Good Manuscript Form 1 Title page 2 Legible

Good Manuscript Form 1. Title page 2. Legible writing 3. Proper labeling 4. Preparation of final copy 5. Numbers in writing 6. Figures in writing 7. Abbreviations in writing 8. Hyphen 9. Italics

1. Title page • Use only one page • Everything must be centered • About 8 lines should seperate each part

Title Name Student number Presented to: Mrs. Lisa C. -Léger English 22111 Ecole Clément-Cormier 2012 09 04

2. Legible writing • When written by hand - Use a pen: blue or black - The reader should be able to understand every letter. • Writing should be double spaced

3. Proper labeling • If your project is only one page: - the title of your work appears on the top of that page. - your name appears on the right-hand side, on the first line or between lines one and two. - there is no title page needed.

• If your project has many pages: - the title of your work is on the title page. - the title is not found at the start of your composition. - after the first page, you indicate the second page number.

• The title is centered; capitalize the first and last word and all important words in the title. • The following words are not capitalized in a title, unless they begin or end the title: - Articles (a, an, the) - Prepositions shorter than five letters (at, by, for, in, into, like, near, off, onto, out, over, past, to, upon, with) - Conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet) Do not underline title or use quotation marks.

4. Preparation of final copy • If you have forgotten a word, use a caret (Λ) to indicate a word has been left out. Then, write the word on the top of the line. • Only 3 per page.

5. Numbers in writing • Figure means use of numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 etc • Compound : composé • Hyphen : trait d’union

• Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine are written using letters and hyphens. • Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three. . . all the way to : • Ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine

• Spell out numbers that you can write in two words; use figures for other numbers: Ex. Six hundred people registered. That teacher had taught 675 students.

Two or more numbers in a sentence • If the largest number contains three or more digits, use figures for all. Ex. We selected 3 of the 104 candidates.

Back to back numbers • When one number immediately follows another, spell out the smaller number and use figures for the other: Ex. The architect plans to build three 110 -story buildings.

Beginning of a sentence • Write out all numbers that begin a sentence or recast the sentence so it does not begin with a number. • Two hundred and fifty thousand years ago dinosaurs lived in Bouctouche. OR • Dinosaurs lived in Bouctouche 250 000 years ago.

6. Figures in writing • Figures are used to express: Addresses: Ex. Mail to 160 Roberts St. , Rexton, N. -B. Dates: Ex. School begins on September 6, 2011 Decimals and percentages: Ex. The team shot only 23. 5 percent Degrees: Ex. It was 7° celcius yesterday. Money: Ex. He had $15. 35 in his pocket.

Room numbers Ex. Our English class is in room 222. Telephone numbers: Ex. The school telephone number is 743 -7200. Page numbers: Ex. You will find the problem on page 430.

Time of day: - Spell out in text: Ex. He wakes up at six thirty. - With o’clock spell out: Ex. The baby wakes up at five o’clock in the morning. - With a. m. or p. m. use numerals: Ex. She had a 7: 30 p. m. deadline.

Spacing • A space and not a comma is used to separate the figures in sums of money or expressions of large quantities. Ex. He saved $1 270 for the trip to Europe. She now owns more than 100 000 stamps in her collection. • The space is not used in dates, serial numbers, page numbers, addresses, or telephone numbers. Ex. Washington died in 1799. (date)

7. Abbreviations in writing • Shortened form of words Examples: no. (number), lbs. (pounds), St. (street), Mr. (mister), Oct. (October). . . • Initialisms (initial letters of a group of words) Ex. : lol (laugh out loud) CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) MTV (Music Television) NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People)

• Acronyms (Initialisms that are pronounceable) Examples: MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Drivers) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) • *Abbreviate titles before and after proper names: Examples: Sen. Jim Cormier, Dr. Ronald Fontaine, Robert Downey, Jr.

• In formal writing, abbreviations are not accepted for: - names of countries, provinces. . . - months/days of the week - words part of addresses of firm names - names of school courses, pages, chapters, - words standing for measurements, such as: Km. (kilometer); mi. (mile); m. L. (milliliter); hr. (hour); lb. (pound)

8. Hyphen (-) • at the end of a line divided between syllables, • you need at least two letters on each line • in compound words, ex. play-off, T-shirt • when writing numbers (21 to 99)

9. Italics • The word italics is a printer’s term. It refers to a kind of type. When a writer wants to indicate that a word is in italics, he or she underlines it in the manuscript (written work - by hand).

• Titles of complete books and plays, newspapers, magazines, works of art and long musical compositions are printed in italics. • The names of ships, trains and airplanes are also printed in italics. Ex. The front page of The New York Times showed the President boarding Air Force One.

• Foreign words and phrases that are not part of the English language are printed in italics. Ex. Gesundheit, savoir-faire… Italics are used for words, letters or figures referred to as such. Ex. My favorite number is seven. The word like is being overused. Italics are used to give emphasis or attitude to words. Ex. I will not accept that behavior.