Transcript Diapositive 1

1. Title page
• Use only one page
• Everything must be centered
Title
(All important words are capitalized)
(8 spaces)
Name
Student number
(8 spaces)
Presented to:
Mrs. Linda Maillet
(7 spaces)
English 22211
Ecole Clément-Cormier
2011 02 08
2. Legible writing
• When written by hand
- Use a pen: blue or black
- The reader should be able to understand
every letter.
• Should be typed if possible
• Writing should be double spaced
3. Proper labeling
• If your project is only one page:
- the title of your work appears on the top
of that page.
- your name appears on the right-hand
side, on the first line or between lines one
and two.
- there is no title page needed.
• If your project has many pages:
- the title of your work is on the title page.
- the title is not found at the start of your
composition.
- after the first page, you indicate the
second page number.
• The title is centered; capitalize the first and last
word and all important words in the title.
- (a, an, the) should not be capitalized, unless they
are the first word of the title.
- prepositions with three letters or less should not
be capitalized (for, to, at, by…), unless they’re the
first word of the title.
• Do not underline title or use quotation marks.
4. Preparation of final copy
• If you have forgotten a word, use a caret
(Λ) to indicate a word has been left out.
Then, write the word on the top of the line.
5. Numbers in writing
• Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninetynine are written with hyphens.
• Spell out numbers that you can write in two
words; use figures for other numbers:
Ex. Six hundred people registered.
That teacher had taught 675 students.
• If the largest in a category of numbers contains
three or more digits, use figures for all.
Ex. We selected 3 of the 104 subjects.
• When one number immediately follows
another, spell out the smaller number and
use figures for the other:
Ex. The architect plans to build three 110story buildings.
• Write out all numbers that begin a sentence
or recast the sentence so it does not begin
with a number.
6. Figures in writing
• Figures are used to express:
Addresses:
Ex. Mail to 160 Roberts Dr., Rexton, N.-B.
Dates:
Ex. School begins on September 6, 2009
Decimals and percentages:
Ex. The team shot only 23.5 percent
Degrees:
Ex. It was 7° celcius yesterday.
Money:
Ex. He had 15,35$ in his pocket.
Room numbers
Ex. Our English class is in room 232.
Telephone numbers:
Ex. The school telephone number is 743-7200.
Page numbers:
Ex. You will find the problem on page 430.
Time of day:
- Spell out in text: Ex. He wakes up at six thirty.
- With o’clock spell out: Ex. The baby wakes
up at five o’clock in the morning.
- With a.m. or p.m. use numerals: Ex. She had
a 7:30 p.m. deadline.
Spacing
• A space and not a comma is used to separate the
figures in sums of money or expressions of large
quantities.
Ex. He saved 1 270$ for the trip to Europe.
She now owns more than 100 000 stamps in
her collection.
• The space is not used in dates, serial numbers,
page numbers, addresses, or telephone numbers.
Ex. Washington died in 1799. (date)
7. Abbreviations in writing
• Shortened form of words
Examples: no. (number), lbs. (pounds), St. (street),
Mr. (mister), Oct. (October) . . .
• Initialisms (initial letters of a group of words)
Ex.: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
MTV (Music Television)
NAACP (National Association for the
Advancement of Coloured People)
• Acronyms (Initialisms that are pronounceable)
Examples: MADD (Mothers Against Drunk
Drivers)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty
Organization)
• *Abbreviate titles before and after proper
names:
Examples: Sen. Jim Cormier, Dr. Ronald
Fontaine, Ralph Hooper, Jr.
• In formal writing, abbreviations are not
accepted for:
- names of countries, provinces . . .
- months/days of the week
- words part of addresses of firm names
- names of school courses, pages, chapters,
- words standing for measurements, such as:
Km. (kilometer); mi. (mile); mL.
(milliliter); hr. (hour); lb. (pound)
8. Hyphen (-)
• at the end of a line divided between
syllables,
• you need at least two letters on each line
• in compound words, ex. play-off, T-shirt
• when writing numbers (21 to 99)
9. Italics
• The word italics is a printer’s term. It refers
to a kind of type. When a writer wants to
indicate that a word is in italics, he or she
underlines it in the manuscript (written
work - by hand).
• Titles of complete books and plays,
newspapers, magazines, works of art and
long musical compositions are printed in
italics.
• The names of ships, trains and airplanes are
also printed in italics.
Ex. The front page of The New York Times
showed the President boarding Air Force
One.
• Foreign words and phrases that are not part
of the English language are printed in
italics.
Ex. Gesundheit, savoir-faire…
 Italics are used for words, letters or figures
referred to as such.
Ex. My favorite number is seven.
The word like is being overused.
 Italics are used to give emphasis or attitude
to words.
Ex. I will not accept that behavior.