IX. SPELLING

For answers to other questions of spelling, consult Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary and the Chicago Manual of Style.

• acknowledgment and judgment (no e after g)

• advisor preferred to adviser

• affect: to have an influence on; effect: to bring about

• African American is two words. A hyphen is not necessary, even in adjective form (in order to be consistent with similar terms such as Latin American, Native American, etc.).

• Alumnus is the singular reference for a male graduate; alumna, the singular reference for a female graduate; alumni, the plural reference to a mixed group of male and female graduates or male graduates only; alumnae, the plural reference for female graduates only.

• capital for the city, capitol for the building

• catalog, not catalogue

• chair, not chairman, chairperson, or chairwoman

• course work, not coursework

• credit-hour (adjective), credit hour (noun)

• database, not data base

• disabled, not handicapped

• fund-raising (noun), fund-raising (adjective), fund-raiser (noun)

• grade point average, not grade-point average

• high school (noun), high school (adjective)

• kickoff (noun or adjective), kick off (verb)

• master class, not masterclass

• online, not on-line

• resume as shown here, not résumé or resumé

• Statehouse when referring to the S.C. capitol building

• theatre when referring to the department, discipline, or a performance; theater when referring to a building (exception: Longstreet Theatre)

• toward, not towards

• workplace, not work place

• workstation, not work station