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Contents
What's New? .................................................................................................................................... 4
New Topics ................................................................................................................................... 4
Updated Topics ............................................................................................................................ 4
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 5
About This Style Guide ................................................................................................................ 5
Scope of This Document .............................................................................................................. 5
Sample Text ................................................................................................................................. 5
Recommended Reference Material ............................................................................................. 7
Normative References .............................................................................................................. 7
Informative References ............................................................................................................. 7
Language Specific Conventions ...................................................................................................... 8
Country/Region Standards ........................................................................................................... 8
Characters ................................................................................................................................ 8
Date ........................................................................................................................................ 10
Time ........................................................................................................................................ 12
Numbers ................................................................................................................................. 14
Sorting ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Geopolitical Concerns ................................................................................................................ 21
Grammar, Syntax & Orthographic Conventions ......................................................................... 21
Adjectives ................................................................................................................................ 21
Articles .................................................................................................................................... 22
Capitalization .......................................................................................................................... 22
Compounds ............................................................................................................................. 24
Gender .................................................................................................................................... 24
Genitive ................................................................................................................................... 24
Modifiers ................................................................................................................................. 24
Nouns ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Prepositions ............................................................................................................................ 27
Pronouns ................................................................................................................................. 27
Punctuation ............................................................................................................................. 28
Singular & Plural ..................................................................................................................... 30
Split Infinitive ........................................................................................................................... 30
Subjunctive ............................................................................................................................. 31
Symbols & Non-Breaking Spaces ........................................................................................... 31
Syntax ..................................................................................................................................... 31
Verbs ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Word Order ............................................................................................................................. 32
Style and Tone Considerations .................................................................................................. 32
Audience ................................................................................................................................. 32
Style ........................................................................................................................................ 32