ADOT Editorial Style Guide - Arizona Department of Transportation

3. Editorial Style Guide | Editorial Style
good-bye. Preferred spelling.
Google, Googled, Googling. Trademarked name and preferred derivative spellings.
gray. Preferred spelling, but greyhound.
groundwater. Preferred spelling.
H
half day (n.), half-day (adj.). Preferred constructions.
half-mast, half-staff. Preferred constructions. A flag is only ever half-mast on a ship. Anywhere else, it’s half-staff.
handicapped. See disabled, handicapped, impaired.
Hanukkah. Preferred spelling.
health care (n.), health-care (adj.). Preferred constructions: Advanced health care usually results in older populations. Health-care
reform is a contentious issue.
heat cure (n.), heat-cure (v.). Preferred constructions.
heat-curve (v.). Hyphenate.
heat-straighten (v.). Hyphenate.
heat treat (v.), heat-treated (adj.). Preferred constructions.
high density (n.), high-density (adj.). Preferred constructions.
high occupancy (n.), high-occupancy (adj.). Preferred constructions.
high speed (n.), high-speed (adj.). Preferred constructions.
high temperature (n.), high-temperature (adj.). Preferred constructions.
high water (n.), high-water (adj.). Preferred constructions.
historic, historical. A historic event is an important occurrence, one that stands out in history. Any occurrence in the past is a historical
event. Use a before historic, historical and history, not an.
historical periods and events. Capitalize the names of widely recognized epochs in anthropology, archaeology, geology and history:
the Bronze Age, the War of the Roses. Capitalize also widely recognized popular names for periods and events: the Atomic Age, the
Boston Tea Party. Lowercase century: the 20th century. Capitalize only the proper nouns or adjectives in general descriptions of a
period: ancient Greece, Victorian era. For additional guidance, see separate entries in the 2011 AP Stylebook and Merriam-Webster’s
dictionary.
home page. Preferred construction.
hot-bend (v.). Hyphenate.
hot-bond (v.). Hyphenate.
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