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A A words accommodation advice (noun), to advise (verb) adviser (not advisor) affect (make a difference to) ageing (not aging) A-level all right (your answers are all right) alright (are you alright?) alumni (plural) alumnus/alumna (singular) alumnae (plural female) amend, amendment among, not amongst analyse AS-level audio-visual autumn, spring, summer, winter A–Z guide Accents Only use accents on foreign words, and don’t do so if the word has been anglicised, eg cafe, fiance. Exceptions: Précis Exposé (to distinguish from expose) To insert accents in Word documents go to the Insert menu and choose Symbol. Acronyms and abbreviations Peppering your documents with capitals and abbreviations can be confusing to your readers. Don’t assume everyone knows what the initials stand for – unless the organisation concerned is commonly referred to in its abbreviated form, for example BBC, RAC. Write out the full name the first time you use it, followed by the shortened version in brackets. After that, just use the abbreviation. (If you only use the term once, then you don’t need to add the abbreviation in brackets unless it is a useful piece of information.) Example: The School of Design, Craft & Visual Arts (DCVA) offers a wide range of courses in the creative industries. DCVA offers an exciting range of vocational programmes. Note: When using initials, plurals do not take an apostrophe and the ‘s’ is lower case, eg LAs. 6 Buckinghamshire New University Style Guide
Addresses When writing addresses, avoid unnecessary punctuation. The address should not contain: • full stops at the end of addresses • a comma between the number and the street name • abbreviated forms of Road, Street or Avenue • a comma between the town/county and postcode. The postcode should appear after the town or city on the next line. Both Buckinghamshire and Bucks are acceptable. Example: Strategic Marketing & Communications Directorate Buckinghamshire New University Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe Bucks HP11 2JZ Occasional variations may be permitted, in order to comply with computer systems already in use. A–Z guide Awards A-level BA (Hons) BEng (Hons) BSc (Hons) FDA FDSc GCSE MA MPhil PGCert PGCE PGDip PhD A American English Beware American usage of words and spelling, for instance, capitalizing (rather than the English capitalising), or gum (glue), trunk (boot of a car), color, favorite, theater etc. You can change the default language settings in Word to UK English. Buckinghamshire New University Style Guide 7
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