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Style
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T
T-shirt—Not tee-shirt, t-shirt, teeshirt or tea shirt.
TV—Acceptable as an abbreviation for television as a noun or adjective.
teaching assistant—The abbreviation is TA; plural is TAs. Do not use the abbreviation on first reference.
teen, teenager (nouns)
teenage (adjective) not teenaged.
telephone numbers—Use figures and hyphens: 573-882-0000, 573-MU2-0000. For toll-free numbers: 1-800-396-0000. For extensions: ext. 2, ext. 364, ext. 4071.
theater—Write theater in generic uses, with exceptions for proper names that spell it otherwise: Department of Theatre, Rhynsburger Theatre.
that, which, who—The defining or restrictive pronoun is that; use when introducing nonparenthetic clauses; don’t set these clauses off with commas. For example: She works in the office that was remodeled. The non-defining or non-restrictive pronoun is which; use when introducing parenthetic clauses; set these clauses off with commas. For example: The book, which was published in 1996, won a Caldecott Medal.
- Use who for references to people and to animals with names: The woman who wrote the book will autograph copies or The man, who wrote a book a few years ago, is a professor.
Tiger—Capitalize in such uses as Tiger fan, Tiger basketball, Tiger football; basketball Tiger, football Tiger, or as a casual reference to one who played on a sports team at MU. Use Tigers to denote men’s or women’s teams. Example: First reference: the women’s basketball team. Second reference: the Tigers. Do not use Lady Tigers when referring to women’s teams. Also, do not use Bengals as a synonym for Tigers.
Tigers—Nickname for MU’s sports teams: Mizzou Tigers or Tigers
times—Use figures except for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3 to 5:15 p.m. Avoid redundancy: Don’t write 10 a.m. this morning, 10 p.m. tonight.
time, date, place—Follow this sequence in announcing any past, present or future events such as meetings, dinners, productions, classes: Professor Doe’s class meets from 10 a.m. to noon Monday and Friday in 350 Macintosh Hall, or Professor Doe attended the annual convention Oct.14 and 15 in Arlington, Va.
tip off (verb)—The Tigers tip off at noon.
tipoff (noun)—Tipoff for the game is at noon.
titles—Capitalize and spell out formal titles such as professor, dean, director, president, chancellor, chair when they precede a name. Lowercase elsewhere.
- Examples: Associate Professor Bill Doe; Bill Doe, associate professor; Professor and Chair Bill Doe; Bill Doe, professor and chair. Lowercase modifiers, as in history Professor Sally Ray.
titles, courtesy—In general, do not use the courtesy titles Miss, Ms., Mr., Mrs. Use first and last names of the person: Sally Ray, Bill Doe. On second reference, use last names: Ray or Doe.
- Use courtesy titles when needed to distinguish between or among people with the same last name.
toward—Not towards.
Truman, Harry S—No period after the S (differs from Associated Press style)
Truman the Tiger—Mascot for MU’s sports teams. Second reference: Truman or mascot.
Truman Veterans Hospital—Acceptable in all references.
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