Common Spelling Errors
- online (not on-line)
- pop-up
- dial-up
- desktop
- CD-ROM (all uppercase)
- email (not e-mail)
- antivirus (not anti-virus)
- Web (capitalized)
- Web site (two words)
- Web-based
- information (not info)
- home page (two words)
- Mac OS X
- Internet
- on campus (noun) and on-campus (adjective)
- user name (two words)
- log in (verb) and login (adjective)
- catalog (not catalogue)
- course work (not coursework)
- database (not data base)
- in regard to (never in regards to)
- workplace (not work place)
- workstation (not work station)
- UNIX (not Unix)
- Use a.m. and p.m. (or AM and PM) and do not include o'clock. Designate noon or midnight, rather than 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.
- ensure means to guarantee; insure refers to insurance
- screen saver (two words)
Make all spelling consistent with the rules of convention outlined in the American Heritage Dictionary. Be sure to spell check every document before submitting it.