Changes between Version 44 and Version 45 of EnglishStyleGuide

Timestamp:

Jan 14, 2019, 2:36:28 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Nescio

Comment:

quotation marks

EnglishStyleGuide

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 on. Even in the same paragraph or sentence, you should use the same term.
 
-Always be precise. E.g., if a technology multiplies the melee attack damage of cavalry by 1.2, the tooltip should be "cavalry +20% melee attack damage", not "melee cavalry +20% attack damage".
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-Furthermore, there should be a bijection between descriptions and classes. E.g. if a technology affects the `Citizen` class, write "Citizens"; if it affects the `Soldier` class, write "Soldiers"; if it affects only units that have both the `Citizen` and the `Soldier` class, write "Citizen Soldiers"; however, if it affects the `CitizenSoldier` class instead, then write "Citizen-Soldiers". (However, this should typically not occur: `Citizen` and `Soldier` are visible classes, `CitizenSoldier` is a non-visible class.)
+Always be precise. E.g., if a technology multiplies the melee attack damage of cavalry by 1.2, the tooltip should be “cavalry +20% melee attack damage”, not “melee cavalry +20% attack damage”.
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+Furthermore, there should be a bijection between descriptions and classes. E.g. if a technology affects the `Citizen` class, write “Citizens”; if it affects the `Soldier` class, write “Soldiers”; if it affects only units that have both the `Citizen` and the `Soldier` class, write “Citizen Soldiers”; however, if it affects the `CitizenSoldier` class instead, then write “Citizen-Soldiers”. (However, this should typically not occur: `Citizen` and `Soldier` are visible classes, `CitizenSoldier` is a non-visible class.)
 
 For specific words that you should use or avoid in 0 A.D. gameplay texts, see the tables below.
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 === Punctuation and spacing
-* A serial comma is used when listing three or more items. E.g. "Available to Britons, Gauls, and Iberians." or "Capture, Melee, or Ranged." and not "Britons, Gauls and Iberians." or "Capture, Melee or Ranged."
+* A serial comma is used when listing three or more items. E.g. “Available to Britons, Gauls, and Iberians.” or “Capture, Melee, or Ranged.” and not “Britons, Gauls and Iberians.” or “Capture, Melee or Ranged.”
 * Only use one space, not two, after a full stop to end a sentence.
-* Do not use spaces ''before'' “large” characters (e.g. ?, !, :, %).
+* Do not use spaces before “large” characters (e.g. ?, !, :, %).
 * For parenthetical remarks, parentheses (which have spaces on the outside, but not on the inside) are the default, en-dashes – which have spaces both inside and outside – can also be used occassionally if it looks better; the usage of em-dashes—which have spaces neither inside nor outside—is better avoided.
+* Use “English-style” quotation marks, not «French-style» or „German-style“ (nor the other »German-style«).