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Buckinghamshire New University style guide

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Capitalising job titles (see job titles)<br />

Capitalising historical periods and events<br />

Capitalise names of widely recognised epochs in anthropology, archaeology,<br />

geology and history, for example the Bronze Age, the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages,<br />

the Renaissance, the Victorian era, the Enlightenment, the Third Reich. Also<br />

capitalise periods named after specific dynasties or people, for example the<br />

Tudors, Elizabethan. Use lower case for medieval, baroque.<br />

A–Z <strong>guide</strong><br />

C<br />

Art movements:<br />

Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Cubism, Dadaism, Gothic, Impressionism, Pop Art,<br />

Rococo, Surrealism, Arts and Crafts movement etc.<br />

War:<br />

First World War, Second World War; Crimean/Boer/Vietnam/Gulf War; Hundred<br />

Years War.<br />

Capitalising proper nouns<br />

Names of people, places, countries and organisations should take capital letters.<br />

Examples:<br />

John Smith, High Wycombe, Missenden Abbey Conference Centre<br />

Commas<br />

It is acceptable to put a comma before and, particularly in longer sentences or<br />

lists.<br />

<strong>Buckinghamshire</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>University</strong> Style Guide 13

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