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Abbreviations and Acronyms
Academic Degrees
In Text
In General Reference
In Specific Reference
In Parenthetical Reference
Bullets
Shape
Capitalization
Punctuation
Capitalization
University
College
Department
Plurals
Internet
Web
Titles
Fonts
In Computer-Generated Manuscripts
For body copy
For headings
In Print
For body copy
For heads, subheads and, occasionally, very short blocks of text
Formatting
Address blocks for Letters and Envelopes
Numbers
Above or below 10
In tables, charts and graphs
In proper names
Percent
In text
In tables, charts and graphs
Dates
In text
In tables, charts and graphs
Ordinals
Comma
Time
Noon and midnight
Hours and minutes
Redundancy
Punctuation
Apostrophe
In dates
In Plurals
With "s"
Bullets
Shape
Capitalization
Punctuation
Comma
Serial Comma
Dashes and Hyphens
In compound title
To avoid confusion
Period
Slash
Telephone Numbers
Format
Titles
Capitalization
Abbreviation
Placement
Plurals
Honorary titles
Italics
"The"
General Grammar and Usage
A
Alumnus, alumni, alumna, alumnae
Affect, effect
E
Effect, affect
Email
Emeritus, emeriti, emerita, emeritae
F
Faculty
G
Grade Point Average
I
I and Me
O
Online
S
Seasons
T
That and which
U
Use, utilize
W
Website
Acronyms Commonly Used in the College of Engineering