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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)
* '''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