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== Capitalization ==
Excessive capitalization slows down the reader and can affect their comprehension of the material. The following words and phrases should be capitalized:


# titles and headings
# proper nouns
# the first word of a sentence (including a direct quote if it is a complete sentence)
# months and days (seasons are not capitalized - "fall of 2020")
# geographical terms (except for directional words that are not part of proper nouns (east, west, north, south) and recognized regions (Southern Maryland, the West)
# historical periods and events
# brand names
Terms and phrases below '''should not be capitalized''' unless they are part of a proper noun (even if they will be referred to as an acronym):
*working group
*transit-oriented development (TOD)
*level of service (LOS)
*public participation process (PPP)
*building restriction line (BRL)
*critical lane volume (CLV)
*
== Compound Words ==
Compound words formed from the prefixed below are to be used as single words without hyphens:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|ante
|counter
|macro
|multi
|pre
|socio
|ultra
|-
|anti
|extra
|meta
|neo
|pro
|sub
|un
|-
|bi
|infra
|micro
|non
|proto
|super
|under
|-
|bio
|inter
|mid
|over
|pseudo
|supra
|
|-
|co
|intra
|mini
|post
|semi
|trans
|
|}

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