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is it grey or gray for the colour or are they inter-changeable?
when you come across words like synchronize or synchronise, is it better to use one specific version?
microsoft word spell check displays both options which doesn't help matters.
when you come across words like synchronize or synchronise, is it better to use one specific version?
microsoft word spell check displays both options which doesn't help matters.
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gray is USA
z tends to be USA.
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i used to justify, but have stopped doing it because someone told me not to (can't remember who). just wondering what other people tend to do?
But people do word processing a variety of ways, so they're all thought of as correct.
and i don't think all word processing varieties are thought of as correct. i'd be crucified if i used anything other than times new roman size 12 with double spaced lines. i'm pretty sure that's standard for most other unis as well.
I hate Times New Roman :grump:. Hatehatehate it.
When I do things it is always Tahoma, size 10 (with the title as size 14, so it stands out), double line spaced for drafts, single line for final copies. Left-justified, double return at the end of a paragraph.
But that's college...and I guess now I'll have to change my habits
I don't mean all varieties as in pink text with comic sans font or something would be OK. But your assignment's standards sound a bit strict, but if that's what they ask for, fair enough! Was just saying.
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I think I'd die if I couldn't use Tahoma and had to use Times New sodding Roman for everything. It wouldn't look like my work, if that makes sense. Like some evil forgery of my work ;o.
You would be amazed at how many people do submit essays in the daftest fonts that are fairly unreadable. This way, the markers have a standardised version so that they don't have the crud like comic sans in pink, size 4.
I favour verdana when writing anything. That is what my default it :yes:
Also, if it's standardized it gives the markers an idea of structure and length. For example, if you use Tahoma size 12, it's almost twice as big as Times size 12, so the same amount of text takes up almost twice the space.
Universities usually insist on the same font, and its usually Times New Roman in 12 point, with double-line spacing. That's universities wanting a standardised font so they can assess length easily.
The house style of the law firm I work for is Arial in 11 point, so everyone has a different chose style and font. You shouldn't be indenting type-written paragraphs, but indents are fine in hand-written work.
According to my tutor last year (BND IT course) anyway
And as for the justification thing, I always justify left and right. Makes it look neat and tidy, with no overhanging sentences and such like. And 12 point new roman is ace :thumb:
A space.
Like so.
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I would say you should indent in an essay if you can. When I mark undergraduate essays, I'm always struck by how shitty it looks if the paragraphs are always separated by a space instead of indented...
well it's common computer literacy to use spaces to mark out your paragraphs, i can't believe you've never come across that concept.
i suppose because most of my work is written like a scientific report spacing helps separate different ideas etc so i like it. if you were writing a longwinded history essay, perhaps the spacing would disconnect it a bit too much.
any reasonable font
1 1/2 or 2 line spaced for different subjects
left justify
uk spellings preferred
guess it depends on your uni and subject, we had 'hand books' for each subject with guidlines on that kind of stuff.
How odd, I use exactly the same settings. I did right the way through uni as well, and nobody ever complained. But I usually put a 6 point space rather than a full space between paragraphs, so that it's obvious you've got a new paragraph, but it doesn't look like you're trying to make your essay look longer than it is. The things that always pissed me off though, was the bibliography. Each lecturer has a precise format they want it in, and each lecturers format is slightly different. I reckon as long as you write all the entries the same way, it doesn't really matter which bits are Italic, which are bold and whether the author or title comes first (and don't get me started on referencing websites). Oh and film titles had to be in Italic throughout, which is often useful if the film titles is also one of the names of the charcters.
The only thing I'd change it for would be scriptwriting, where the rules are really strict so they can tell how long the script would be if it was transferred to screen (I've never really understood it, but apparently it works quite accurately most of the time). It has to be Courier New because that's the only font where each letter takes up the same amount of space.
Using spaces for formatting layout is the ultimate no go.
Once again, depends who is marking it.
I have to use double line spaces, Times New Roman point 12, with spaces not indents for paragraphs, footnotes in point 10 Times New Roman or I lose marks when I write my essays/dissertation. You just get sort of used to it. Essays aren't penalised as harshly, but I know that if my dissertation doesn't conform to that style then I get an automatic 10% mark reduction.
I format things with spaces, it makes it easier to read. expand the left margin though so there is plenty of space for it to be holepunched / bound together somehow. At least thats how I did my AVCE ICT reports.
That was probably obvious to everyone else, I was up early and had my stupid head on so got it wrong! Doesn't bode well for the chapter of my dissertation I wrote this morning
Bang on what we had. :yes: No essays anymore though (just thought I would rub that bit in...I do have exams at the mo to make you feel better)
On an academic essay, I would seriously expect NPs to be indented. I suppose it depends on what kind of course you are doing, but I know in the arts and humanities, indenting is the way to go. If you look at all the peer-reviewed journals, indenting is how it's done.
And justifiying both sides isn't just for newpaper articles. Again, all academic journals, dissertations, thesis work, are all justified both side. Left justification just looks... messy.
The only work that should be justified centrally is printed newspaper/magazine work, and that is because usually they are printed in two or three columns and it helps to define the column. One-column work should be justified to the left.