Style Guide

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year abroad (n.), year-abroad (adj.) (YAB)

  • Follow the examples:
    • She came to Egypt for a year abroad (n.).
    • She is enrolled in AUC’s year-abroad program. Being a year-abroad student is a wonderful experience (adj).
  • Year abroad may be abbreviated to YAB on second reference.
  • When referring to a year-abroad student who has spent a year or semester at AUC, write the name followed by YAB in parentheses and the year spent at AUC: Christina Andrews (YAB ’85).

 years, academic

  • Incorrect: 1998/99, 1998/1999, 98-99, 98/99.
  • Correct: 1998 – 99 academic year.

years, alumni

  • See class, graduates.

years, plural (1990s)

  • See decades.

years, series

  • In running text, write the words the reader should be reading (from, to, between, and). She worked there from 1998 to 2002.
  • In headlines and lists, use all four digits followed by an en dash, with a space on both sides: 1998 – 2002.
  • Use only two digits if the century remains the same: 1994 – 98. 

Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel

  • Use this spelling only.

zero

  • Spell out.
    • Incorrect: He had 0 absences.
    • Correct: He had zero absences.