ACADEMIC DEGREES
Capitalize the first letter of each abbreviated part of an academic degree.
Use periods and do not use spaces among the letters.
B.A.; B.El.Ed.; B.Eng.
BETWEEN SENTENCES AND AFTER PUNCTUATION
Only one space after sentences. In older stylebooks, typewritten material
required two spaces between sentences. With the advent of the digital
age, the second space has been dropped from most current stylebooks. All
other punctuation should have only one space, if any, after it.
BREAKING NAMES AT END OF LINE
When two initials and a last name are in text, it is preferred that the
entire name be on one line. If a break must be made, it should be after
the initials, never between the initials.
DASHES
Do not insert spaces on either side of a dash (en and em, both).
INITIALS IN A NAME
When a person uses two initials and a last name, a space should be inserted
between the initials. A space also should be inserted between the last
initial and the last name.
P. G. Wodehouse, D. L. Sayers
But, no space between two-letter abbreviations (i.e., U.S., P.O.).
PHONE NUMBERS
Space once between an area code enclosed in parentheses and a phone number:
(314) 434-1115.
POST OFFICE BOX
The post office's machinery has trouble reading typed envelopes unless
the addresses are in all caps with no punctuation except for the hyphen
in the "plus four".
PO BOX 1
ZIP CODE
Space twice between the city and the state abbreviation and the zip code
in an address. Use the "plus four" zip for MBU.
