- Follow English conventions unless told otherwise
- Leave names of existing places/companies/objects as is
- ex. AT&T
- Use the spellings/names of objects common in the US as opposed to those common internationally
- ex. Labor vs Labour
- Do not put a period after units unless other conventions dictate it
- in, not in. or inches
- 3 ft, not 3'
- 30 mi/hr, not mph
- 4 hrs, not 4 hr
- Nosecone is one word; not "nose cone"
- Do not abbreviate words with symbols
- ex. &, @
- Capitalize proper nouns, but not regular ones.
- ex. Nomex and Lexan, polycarbonate, payload, ejection subsystem
- Replace words like 'Payload, Ejection, Movement' with phrases like 'payload system, ejection subsystem, movement subsystem' respectively.
- Convention is to not hyphenate between latin prefixes.
- ex. subteam is correct vs sub-team
- ex. subsystem is correct vs sub-system
- A sentence that uses a listing system within it should:
- have a colon before the listing begins;
- have semicolons between parts, and;
- use the ", and;" transition before the last item.
- Use --- in LaTeX to get the long m-dash used to separate parts of sentences.
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