The American Partisan

Style Guide

Grammar

Masculine or Feminine

To refer to mankind in general, please use either the masculine or the feminine, not both. We don’t care which one you chose but always using both is a waste of space and trying to refer to mankind in the neuter (e.g. humankind) just sounds wrong.

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THE
STYLE GUIDE

Spelling
++The importance of spelling
++Use a spell check!
++Watch out for homonyms
++British is bad
++It’s its it’s its, what the heck is it anyway?

Grammar
++Grammar, logic and other synonyms
++Shakespeare vs. the English teachers
++Slang and swearing
++Masculine or Feminine
++I don’t believe in censorship but…

Punctuation
++Internetiquette
++Quotes, commas and periods
++Exclaim sparingly

Length
++The mantra
++Word targets
++Be Brief

Punch
++What do you mean by punch?
++Play with words
++IMO, No!
++Talking and writing, the difference
++Make me laugh

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