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1. COMMENTS

2. To be + verb-ed

3. Philippine Area of Responsibility
(PAR)
PAR o Philippine Area of
Responsibility

4. by Michael Sameran Atchaso
By Michael Sameran Atchaso

5. Which is longer em-dash or en-
dash? How are these written?

6. Abbreviate Bros., Co., Corp.,
Inc., Ltd and do not place a
comma before these.
Warner Bros., SPAM Inc.

7. Christmas never Xmas

8. When abbreviating names
of colleges and
universities, do not use
period

9. Do not abbreviate course
titles except when used as
an adjective.
Physical Education
P.E. class

10. Abbreviate degrees only
when used in a listing. Do
not place space between
letters: bachelor of arts
degree (B.A.), bachelor of
science degree (B.S.)

11. RULE OF THE THUMB: if
the letters without
periods, periods are
needed: c.o.d., a.m., p.m.

12. RULE OF THE THUMB: if
the letters without
periods, periods are
needed: c.o.d., a.m., p.m.
(Lowercase abbreviations)

13. Periods are not needed
when used with a numeral
in references to film,
weapons, or miles per
hour: 35 mm, 55 mph

14. 11:53 p.m. but not 11:00
p.m.
Thursday night at 10 p.m.
xx – use o’clock

15. Days of the week must
always be spelled out.

16. Use figures and spell out
words such as inches,
feet, yards: He is 5 feet 6
inches tall.

17. Hyphenate compound
adjectives before nouns:
the 5-foot-10-inch man

18. Use the Peso sign and
decimal system for
amounts larger than one
peso: ₱1.01 not ₱1.00

19. Spell out the word cents
using numerals for
amounts less than a peso:
45 cents

20. Abbreviate names of the
months of more than five
letters only when followed
by a date: Feb. 14. Never
abbreviate March, April,
May, June or July.

21. Adding the year after the
month and date does not
change the previous rule.
Always write the date in
figures. Never use ordinal
numbers: Oct. 31st XX

22. Spell out and capitalize First
through Ninth when used as
a street name: use figures
with two letters for 10th and
above: 2125 Second Ave.,
102nd and Division

23. The proper name of an organization is
always written out on first reference.
Abbreviate—without periods—on second
reference. Do not follow an organization’s
full name with an abbreviation or acronym
in parentheses.
Capitalize all words in an organization’s
name except the articles a, an, and the and
prepositions of less than five letters

24. 45 percent NOT 45 percent, nor 45%

25. Abbreviate Junior and Senior

26. Abbreviate Junior and Senior

27. Abbreviate Saint in the names of saints,
cities and other places.
Spell out: association, department,
detective, fort, mount, point o.r port

28. Abbreviate Ave., Blvd., St. only when used
with a numbered address. BUT: Drive, Lane,
Road, Terrace

29. Abbreviate senator, representative,
governor, doctor, the reverend and certain
military designations before a full name.
BUT: Dr. Richel N. Bacaltos, president.

30. Capitalize party, river, street, north and
room when they are an integral part of the
full name for a person, place, or a thing:
Democratic Party, Columbia River, Wall
Street, North Bend, Room 220. BUT: lakes
Erie and Ontario, the Democratic and
Republican parties.

31. Capitalize official class names: Froebelism
Class

32. Colors should be capitalized when to stand
for the name of the school: the Blue and
Orange tennis team won
Committees should be capitalized:
Graduation Committee.

33. God but not god

34. Capitalize department of government, of
high school, of college

35. Lowercase north, east, west, and south
unless they designate a region. Example,
Northwest Samar, Snow fell in the North

36. ZIP code NOT zip Code, not zip code

37. Roman numerals XXXII
Arabic 1234 and cardinal are one two three
Ordinal are first, second, third

38. Use No. 1, No. 2 candidate, not number
one or number 1
Capitalize words when used with figures:
Precinct 2, Room 2201*