Changes between Version 93 and Version 94 of EnglishStyleGuide

Timestamp:

Jan 28, 2021, 4:44:15 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Nescio

Comment:

common typos; don't capitalize; movement speed; link to localization page

EnglishStyleGuide

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 [[TOC]]
-''For <SpecificName> strings, see wiki:SpecificNames.''
+''For specific (i.e. non-English) name strings, see wiki:SpecificNames.''
+''For translations into other languages, see wiki:Localization.''
 
 This guide provides some ground rules to write user-facing texts for '''0 A.D.'''
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 == Orthography
+=== Common mistakes
+Always check what you type!
+* There is only one ''t'' in ''eighteen''.
+* While ''four'' and ''fourteen'' are written with ''ou'', there is no ''u'' in ''forty'', only an ''o''.
+* The verbs to ''an-'', ''de-'', and ''pronounce'' are always spelled with ''ou'', whereas the nouns ''an-'', ''de-'', and ''pronunciation'' are spelled with only ''u''.
+
 === English spelling
 Use American English spelling.
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    * Some words always end in -ise in all varieties of English. These are: advertise, advise, apprise, arise, chastise, circumcise, comprise, compromise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, enterprise, excise, exercise, franchise, guise, improvise, incise, merchandise, mortise, premise, reprise, revise, supervise, surmise, surprise, televise, as well as all words ending in -wise.
    * Likewise, there are a number of words that always end in -ize in all varieties of English. These include: assize, baize, capsize, downsize, maize, prize, resize, seize, size.
- * Check what you type: e.g. the verbs to an-, de-, and pron''ou''nce are always spelled with ''ou'', whereas the nouns an-, de-, and pron''u''nciation are spelled with only ''u''.
  * If unsure about the correct spelling, consult a dictionary, e.g. https://www.lexico.com/
 
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 ||`ResourceTrickle/Interval`           ||||resource trickle time             ||||                                      ||
 ||`ResourceTrickle/Rates/food`         ||||food trickle rate                 ||||                                      ||
-||`UnitMotion/WalkSpeed`               ||||walk speed                        ||||movement speed, velocity              ||
+||`UnitMotion/WalkSpeed`               ||||movement speed                    ||||speed, velocity, walk speed          ||
 ||`Vision/Range`                       ||||vision range                      ||||line of sight, LOS, vision            ||
 ||``                                   ||||                                  ||||                                      ||
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  * key names;
  * proper names.
-
-Never use full capitalization.
+For everything else, don't capitalize:
+ * cardinal directions (north, east, south, west), unless part of a name;
+ * resource types (food, wood, stone, metal);
+ * damage types (crush, fire, hack, pierce, poison);
+ * other stats (e.g. attack time, territory influence radius, vision range);
+ * actions (e.g. attack, click, move, select, send).
+
+And never use full capitalization (e.g. THIS).
 
 ||='''good'''                   =||='''bad'''                    =||