Changes between Version 55 and Version 56 of EnglishStyleGuide
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- Jun 19, 2019, 2:04:06 PM (5 years ago)
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v55 v56 9 9 Use American English spelling. 10 10 11 ||='''American''' =||='''British'''=||12 ||analyze ||analyse||13 ||armor ||armour||14 ||artifact ||artefact||15 ||center ||centre||16 ||civilization ||civilisation||17 ||defense ||defence||18 ||dialog ||dialogue||19 ||finalize ||finalise||20 ||gray ||grey||21 ||plow ||plough||22 ||traveler ||traveller||11 ||='''American''' =||='''British''' =|| 12 ||analyze ||analyse || 13 ||armor ||armour || 14 ||artifact ||artefact || 15 ||center ||centre || 16 ||civilization ||civilisation || 17 ||defense ||defence || 18 ||dialog ||dialogue || 19 ||finalize ||finalise || 20 ||gray ||grey || 21 ||plow ||plough || 22 ||traveler ||traveller || 23 23 24 24 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''. … … 33 33 ||AD ||A.D., CE, C.E. || 34 34 35 Also check there is always a single space between the year and BC/AD. 35 36 36 37 === Dynastic factions … … 47 48 Greek words and proper names are Latinized everywhere, except in the specific name. 48 49 49 ||='''good''' =||='''bad''' =|| 50 ||Aeschylus ||Aiskhulos || 51 ||Darius ||Dareios || 52 ||Seleucus I ||Seleukos A' || 50 ||='''good''' =||='''bad''' =|| 51 ||Aeschylus ||Aiskhulos || 52 ||Darius ||Dareios || 53 ||Seleucus I ||Seleukos A' || 54 ||Thucydides ||Thoukudidēs || 53 55 54 56 Also, use the English form if there is one. … … 80 82 on. Even in the same paragraph or sentence, you should use the same term. 81 83 82 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”.84 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”. 83 85 84 86 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”. … … 225 227 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. 226 228 227 ||='''good''' =||='''bad''' =||=''' Usage''' =||229 ||='''good''' =||='''bad''' =||='''usage''' =|| 228 230 ||… (U+2026, ellipsis) ||... (three full stops) ||intentional omission || 229 231 ||• (U+2022, bullet) ||- (hyphen) ||itemization ||
