Author: Kim Siever

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.08 Periods properly omitted Do not use periods with acronyms and initialisms and with abbreviations of compass directions, degrees, memberships, and distinctions, SI/metric unit symbols, chemical symbols or mathematical abbreviations.

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 13.05 Make your point clearly Avoid empty introductory phrases and padding that obscure the meaning of a sentence. These include expressions such as “I would like to begin by indicating clearly to you that . . .” and “If this step, which may be necessary in… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #8: Make your point clearly

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 15.04 Names of inhabited places Only two municipalities in Canada have two official forms of their names, one in English and one in French: Grand Falls and Caissie Cape in New Brunswick, which are also known officially as Grand-Sault and Cap-des-Caissie. All other municipalities have only… Continue reading Canadian Style Tip #7: Names of inhabited places

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 8.11 Reference to words as such When referring to a word’s function rather than its meaning, use quotation marks: How do you spell “spelling”?

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 8.02 Quotations: run-in format Use the run-in format when the quoted matter is not more than fifty words or five lines long (longer quotations should be set in block format): Mary said, “You are the best husband in the world.”

This post is part of the Canadian Style series. 7.02 Spacing: obliques No space before or after an oblique when used between individual words, letters or symbols; one space before and after the oblique when used between longer groups that contain internal spacing: and/or University of Lethbridge / Lethbridge College