File:Naval War College Writing and Style Guide 2007.pdf

English: This guide provides a consistent stylistic base for writing and editing research papers, articles, monographs, or books for publications. The Naval War College Writing and Style Guide comprises two main sections and appendices of significant utility. The first main section, the Writing Guide, offers a blueprint for selecting and developing a topic, and carrying it through to the creation of a quality paper. The second main section, the Style Guide, offers the functional categories Terms and Usage, Abbreviations, Grammar and Punctuation, Mechanics, and Documentation. The Mechanics section is further divided into the component parts Capitalization, Spelling and Word Formation, Numbers, Italics, and Bullets. This writing and style guide includes discussion and examples of unique military documents, terminology, abbreviations, and acronyms that will differ from other 'standard' style guides used by various colleges and universities.