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* Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | * Their vs. there vs. they're. The correct method is to expand the contraction "they're" to "they are." Their is the possessive of they. There is as in "Look over there." | ||
* Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | * Periods and quotes. Put the period ''inside'' the quotation marks unless it's a direct quote from a person mid-sentence. For example: He said "I still have a dream." He said "It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream." He said "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up". (This clause was followed by a comma in the speech, so I put the period outside of the quotation marks.) | ||
* Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines] with one exception: Community consensus. It is "Vanish Cap '''u'''nder the Moat" simply because | * Proper capitalization in title names. '''This is very important since messing this up once will require many many edits across the whole site!''' Follow the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Titles#Capital_letters Wikipedia guidelines] with one exception: Community consensus. It is "Vanish Cap '''u'''nder the Moat" simply because "VCutM" is the standard designation for the course. '''This overrides the Manual of Style in every case where the former is applicable.''' | ||