Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation Rules of Unusual (and made up) Words
…And words commonly misspelled by the author
Disclaimer: You would think I know this stuff, but I'm an idiot. -JRT
- spacetime
- okay
- Jeez (always italicized)
- help desk (two words not capitalized)
- dataport
- tallboy
- super-advanced 4D haptic holoscreens
- Skycraft
- dazzler (not capitalized)
- T.C.B.
- Retcon Team Six
- timecar
- timeship
- timedrive
- time jump (two words not hyphenated)
- ultra-titanium
- hypertime
- Yeaaah
- Trampoline Grrrl
- Skunk Ape
- Betty and T.U.R.D. (always italicized)
- Crash-A-Rama
- figure eight and figure-eight
- Noun is not hyphenated
- Adjective is hyphenated
- Almost all of the other school-bus races in Florida are run as a figure eight, where high-speed contact between the buses is not only possible, but likely, as they cross in the middle of the track … And Nov. 24, a school-bus figure-eight race is the headliner for the annual season-ending Crash-A-Rama at Orlando Speed World in Bithlo… [Source: Orlando Sentinel]
- Song titles are “In Quotes”
- Album titles Are Italicized
- Band names are Just Capitalized (unless spelled goofy)
- Genres of music are not capitalized (jazz, punk)
- Historical eras of music are Capitalized (the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Classical era, the Romantic piano)
- TV show titles Are Italicized
- Movie names Are Italicized
- Book titles Are Italicized
- TV show episode titles “Are in Quotes”
