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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>
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