active vs passive voice
adapter vs adaptor
addresses
affect vs effect
ages
AIDS
album titles
all right,
not alright, not allright
a lot,
not alot
altogether vs all together
amid,
not amidst
among,
not amongst
ampersand (&)
am, pm
and
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Annual Report
another vs additional
anticipate vs expect
antonym, synonym
anyhow
any more,
not anymore
anyone
anyway
anywhere
anything
apostrophes
Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa
Authority To Fundraise (ATF)
b
bias-free language
bipartisan
biogas,
not bio-gas
board vs management committee
book titles
bullet points (or dot points)
burned
business strategic plan
brackets
[link will go to parenthesis pg]
c
capitalisation
Catholic
Compact Flourescent Lamps (CFLs)
childcare
colons
commas
compost
composting loos vs compost loos (loos vs toilets too!) - all to be checked.
contribute vs donate
converting meausures and money
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
corporate sponsors
corporates vs corporations
d
Deductible Gift Recipiency (DGR)
dashes
database
dates
different vs various
disclaimer
DVDs
e
editing
effect vs affect
eg vs for example
ellipses (...)
enquire vs inquire
environmentally friendly vs eco-friendly
[ch with RND, Eve & Corks]
email
email communications
(policy? tbc)
email signatures
e-words
examples
[link to for example vs eg webpage]
exclamation marks
expect vs anticipate
f
fact checking
facilitate
Families For Families Sponsorship Program
farther vs further
fewer
flammable vs inflammable
Final Founding Fifty member
first,
not firstly
fish pond,
not fishpond
fishing net,
not fishnet
fonts
foodwatershelter inc (fws)
fws communications material {
beck to create list of all the PROPER names of the various documents we create]
foreign words or phrases
for example vs eg
fractions
free
full stop
full time vs full-time
fundraise,
not fund-raise
g
gimme shelter
e-newsletter
glossary
Governing Instrument (GI)
grant
grey water,
not greywater
, not grey-water
h
healthcare,
not health-care, not health care
HIV
homepage
html links
[pages links to URL page]
humankind,
not mankind
hyphens
i
ie,
in-built
in-country
incorporated association
initials
internet vs the web
initiative
-ise
, not -ize
j
justification (typography)
k
Kesho Leo children's village
Kesho Leo Community Health Program & Clinic
(tbc at next fws meeting)
Kesho Leo house mamas
Kesho kids
Kesho Krew
Kesho Leo Early Learning Community Education Centre
(tbc at next fws meeting)
Kesho Leo Sleeping Boma Accommodation
(tbc at next fws meeting)
l
letterhead communications
(policy? tbc)
logo use
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
Lutheran
m
magazine titles
measurements
mobile phone,
not
mobile, not mob
money
* need to add info around displaying converted aussie dollars from USD or TZS etc - especially important if we win a grant in USD, we MUST advertise the USD amount first, followed by AUD conversion in brackets.
more than vs over
movie titles
Muslim,
not Moslem
n
name of foodwatershelter inc (fws)
names of people
newspaper titles
numbers
not-for-profit organisation,
not non-profit organisation, not charitable organisation, not charity
non-governmental organisation (NGO)
o
objects
okay,
not ok
online
[tbc it's just one word with macq)
onsite [prefer one word - check macq]
organisation,
not organization
orphans (typography)
orphans vs orphaned children
Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
[links to page with vulnerable women and children]
p
parenthesis
part time vs part-time
percent vs %
picture captions
pictures
possessives
[link goes to apostrophes pg]
Position Description (PD)
practice vs practise
principle vs principal
prefixes
probono,
not pro-bono, not pro bono
program,
not programme
program proposals
program briefs
proofreading symbols
q
quotation marks
quoting
r
rainwater,
not rain-water, not rain water
regarding,
not in regards to
run-off
RSVP
s
seasons
set-up
Sinon village, Arusha, Tanzania, East Africa
song titles
spacing {kerning, tracking, leading + after one space after stop]
spelling
SMS message
state
states
stationery vs stationary
submitting material to the fws communications team for approval
suffixes
sustainable practice
synonyms
t
tax-deductible donation
tax-deductible receipt
Tanzania, East Africa
Tanzanian counterpart
tautology
telephone numbers
television vs TV
television program titles
temperature
tense
text message
{esp with regard to texted]
thank you
that vs which
The Macquarie Dictionary
tilapia,
not Tillarpia
times of the day
titles of positions
titles of media
toward,
not towards
T-shirt
trademarks
u
unique
university,
not uni, not college
until,
not 'til, not till
upcoming vs up-and-coming
up to date vs up-to-date
URLs
use,
not utilise
v
vegies,
not veggies
vitamins
(not Vitamins but this: vitamin A)
volunteers,
not vols, not vollies
fws volunteer village vs fws vollage
vice versa,
not visa versa
vulnerable women and children
[link to ovc]
w
waste water,
not wastewater, not waste-water
wishlist,
not wish-list, not wish list
website
website style points [may delete this tbc]
webpage
wellbeing
[sp]
wholistic vs holistic
who vs whom
who's vs whose
while,
not whilst
whiz vs wiz
widows (typography)
word breaks
[possibly links to page on hyphens]
wordiness
workplace giving [sp]
wrack vs rack
wrap vs rap
x
y
your vs you're
youth
YouTube
z
Zanzibar, Tanzania, East Africa