Changes between Version 41 and Version 42 of EnglishStyleGuide
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v41 v42 18 18 Use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_case#Title_case title case] for: 19 19 - Button captions 20 - Entity names (including generic names of phases, structures orunits)20 - Entity names (including generic names of phases, structures, technologies, and units) 21 21 - Key names 22 22 - Proper names 23 23 24 24 Never use full capitalization. 25 26 For example:27 25 28 26 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| … … 55 53 ||artifact ||artefact || 56 54 ||defense ||defence || 55 ||dialog ||dialogue || 57 56 ||finalize ||finalise || 58 57 ||gray ||grey || … … 63 62 64 63 Check what you type. E.g. the verb to pron''ou''nce is always spelled with ''ou'', but the noun pron''u''nciation is spelled with only ''u''. 64 65 66 == Greek and Latin 67 68 Greek words and proper names are Latinized everywhere, except in the specific name. 69 70 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 71 ||Aeschylus ||Aiskhulos || 72 ||Darius ||Dareios || 73 ||Seleucus I ||Seleukos A' || 74 75 Also, use the English form if there is one. 76 77 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 78 ||Alexander the Great ||Alexander Magnus, Alexandros ho Megas || 79 ||Athens ||Athenae, Athenai || 80 ||Homer ||Homerus, Homēros || 81 ||Livy ||Livius || 82 ||Mark Antony ||Marcus Antonius || 83 ||Ovid ||Ovidius || 84 ||Ptolemy ||Ptolemaeus, Ptolemaios || 85 ||Virgil ||Vergilius || 86 ||Cataphract ||Kataphraktos || 87 ||Hoplite ||Hoplitēs || 88 ||Penteconter ||Pentercontor, Pentēkontoros || 89 ||Theatre ||Theatrum, Theatron || 90 ||Trireme ||Triremis, Triērēs || 65 91 66 92 … … 91 117 92 118 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 93 ||Build (structures) || 94 ||Collect (treasures) || 119 ||Build (structures) ||Construct, make || 120 ||Collect (treasures) ||Gather || 95 121 ||Construct (ships, siege weapons) ||Build, produce, train || 96 122 ||Gather (resources) ||Collect, get || … … 103 129 ||Icon ||Image, Picture, Portrait, Sprite, Thumbnail || 104 130 131 === Resources 132 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 133 ||Food || || 134 ||Metal ||Gold, Iron || 135 ||Stone ||Brick, Rock || 136 ||Wood ||Lumber || 137 105 138 === Stats 106 139 107 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 108 ||Health ||Hitpoints, HP || 140 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =|| 141 ||Crush attack damage ||Crush, Crush attack, Crush damage || 142 ||Health ||Hitpoints, HP || 143 ||Melee attack range ||Attack range, Melee range, Range || 109 144 110 145 === Structures … … 148 183 We have a somewhat complete Unicode support, do not limit yourself to ASCII and learn how to use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input Unicode input] in your system. 149 184 150 For example:151 152 185 ||='''Good''' =||='''Bad''' =||='''Usage''' =|| 153 186 ||… (U+2026, ellipsis) ||... (three full stops) ||intentional omission ||
