Addresses
Always arrange addresses vertically. Never make an address part of a sentence or paragraph of text.
Building numbers that cover a range (196–198) should be separated by an en-dash with no spaces. See en-dash.
For department addresses, put the department name before the University.
Example:
Department of Psychology,
University of Limerick,
Limerick
Some important details:
- No full stops at the end of addresses
- No comma between the number and the street name
- Do not abbreviate Road, Street or Avenue, eg Dublin Rd
- No comma between town and county
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Use the abbreviation "AI" in formal writing, technical documentation, and academic literature.
-based
Hyphenated when formed with another word to form an adjective.
Example:
Work-based study
Contact details
If a telephone number is given there should also be an email address.
Eg
Try to avoid by swapping for something like:
- For instance,
- Such as,
- Like,
- As an example,
- Including,
- Among others,
- To illustrate,
- One example is,
- As a case in point,
- As a representative example.
Example:
We offer part-time courses in a range of subjects, including computing, languages, and the environment
Not hyphenated.
If an email address comes at the end of a sentence do not follow it with a full stop. You do not want the reader to think the full stop is part of the address. Other e-words such as
e-commerce and e-learning should be hyphenated.
Email links in online documents should be the email address.
Send enquiries to admissions@ul.ie
not
Send enquiries to the admissions office
etc
Try to avoid – use an alternative such as:
- And others
- And so on
- And the like
- And similar items
- And more
- And additional items
- And related items
- And similar things
- And similar items
- And similar examples
Example: We offer a range of resources, including tutoring, study rooms, laptops, and so on.
ie
Try to avoid using this, opt for a non-abbreviated alternative, such as:
- Specifically
- That is
- In other words
- Namely
- To clarify
- In essence
- Put differently
- In simpler terms
- To explain further
- In detail
Example: This style guide helps everyone in the university, specifically staff and students.
Internet
Lower case initial.
Do not use world wide web to describe the internet.
Media
Media is the plural of medium
Examples:
The media are on their way.
Multimedia
Only use multimedia when there are more than two media.
Part-time
Hyphenated, as is full-time.
Per cent %
Write out in full as two words, not one symbol (%). Symbols (&, %) can look untidy in large blocks of text. Tables with numbers can use %. Percentage remains one word.
Per day
Also per year, per month and so on. Try to avoid the colloquial a year, a month, a day.
-related
Hyphenated when used as an adjective in work-related study, but the course is work related.
URLs
Technical term for website addresses. Avoid use.
Web page
Two separate words, no hyphen.
Website addresses
Internet address should start with www, leaving out the http://
If a web address comes at the end of a sentence do not follow it with a full stop.
You do not want your readers to think the full stop is part of the address.
When writing a web address in an online document, always make it into a hyperlink rather than plain text, so the link can easily be followed.
Website
One word. The w is lower case unless it begins a sentence.