (but not acronyms).''' | ||
:(''BlazBlue: Central Fiction'' and ''Central Fiction'', but CF) | |||
==Punctuation== | |||
* '''No apostrophes after family names unless it's in the possessive.''' (So, you would have "The Hazukis invited Mai home." and "Izayoi is the Yayoi's treasured heirloom.") http://grammarist.com/style/last-names/ | * '''Use the Oxford comma''': in a list with more than three items in it, put a comma before the "and." | ||
* '''Commas, periods, and other punctuation inside quotes, but colons and dashes outside.''' ("Here is a quote." Here is "a list": apples, oranges, and peaches.) | :("Apples, oranges, and peaches," NOT "Apples, oranges and peaches.") | ||
* '''No apostrophes after family names unless it's in the possessive.''' | |||
:(So, you would have "The Hazukis invited Mai home." and "Izayoi is the Yayoi's treasured heirloom.") http://grammarist.com/style/last-names/ | |||
* '''Commas, periods, and other punctuation inside quotes, but colons and dashes outside.''' | |||
:("Here is a quote." Here is "a list": apples, oranges, and peaches.) | |||
*'''No punctuation marks after an incomplete sentence on a list.''' | |||
:*Ragna the Bloodedge | |||
:*Jin Kisaragi | |||
:*Noel Vermillion | |||
Revision as of 06:00, 24 April 2018
This page talks about common grammar rules to adhere to.
General
- American English over British English.
- Italicize names and shortened names of titles (but not acronyms).
- (BlazBlue: Central Fiction and Central Fiction, but CF)
Punctuation
- Use the Oxford comma: in a list with more than three items in it, put a comma before the "and."
- ("Apples, oranges, and peaches," NOT "Apples, oranges and peaches.")
- No apostrophes after family names unless it's in the possessive.
- (So, you would have "The Hazukis invited Mai home." and "Izayoi is the Yayoi's treasured heirloom.") http://grammarist.com/style/last-names/
- Commas, periods, and other punctuation inside quotes, but colons and dashes outside.
- ("Here is a quote." Here is "a list": apples, oranges, and peaches.)
- No punctuation marks after an incomplete sentence on a list.
- Ragna the Bloodedge
- Jin Kisaragi
- Noel Vermillion