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When you are trying to decide whether to capitalize a person’s title, whether to hyphenate certain words, how to format a vertical list, and other questions related to form, refer to this guide. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Middlebury’s editorial style.
You'll find all the Style Guide content on this searchable Web site, or you can download the PDF version for future reference.
Although punctuation and grammar choices are often subjective, we strive to make the College publications stylistically consistent.
Our primary arbiters for matters of style are The Chicago Manual of Style 15th Edition (2003, University of Chicago Press) and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, 2003. Other helpful resources are The New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (1996, Oxford University Press); and The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr., E.B. White, Roger Angell, 4th edition.
— Updated February 2008
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