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diff --git a/src/ENGLISH.txt b/src/ENGLISH.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..354aa129 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/ENGLISH.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + English Text Style + +* Use British spelling in preference to American spelling. Quotations, + however, should be left intact. + +* Capitalize the name of spells and special powers as you would the + title of a book. + +* Avoid unnecessary modernisms. This helps preserve the mood -- an + item "allows", rather than "enables", you to do something. + +* When describing a person possessing an item, use "its wielder" or + "its wearer" in preference to "the wielder" or "the wearer". + +* When describing a gendered person of indeterminate gender, use + masculine terms. "This icy sword increases its wielder's statistics + and sustains his strength." + +* Use the British Imperial system for measurements. This means feet + and inches, not meters and centimeters. + + + Specific Issues + +* Use "hit points", not "hitpoints". + +* Use "Long Sword", not "Long-sword" or "Longsword". + +* Use "Middle-earth", not "middle-earth" or "Middle Earth". + +* Use "staves", not "staffs". + +* Use "dwarves", not "dwarfs". + +-- markrax (Mark Schreiber) <mark7@andrew.cmu.edu> |