Category Archives: styleguide

Manages entries for an organic style guide for Platt students.
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Affect or Effect

Posted on June 30, 2009 by albogart

The words affect and effect are always misused and confused, one being in place of the other. Both words can be used as either nouns or verbs. affect: verb. To have an influence on. effect: noun. Something brought about; a … Continue reading →

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Among vs Between

Posted on June 29, 2009 by athenakg

Among versus Between. Use between for two things, among for more than two. Ex: between My home is between the white home and the lake. Ex: among There was an argument among the group about where they would go for … Continue reading →

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7 or Seven? When should you spell out numerals?

Posted on June 29, 2009 by howed

I think that you should be able to write  numbers at any point, you can not confuse them with any words in number form.

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