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=New additions=

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==New: medals==

==New: insert hyphen (split words)==

==New: replace space by hyphen==

==New: remove hyphens after adverbs ending in -ly==

==New: remove other hyphens (replace with space)==

==New: remove space or hyphen (join words)==

==New: Euphemisms==

==New: Symbols/HTML entities==

:Per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Abbreviations#Symbols, Do not use Unicode characters that put an abbreviation into a single character (unless the character itself is the subject of the text)

==New: remove redundant words==

:Per WP:TERSE, Articles should use only necessary words. This does not mean using fewer words is always better; rather, when considering equivalent expressions, choose the more concise.

==New: contractions==

:Per WP:CONTRACTION, the use of contractions is informal and should be avoided.

==New: calendar dates==

==New: misspelled proper nouns==

==New: capitalisation==

===Ethnicity & language===

===Religious===

===Oceans===

===Holidays===

====Academic titles====

====Academic fields====

====College degrees====

===Place names (high-level)===

====Geographical proper names====

==New: accents and diacritical marks==

==New: punctuation==

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=A=

=B=

=C=

=D=

=E=

=F=

=G=

=H=

=I=

=J=

=K=

=L=

=M=

=N=

=O=

=P=

=Q=

=R=

=S=

=T=

=U=

=V=

=W=

=X=

=Y=

=Z=

=SI unit symbols=

=Capitalisation=

==Cultures, languages, and ethnic groups==

==Companies, institutions, and brands==

==Continents and subcontinents==

==Geographical proper names==

===Canada===

===France===

===United Kingdom===

===United States – states===

===United States – cities===

==Epochs, ages and dynasties==

==Calendrical proper nouns==

==Miscellaneous proper nouns==

==Other capitalisation==

=Grammar=

==Articles==

==Contractions==

==Joined words==

==Duplicated words==

==Preposition usage==

==Punctuation==

==Spacing and hyphens==

==Other grammar==

=General rules=

These have to come last, so that special cases (which these might transform into an unanticipated error) get treated first.

==Beginnings==

==Middles==

==Endings==

===A===

===B===

===C===

===D===

===E===

===F===

===G===

===H===

===I===

===J–K===

===L===

===M===

===N===

===O===

===P===

===Q===

===R===

===S===

===T===

===U–V===

===W===

=Incorrect phrases=