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| Title | |
| Word count | |
| Date | |
| Reference style guide |
| Language | US/UK/other |
|---|---|
| Tone/voice | |
| Oxford comma | Yes/No |
| Spelling conventions | (e.g., “judgment” not “judgement”) |
| Abbreviations/acronyms | spell out first use? per chapter? |
| Numbers | spell out under 10? always numerals in tables? |
| Quotation marks | “double” / ‘single’ |
|---|---|
| Dashes | en/em/hyphen rules |
| Lists | bullets numbered? sentence case? ending punctuation? |
| Dates and time | 19 September 2020 vs September 19, 2020 |
| Measurements/units | metric/imperial, spacing, abbreviations |
| Heading levels | (H1, H2, H3 examples) |
|---|---|
| Capitalization | Title case vs sentence case |
| Consistency rules | e.g., use gerunds in chapter titles |
| Tables/figures | captions, title style |
|---|---|
| Graphs/charts | title + subtitle rules |
| Notes | footnotes or endnotes? |
| References | citation style, quirks |
| Terms to avoid | |
|---|---|
| Special phrasing | |
| Any “pet peeves” |
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