John Davy’s car (the car belonging to John Davy) Plural possession: use an apostrophe alone after the name or word (unless it doesn’t end with an s): the Patels’ house (where Mr Patel and his son live) women’s rights people’s thoughts on the matter the houses’ front gardens Public buildings Capitalize named buildings; use lower case for generic terms and published (recommended): works the River Thames; they walked along the river Songs take quotation marks; albums take italic (recommended): of Rain’ from the album American Beauty ‘Box Magazine and book titles take italic; chapter titles take quotation marks (recommended): Chapter 2, long walk home’, in A Trip of a Lifetime ‘The Punctuation Dashes: choose from either of the following: en rules: spaced when used for parentheses: e.g. He that is, my – husband is a gem (more common in UK style) – em rules: closed up when used for parentheses: e.g. He—that is, my husband—is a gem (more common in US style) Special treatment at the end of sentences (recommended): closed-up em rules for end of sentence interruptions: e.g. ‘But—’ before ellipses in trailing-off sentences: I see. Well ‘Oh, …’ Serial comma choose to use or not, but aim for consistency (though – be ready to break from consistency, or recast, to avoid confusion): I like dogs, cats and mice. I like dogs, cats, and mice. Questions within sentences should include the question mark (recommended)::
John Davy’s car (the car belonging to John Davy) Plural possession: use an apostrophe alone after the name or word (unless it doesn’t end with an s): the Patels’ house (where Mr Patel and his son live) women’s rights people’s thoughts on the matter the houses’ front gardens Public buildings and published works Capitalize named buildings; use lower case for generic terms (recommended): the River Thames; they walked along the river Songs take quotation marks; albums take italic (recommended): ‘Box of Rain’ from the album American Beauty Magazine and book titles take italic; chapter titles take quotation marks (recommended): Chapter 2, ‘The long walk home’, in A Trip of a Lifetime Punctuation Dashes: choose from either of the following: en rules: spaced when used for parentheses: e.g. He – that is, my husband – is a gem (more common in UK style) em rules: closed up when used for parentheses: e.g. He—that is, my husband—is a gem (more common in US style) Special treatment at the end of sentences (recommended): closed-up em rules for end of sentence interruptions: e.g. ‘But—’ before ellipses in trailing-off sentences: ‘Oh, I see. Well …’ Serial comma – choose to use or not, but aim for consistency (though be ready to break from consistency, or recast, to avoid confusion): I like dogs, cats and mice. I like dogs, cats, and mice. Questions within sentences should include the question mark (recommended)::