1. Proper names:
Names of individuals; countries, states,
regions, and cities; political, racial,
and religious groups; languages;
institutions and organizations; days,
months, and holidays; historical
periods; product brand names; fully
specified academic degrees, particular
academic courses.

2. Titles of literary and other artistic works
Official and personal titles

3.  Titles of individual works
 Foreign terms
 For emphasis
 Letters and numbers referred to as words
 Calling attention to a word’s use
 Vehicles of transportation

4.  When to use words-
 When numbers can be written as one or two words
 Hyphenate number words between 21 and 99 (except round
numbers) e.g. Twenty-one; ninety-nine
 If the number requires three or more words, use numerals
 Use words for any number that begins a sentence

5.  When to use numerals
 Measurements
 Dates, time, page numbers, decimals, and
percentages
 Use WORDS with o’clock
 For numbered streets, use numerals unless the
number is less than ten or the building and street
numbers may be written by each other.

6. 1- Personal and professional titles
 Mrs., Mr., Dr. (that come before the person’s
name)
 Esq., MD. PhD (that come after the name)
2- Common terms and organizations
DVD, UFO, ATT
3- Use Latin abbreviations for time of day
a.m.; p.m.; abbreviations for AD (anno Domini-
in the year of our Lord), BC (before Christ)
NOTE: the year precedes BC (44 BC) but follows
AD (2013 AD)

7. 4- Latin terms
 i.e. (that is)
 e. g. (for example)
 Avoid etc. (et cetera- and so forth); simply site
the examples you have
5- Names of regions (do not abbreviate, except in
addresses)
6- Units of measure (don’t abbreviate common
units of measure)
 The room was 15 feet, 9 ½ inches wide.
 (Do abbreviate technical terms -- The speed limit
was 35 mph)