Spelling and Style
In order to maintain consistency in our Humber communications, please refer to the following list for the spelling of words commonly used in memos, letters, and publications. For further reference use The Canadian Press Stylebook, The Canadian Press CAPS and SPELLING, and The Canadian Oxford Dictionary. This list will be updated as required.
Academic
- bachelor’s degree
- corequisite
- full-time calendar
- master’s degree
- part-time calendar
- per cent
- postgraduate
- postsecondary (following the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities)
- prerequisite
General
- analyze
- co-op
- counsellor
- co-ordinator
- decision-making
- defence
- email
- enrol, enrolment, enrolling, enrolled
- fulfil
- fundraiser, fundraising
- Humber Lakeshore Campus
- Humber North Campus
- in depth, in-depth (adj.)
- judgment
- Lake Shore Blvd. West
- licence (n.), license (v.) licensed, licensee, licensing
- practice (n. or adj.) practise (v)
- principal (main, most important) principle (fundamental belief)
- resumé
Web Related
- Internet
- online
- web, web browser, webcam, webcast, web-enabled, webmaster, web page, weblog, web server, website, World Wide Web
Revised March 13, 2006
