This document provides guidelines for proper punctuation, spelling, capitalization, italics, abbreviations, numbers, metrication, statistical and mathematical copy, and equations in technical writing. It discusses spacing rules for various punctuation marks and preferred spelling and hyphenation conventions. It also offers guidance on capitalizing titles and proper nouns, using italics, abbreviations, expressing numbers, formatting statistics and formulas, and presenting equations in text or as displays. The purpose is to demonstrate proper technical writing style for research papers and publications.

1. PRESENTED BY : - TAMANNA GUPTA

3. 1. PUNCTUATION
 Spacing After Punctuation Marks
 Period
 Comma
 Semicolon
 Colon
 Dash
 Quotation Marks
 Double or Single Quotation Marks
 Parentheses
 Brackets
 Slash

4. 2. SPELLING
 Preferred Spelling
Spelling should conform to standard American English
as exemplified in Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
(2005). If a word is not in Webster's Collegiate, consult the
more comprehensive Webster's Third New International Dictionary
(2002).
 Hyphenation
Compound words take many forms; that is, two words may
be written as
(a) two separate words
(b) a hyphenated word
(c) one unbroken, "solid" word.
For example, is follow up, follow-up, or followup

5. 3. CAPITALIZATION
 Words Beginning a Sentence
 Major Words in Titles and Headings
 Proper Nouns and Trade Names
 Nouns Followed by Numerals or Letters
 Titles of Tests
 Names of Conditions or Groups in an Experiment
 Names of Factors, Variables, and Effects

6. 4. ITALICS
 Use of Italics

7. 5. ABBREVIATIONS
 Use of Abbreviations
 Explanation of Abbreviations
 Abbreviations Accepted as Words
 Abbreviations Used Often in APA Journals
 Latin Abbreviations
 Scientific Abbreviations
 Other Abbreviations
 Plurals of Abbreviations
 Abbreviations Beginning a Sentence

8. 6. NUMBERS
 Numbers Expressed in Numerals
 Numbers Expressed in Words
 Combining Numerals and Words to Express Numbers
 Ordinal Numbers
 Decimal Fractions
 Roman Numerals
 Commas in Numbers
 Plurals of Numbers

9. 7. METRICATION
 Policy on Metrication
 Style for Metric Units

10. 8. STATISTICALAND MATHEMATICAL COPY
 Selecting Effective Presentation
 References for Statistics
 Formulas
 Statistics in Text
 Statistical Symbols
 Spacing, Alignment, and Punctuation

11. 9. EQUATIONS
 Equations in Text
 Displayed Equations
 Preparing Statistical and Mathematical Copy

12. Chapter 4 includes guidelines for
reporting inferential statistics and a
significantly revised table of statistical
abbreviations. A new discussion of using
supplemental files containing lengthy
data sets and other media is also
included.

13. THANK YOU