Grammar, Punctuation And Style Manual - John Tyler Community ...

Lowercase titles standing alone.Examples:the presidentthe deanAbbreviate most civil, religious, medical, and military titles. On second reference simply use theindividual’s last name with the title.Examples:Rev. Paul PhillipsDr. Tom TimmonsMaj. Gen. Frank CollinsU.S. Sen. Earl Stephens, Delegate Lillian Waters, state Sen. John WallburgIf a person holds more than one title, do not list both in front of the person’s name.Correct: President Marshall W. SmithDr. Marshall W. Smith, president of John Tyler Community CollegeIncorrect: President Dr. Marshall W. SmithTitles of WorksApply these guidelines to the titles of articles, books, journals, lectures, magazines, movies,newspapers, operas, plays, poems, songs, speeches, television programs and works of art.• Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions of four or more letters inall examples.• Capitalize an article – a, an, the – or words of fewer than four letters only if it is the first or lastword in the title.Italicize titles of books, journals, lectures, magazines, movies, operas, plays, poems, songs, speeches,television programs, and works of art. Exceptions – the Bible and books that are primarily catalogs ofreference materials, such as almanacs, directories, dictionaries, encyclopedias and handbooks.Put quotes around the names of articles, essays, short stories found in books, magazine, journals andnewspapers.TuitionWhen referencing tuition, only list the base rate, excluding the applicable fees. An appropriate way toreference tuition is as follows:Tuition for Virginia residents is $80.15 per credit hour, not including applicable fees.When writing about tuition rates, you may note that “Tuition and fees are set by the State Board forCommunity Colleges and are subject to change.”Rev. 3/2010 21