text: General Style Preferences
  Write out the full names of offices and institutions before using abbreviations, adding abbreviations in parentheses only if you intend to use them alone in subsequent references.
  Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC) is a federally qualified health center. Quality health services at NEVHC are used by thousands of patients.
  Use quotation marks around the titles of books, lectures, speeches and works of art. Capitalize articles— the, a, an— or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word in the title.
  “How to Be Well” by Frank Limpan, M.D. offers simple tips on how to lead a healthier life.
  Capitalize the name of a disease when it is known by the name of a person or geographical area.
  Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, autism, obesity
  Copy intended to apply to all genders should be written without gender bias implied. Avoid singular pronouns (he, she, his, hers) when referring to all genders. A plural construction often solves the problem.
  Donors may pay by credit card.
  Use a person’s first and last name the first time they are mentioned. Only used last names on subsequent references.
  Use a single space after a period.
  Use commas to separate elements in a series.
  Apples, bananas and cucumbers are healthy snacks.
  Include a comma in a simple series if omitting it makes the meaning unclear.
  The $10 million grant is to be split among Organization A, Organization B, Organization C, and Organization D. Omitting the comma after Organization C would indicate that Organization C and Organization D would have to split one-third of the grant.
  Month, day, year: September 10, 2009
  Use a.m. and p.m. for formal work such as press releases. Use am and pm for less formal work such as social media posts.
  To indicate duration of time, use “to” between the hours in text, and en dash in calendars: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or 9-11 a.m.
  The asthma workshop will be held from 3 to 4 p.m.
  Use noon and midnight instead of 12pm and 12am. Do not use “12 midnight” or “12 noon” as it is redundant.
  Abbreviate months when used with a specific date: Jan., Feb., Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., and Dec. Spell out if used alone or with a year.
  The asthma workshop is on Sept. 22.
  The asthma workshop will be held in September.
  The asthma workshops will be held on Sept. 1, Sept. 22 and Sept. 25.
  Days of the Week
  Capitalize days of the week and do not use periods to abbreviate them.
  Use the following abbreviations Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat.