{"id":189,"date":"2021-03-23T12:36:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T17:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-communications\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2021-12-20T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:35:54","slug":"d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/communications\/styleguide\/section\/d\/","title":{"rendered":"College Style Guide: D"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/a>    B<\/a>    C<\/a>    D<\/a>    E<\/a>    F<\/a>    G<\/a>    H<\/a>    I<\/a>    J<\/a>    K<\/a>    L<\/a>
M<\/a>    N<\/a>    O<\/a>    P<\/a>    Q<\/a>    R<\/a>    S<\/a>    T<\/a>    U<\/a>    V<\/a>    W<\/a>    Y<\/a>    Appendices<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dash<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See em dash, en dash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See academic degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

diacritical marks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See accent marks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dateline rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See cities, U.S., and cities, international.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Use month-day-year sequence (omit the year if it\u2019s obvious): June 10, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time, day, date, place is the proper order: The event will take place at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in the Music Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use cardinal, not ordinal, numbers: June 30, not June 30th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not separate month and year sequence with a comma: September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use day of week in invitations (Friday, Saturday, etc.). Do not abbreviate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In text use a comma after the year: Her party is on Friday, June 10, 2022, at the Campus Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

dean\u2019s list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lowercase: Kristin made the dean\u2019s list this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

decades<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See numbers.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

departments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For academic departments, capitalize a department\u2019s full, formal name: Philosophy Department, Geology Department (8.85)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For administrative departments, use caps for the formal names of all campus offices: Admissions Office, Alumni Engagement, Dean of Students Office, Development Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeWitt Wallace Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The formal title of Macalester\u2019s library is the DeWitt Wallace Library (capitalize). Also referred to as the library (lowercase). See the appendix for names of other campus buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

diseases, procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Names of diseases and procedures are lowercased except when they contain proper nouns: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Alzheimer\u2019s disease; computer tomography (8.144).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

doctor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See also honorifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omit the title when an academic degree or professional designation follows a name: Jane Smith, MD, not Dr. Jane Smith, MD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a person being referenced has a doctorate but is not a medical doctor, it\u2019s generally better to refer to the doctorate without using the title Dr.: Mary Smith, who has a doctorate in sociology, will lead the discussion. Or: Mary Smith, PhD, will lead the discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

See doctor.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    LM    N    O    P    Q    R    S    T    U    V    W    Y    Appendices dash See em dash, en dash. degrees See academic degrees. diacritical marks See accent marks. dateline rules See cities, U.S., and cities, international. dates Use month-day-year sequence (omit the year if […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":0,"parent":175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t