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Section 2.8 - H

  1. Marketing Style Guide
  2. Introduction
  3. Details
    1. Section 2.1
    2. Section 2.2
    3. Section 2.3
    4. Section 2.4
    5. Section 2.5
    6. Section 2.6
    7. Section 2.7
    8. Section 2.8
    9. Section 2.9
    10. Section 2.10
    11. Section 2.11
    12. Section 2.12
    13. Section 2.13
    14. Section 2.14
    15. Section 2.15
    16. Section 2.16
    17. Section 2.17
    18. Section 2.18
    19. Section 2.19
    20. Section 2.20
    21. Section 2.21
    22. Section 2.22
    23. Section 2.23
    24. Section 2.24
    25. Section 2.25
    26. Section 2.26
  4. Appendix A: Official Names
  5. Appendix B: Grammar

headlines

  • Capitalize the first word and all nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in a headline.
  • Lowercase articles (a, an, the); coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, nor, for, so, yet); and prepositions with three letters or less.

Correct: Students to Arrive From Around the World

Correct: An Unexpected Visitor Comes to Campus

Correct: Three Students Graduate With Top Honors

healthcare

  • This is one word, not two.

HeartSong Ministries

  • In the first reference use “HeartSong Ministries.” In subsequent references within the same publication “HeartSong” is acceptable.
  • Capitalize “H” and “S.”
  • This is one word, not two.

heaven

  • Lowercase “heaven.”

high school

  • Lowercase both words unless used with the official name of a school.
  • Do not hyphenate.
  • This is two words, not one.

Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

  • This refers to the commission that grants accreditation to Cedarville.
  • By law, the website address must accompany every reference: ncahlc.org

Hive 

  • Use "The Hive" when referring to Cedarville's snack shop on campus.

holidays 

  • Capitalize the names of holidays.
  • The following indicates the correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization of holidays and special days:

           April Fools’ Day

           Christmas Day

           Christmas Eve

           Columbus Day

           Easter (or Easter Sunday)

           Father’s Day (the third Sunday in June)

          Good Friday

          Groundhog Day

          Hanukkah

          Holy Week

          Independence Day

          Labor Day

          Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

          Memorial Day

          Mother’s Day (the second Sunday in May)

          New Year’s Day

          New Year’s Eve

          Palm Sunday

          Passover

          Presidents Day

          Thanksgiving Day

          Valentine’s Day

           Veterans Day

           Washington’s Birthday

Holy Spirit 

  • Capitalize all references to the Holy Spirit, including pronouns or nouns used in place of Holy Spirit.

Correct: The Holy Spirit came so that He could minister to believers.

Homecoming, homecoming

  • Capitalize “Homecoming” only when it is preceded or followed by a year.
  • Lowercase “homecoming” when used without a year.
Correct: Kurt enjoyed attending Homecoming 2007.
Correct: Kurt enjoys returning to Cedarville for homecoming.

homepage

  • Lowercase “homepage.”
  • This is one word, not two.

NOTE: This is an exception to AP’s style of using “home page.”


homeschool, homeschooler, homeschooled, homeschooling

  • These are all one word, not two.

NOTE: This is an exception to AP’s style of treating these words. AP uses the following: home-school, home-schooler, home-schooled, and home schooling.

honorary degrees 

  • These honorary degrees are the official degrees that Cedarville bestows at commencement.
  • Indicate these degrees by directly following the year with a capital “H.”
Correct: Alistair Begg ’03H

1961 George Sherwin Milner – Doctor of Humanities
1963 Hall Daut – Doctor of Divinity
1963 J. Irving Reese – Doctor of Divinity
1964 Kenneth Masteller – Doctor of Divinity
1965 Ruth Hege – Doctor of Humanities
1966 Roy G. Hamman – Doctor of Divinity
1968 William Hopewell – Doctor of Divinity
1969 Chaplain William V.V. Goldie – Doctor of Divinity
1970 W. Thomas Younger – Doctor of Divinity
1972 Mead C. Armstrong – Doctor of Divinity
1973 James Thomas Jeremiah – Doctor of Letters
1974 William A. Brock – Doctor of Divinity
1974 Viggo B. Olsen – Doctor of Humanities
1975 David Lee Moore – Doctor of Divinity
1976 Mark Evan Jackson – Doctor of Divinity
1977 Gerald V. Smelser – Doctor of Divinity
1977 Donald Leslie Tyler – Doctor of Divinity
1979 Joseph Mishael Stowell – Doctor of Humanities
1981 David Jeremiah – Doctor of Divinity
1982 A. Donald Moffat – Doctor of Divinity
1983 W. Wilbert Welch – Doctor of Letters
1985 Paul Tassell – Doctor of Letters
1986 Donald Kyle – Doctor of Humanities
1987 Clifford W. Johnson – Doctor of Humanities
1987 Warren Wiersbe – Doctor of Letters
1987 David McKinney – Doctor of Letters (posthumously)
1987 Wilbert Renwick McChesney – Doctor of Letters (posthumously)
1987 Milo Thompson – Doctor of Divinity
1988 Vernon Miller – Doctor of Letters
1990 Richard Holliday – Doctor of Divinity
1995 William J. Rudd – Doctor of Divinity
1997 Richard W. Houg – Doctor of Divinity
1998 Eddie L. Hawkins – Doctor of Divinity
2003 Alistair Begg – Doctor of Divinity
2005 Loren M. Reno – Doctor of Science
2016 James D. Parker, Sr., Doctor of Divinity

Honors Day

  • Capitalize both words when referring to Honors Day at Cedarville.

hyphen

  • There are many rules regarding hyphens. Refer to AP for complete information.
  • Hyphenate when ambiguity would result if the hyphen were omitted.

Correct: He re-covered the leaky roof.

  • Hyphens are sometimes used with compound modifiers. See “compound modifiers” for complete information.
  • For suspensive hyphenation, use the following format.

Correct: For your assignment write a 10- to 20-page paper.