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Common Quandaries


Here you will find guidance on the standards for reports, messages to the community, and official correspondence. All entries in the guide are set out alphabetically, from A to Z.

A

Abbreviations to a while/awhile

B

Baccalaureate to businessman/men

C

Can, may to cutlines (captions)

D

Dangling modifiers to due to

E

Each and every to every one/everyone

F

Faculty to further

G

Geographical terms to graduate

H

Health care to hyphenated words

I

Impact to its, it's

J

JD to judgment

L

Latinx to lists

M

Magazine names to myself

N

Names of businesses to numbers

O

Okay to over

P

Part-time to PSAT

Q

Qualitative to quote

R

Race to RSVP

S

Said to syllabus/syllabi

T

Teacher to TV

U

Undergraduate to upperclass

V

Verbal to VISA

W

Website to world-class

Y

Yearlong to years

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