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Christian Reformed Church in North America
Editorial Style Guide
Contents
A
Abbreviations
Agency and other ministry abbreviations
Bible books
Bible versions and paraphrases
B.C., A.D.
Dates
Latin abbreviations
States, provinces, territories
Verse, verses
Agencies and Ministries, CRC
Amen
Apostrophes and plurals
Appositives
Awhile, a while
B
Banner, The
Bible references
Bibliography entries
Brand names
C
Capitalization
Adjectives and descriptions referring to God, God’s authority, and Scripture
Biblical terms
Catholic
Church
Church Order
Councils and other official church assemblies
Day
Names for God
Pronouns referring to God
Places. events, and other specialized terms (mentioned in the Bible and/or church tradition)
Religions, churches, members, and derivative adjectives
Religious writings
Titles of works, organizations
Church identifications in text
Colons
Commas
Appositives
Dates
Serial comma (in lists)
Scripture references
Too
Copyright
D
Dates
Degrees
Devotions (n.), devotional (adj.)
Disability awareness
Down syndrome (and other conditions identified by personal names)
E
Ebook, email
Ellipses
F
Foreign-language words and phrases
G
Gender-sensitive language
H
Heidelberg Catechism references
Human dignity
Language considerations
Disability awareness
Gender-sensitive language
LGBTQ Awareness
Hypertext link format
Hyphens
I
Internet language
Internal dialogue
Imagebearer
Institutes, Calvin’s
ISBN
Italics
L
Lists
LORD (with small caps)
M
Metric and U.S. measure equivalents
Ministry share
N
Numbers
News and newsletter style
General guidelines for non-news publishing
Ages
Bible books
Non-
O
Officebearer, officebearers
P
Percent
People-first language
Some substitutions:
Possessives
Common nouns
Proper nouns
Q
Q&A’s
Quotations
Acknowledge all borrowed material
Permissions guidelines
Bibliography entries
Editing quotations
Footnotes and endnotes
Incorporating quotations into the text
R
Race/Ethnicity awareness
S
Scripture references
Abbreviations
Partial verses
Punctuation
Versions
Small caps
So-called
Stanza
States/provinces
Street names
Synod
T
Thank you, thank-you
That, which
Their (as a singular personal pronoun)
Trademarks
Translation work
Korean
Spanish
U
URL references
V
Versus
W
Website references
Western, the West
Who, whom
Widows, orphans
Words used as words
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Christian Reformed Church - Editorial Style Guide
Afrikaans
Azərbaycan
Bahasa Indonesia
Bahasa Melayu
Català
Čeština
Cymraeg
Dansk
Deutsch
Schweizer Hochdeutsch
Eesti
English (Canada)
English (United Kingdom)
English (United States)
Español
Español (Latinoamérica)
Euskara
Filipino
Français
Français (Canada)
Galego
Hrvatski
Isizulu
Íslenska
Italiano
Kiswahili
Latviešu
Lietuvių
Magyar
Malti
မြန်မာစာ
Nederlands
Norsk (Nynorsk)
Norsk (Bokmål)
Polski
Português (Brasil)
Português (Portugal)
Română
Slovenčina
Slovenščina
Suomi
Svenska
Tiếng Việt
Türkçe
беларуская
Български
Қазақ
Монгол
Русский
Српски
Українська
Ελληνικά
հայերեն
עברית
اردو
العربية
فارسی
नेपाली
मराठी
हिन्दी
বাংলা
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ગુજરાતી
தமிழ்
తెలుగు
ಕನ್ನಡ
മലയാളം
සිංහල
ไทย
ລາວ
ქართულად
አማርኛ
ខ្មែរ
中文（中国）
中文（台灣）
中文（香港）
日本語
한국어
N
ew
►
O
pen
Ctrl+O
Make a
c
opy
Save as Google Docs
(
U
)
S
hare
►
E
mail
►
D
ownload
►
Approvals
New
(
F2
)
Unlock
(
J
)
R
ename
M
ove
Add shortcut to Drive
(
,
)
Move
t
o trash
Version
h
istory
►
Ma
k
e available offline
Details
(
B
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Securit
y
limitations
L
anguage
►
Pa
g
e setup
Print pre
v
iew
P
rint
Ctrl+P
U
ndo
Ctrl+Z
R
edo
Ctrl+Y
Cu
t
Ctrl+X
C
opy
Ctrl+C
Copy as Markdown
(
V
)
P
aste
Ctrl+V
Paste with
o
ut formatting
Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste from Markdown
(
Q
)
Select
a
ll
Ctrl+A
M
ode
►
Comments
(
D
)
►
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o
utlines sidebar
Ctrl+Alt+A Ctrl+Alt+H
Co
l
lapse tabs & outlines sidebar
Ctrl+Alt+A Ctrl+Alt+H
Text
w
idth
►
Show
p
rint layout
Show outli
n
e
S
how non-printing characters
Ctrl+Shift+P
Show
i
ncreased menu spacing
Show mar
k
ups
Z
oom
►
F
u
ll screen
S
pelling and grammar
►
W
ord count
Ctrl+Shift+C
Review s
u
ggested edits
Ctrl+Alt+O Ctrl+Alt+U
Co
m
pare documents
Citations
(
K
)
Line numbers
(
F1
)
Explo
r
e
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
L
inked objects
D
ictionary
Ctrl+Shift+Y
T
ranslate document
V
oice typing
Ctrl+Shift+S
N
o
tification settings
P
references
A
c
cessibility
Activity dashboard
(
Z
)
Activit
y
dashboard
Search the
m
enus
Alt+/
Docs
H
elp
T
raining
U
pdates
Help Docs imp
r
ove
Report
a
buse
P
rivacy Policy
Term
s
of Service
K
eyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+/
Verbalize to
s
creen reader
►
E
d
its
►
C
omments
►
Foot
n
ote
►
H
eadings
►
G
raphics
►
L
ist
►
Lin
k
►
T
able
►
Sect
i
on
►
T
a
bs
►
M
isspelling
►
F
o
rmatting
►
B
ookmarks
►
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e
edits
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