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补蹿蹿别肠迟/别蹿蹿别肠迟鈥�Affect as a verb means 鈥渢o influence.鈥� (How do you think that will affect us?) Effect as a verb means 鈥渢o cause.鈥� (The new budget effected many changes on campus.) As a noun, effect means 鈥渞esult.鈥� (The effect of all these changes will become apparent.) Affect as a noun should be avoided (although it is often used in the field of psychology).
art, works of鈥擨talicize titles of paintings, drawings, photographs, statues, and other works of art.
article titles鈥擯ut titles of articles in quotation marks.
assure/ensure/insure鈥�Assure is a verb meaning 鈥渢o convey a sense of reassurance鈥� used in reference to a person; you can assure someone that something will be done, but you cannot assure that something will be done. In the latter, ensure, meaning 鈥渢o guarantee,鈥� would be the correct verb. Insure is a verb reserved for the insurance industry. I assured her that we would ensure that she was insured by our company policy.
book titles鈥擨talicize titles of books.
肠辞鈥�Most co- prefix words are not hyphenated, unless when forming nouns, adjectives, or verbs that designate occupation or status. (cocurricular, coexist; but co-host, co-worker).
collective noun鈥�A noun that appears singular in form but denotes a group of individuals or objects (faculty, staff, board, committee). The collective noun takes a singular verb when the group in question acts as one unit. (The committee is meeting to set its agenda.)
compare to/compare with鈥�Compare to is used to liken two things or to note similarities. (Her writing style was compared to Zora Neale Hurston鈥檚.) Compare with is used to note similarities and differences. (He arrived at the seminar at 3:45 p.m., which was early compared with those attendees who arrived at 4:10 p.m.)
肠辞尘辫谤颈蝉别/肠辞尘辫辞蝉别/肠辞苍蝉迟颈迟耻迟别鈥�Comprise means to include all of, contain all of, or be made up of, whereas compose and constitute mean to make up. Remember this distinction: The whole comprises (is made up of/contains all of) the parts; The parts compose (make up) the whole. Sentences that use comprised of are incorrect. Comprise should be used as an active verb only: The CSU system comprises 23 campuses not The CSU system is comprised of 23 campuses.
蹿别飞别谤/濒别蝉蝉鈥�Fewer refers to number; less refers to quantity. Fewer is used for individual things that can be counted. (We invited six fewer people this year.) Less is used when talking about quantities that are not counted individually. (I have less money than you.) Less also can be used for degree, quantity, or extent when countable items are not being considered individually. (We have less than 10 miles to go.)
login/log in, logon/log on, logoff/log off鈥�One word if used as a noun or adjective, but two words in verb form. Note, log in, log off, log on are phrasal verbs; therefore when 鈥渢o鈥� is used after, the 鈥渢o鈥� stands along. (First, log in to myCSUDH with your campus login information)
-ly adverbs, hyphenating鈥擠o not use a hyphen between adverbs ending in 鈥搇测 and the adjectives they modify. Example: fully vested employee.
尘补驳补锄颈苍别蝉鈥�Italicize titles of magazines.
尘辞惫颈别蝉鈥�Italicize titles of movies.
尘耻濒迟颈鈥�Most multi- prefix words are not hyphenated: multicultural, multidisciplinary, multitask.
苍别飞蝉辫补辫别谤蝉鈥�Italicize titles of newspapers.
non鈥拟辞蝉迟 non- prefix words are not hyphenated, unless confusion in reading might result (non-native) or if used before a proper noun (non-English).
not only鈥ut also鈥擨f you use not only, also use but also; a comma is not necessary between phrases. (She not only wrote the book but also drew the illustrations.)
plays鈥擨talicize play titles.
podcasts鈥攊talicize titles of podcasts.
post- 鈥拟辞蝉迟 post- prefix words are not hyphenated (postbaccalaureate); an exception is post-master鈥檚 degree.
pre- 鈥拟辞蝉迟 pre- prefix words are not hyphenated.
publications鈥擨talicize titles of books, magazines, newspapers.
radio shows鈥擨迟补濒颈肠颈锄别.
re- 鈥擴se a hyphen if the word that follows re starts with an e, such as re-elect, re-examine; or if it could be confused with another meaning, as in re-cover/recover; re-create/recreate.
television titles鈥�Italicize the television show name; put the episode title in quotation marks.
-wide鈥擧yphenated suffix when the base word is three or more syllables (university-wide, but not campuswide, systemwide, statewide, worldwide.