Category: Canadian Style

A popular writing convention is to use liberally capitalization in headings. I see this blog posts, but I see it on news sites, too. According to The Canadian Style, published by the Translation Bureau, has this to say on the matter: In headings that begin at the margin, capitalize only the first word and any other… Continue reading Writing tip: capitalizing headlines

When you’re going to contact someone on the telephone, which of the following do you use? I will phone Jill. I will call Jill. Please comment below which you use (or if you use something else entirely), and let me know where you live.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 4.12 School subjects, courses and degrees Capitalize the names of languages. Do not cpitalize the names of other disciplines when used in a general sense. Capitalize them when referring to school sbject or the names of particular courses. I started taking French in grade 6. I… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #36: School subjects, courses & degrees

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 5.08 Fractions In non-technical writing, spell out simple fractions, especially when used in isolation: The recipe calls for one-quarter cup of flour. I ate two thirds of my sandwich.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.20 Use of commas in dates You do not need commas when writing dates in the order day-month-year. If you use month-day-year order, a comma separates the day and year. The year should be followed by a comma within a sentence. I was married 5 May… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #34: Use of commas in dates

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 8.06 Block format quotations Do not enclose in quotation marks a block quotation set off from the text. It does require indentation, single spacing, and double spacing above and below.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 12.03 Words commonly misused or confused: un- and non- Un- means opposite of, whereas non- means other than. Compare un-Christian conduct and non-Christian religions.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.49 The en dash: compound expressions Use the en dash to join the names of two or more places: The Calgary–Edmonton corridor The Vancouve–Lethbridge flight

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 2.08 Any, every, no and some The words any, every, no, and some form solid compounds when combined with the words body, thing, and where: somebody anything everywhere nothing somewhere everything