Which is right?
- Internet or internet?
- Email or email?
- United States, U.S., or US?
- Website or web site?
- 7am, 7AM, 7 a.m., or seven ante meridiem?
A Style Guide helps! You don’t have to rethink your choices for the myriad of minute decisions you might make while designing and writing for the web. A style guide helps you to stay consistent, no matter how huge the project.
Style Guides spell out exactly how to write and punctuate words, phrases, abbreviations, numbers, etc., that you might question.
Your assignment is to choose any item and describe the style that you believe works for Platt students and their projects. (I will provide a list of over 40 items you might choose.) Your completed topic should be no longer than a postcard. You will post the topic as a blog on acreativemoment.com.
You will also give the class a short presentation that defends your choices for the style. The class will vote on whether or not the style is best for Platt audiences. For your defense, consider citing any of the following well-known style guides and grammar books:
- AP Style Guide
- Chicago Manual of Style
- New York Style Guide
- The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White
Style and Grammar Guide offers many examples of how other students have managed this assignment.