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Buckinghamshire New University style guide

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It’s and its<br />

Be careful to check your punctuation. It's means it is. Its means belonging to it.<br />

Example:<br />

The <strong>University</strong> is located in the centre of High Wycombe; its main campus is a<br />

short walk from the railway station, but it’s also easy to catch a bus.<br />

A–Z <strong>guide</strong><br />

I<br />

IT terms<br />

Commonly used IT terms include:<br />

• CD-ROM, CD-ROMs, CDs (no apostrophes)<br />

• CD-ROM (read only), CD-RW (read and write), CD-I (interactive)<br />

• cyberspace<br />

• email (no hyphen) but e-commerce<br />

• hard disk, but compact disc or optical disc, (disc = round!)<br />

• internet (lower case initial letter)<br />

• PCs, Macs<br />

• software program.<br />

<strong>Buckinghamshire</strong> <strong>New</strong> <strong>University</strong> Style Guide 27

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