College Style Guide: S

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spaces between sentences

After the punctuation at the end of a sentence, period, question mark, etc., there should be one space, not two, before the first word of the next sentence.

spelling, misc.

Advisor

St. Paul (use Saint only in postal addresses)

Plural of a single letter: the three Rs

Plural of multiple letters ABCs

internet (lowercase)

sports

Use en dashes, not hyphens, in scores: Macalester defeated St. Olaf 49–6.

In describing events that include distance, add a hyphen for compound adjectives (the men’s 100-meter dash), but not when the phrase is used as a noun (He ran the 100 meters). Note, too, that meter (or yard) is singular in the former instance, plural in the latter.

Lowercase names of individual sports: rugby, men’s cross-country, volleyball.

staff, staff members

See faculty/staff.

state names

See also cities, US, and cities, international.

Spell out in text. Use two-letter postal abbreviations (no periods) only in addresses, with zip codes. But use AP stylebook abbreviations for lists and where space is limited. (See appendix.) Retain commas in addresses, especially after cities.

There is no need to use state names with the cities listed in the Associated Press Stylebook under “Datelines” (See cities). To this list, we add St. Paul.

study away

Use instead of study abroad.

Do not capitalize or hyphenate, even when used as a modifier: Macalester maintains a list of approved study away programs.

Capitalize the formal Macalester department: Center for Study Away.