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- scholarships
- Capitalize only those words that are part of the full official name of the scholarship. Example: Lillian Lloyd Marx Memorial Scholarship.
- seasons
- Do not capitalize.
- semesters
- Do not capitalize the common names of semesters, terms, academic sessions or periods.
- semicolon
- Mainly used to separate independent clauses. Use the semicolon to separate items in a series when they are long and complex or when at least one of them involves other punctuation.
- setup/set up
- setup (n.) a carriage of the body. Set up (v.) To raise and to place.
- sign-up/sign up
- sign-up (n. adj.), sign up (v.) The sign-up date...; please sign up by Tuesday.
- Social Security number, SSN
- Avoid SS# and the redundant SSN#.