P
- p.m.
- Not P.M. except in all-cap line: 8 p.m.
- part-time/part time
- Hyphenate only when used as a compound modifier. She works part time. She has a part-time job.
- Pell grants
- Not PELL grants.
- percent
- One word, always spelled out except in tables, business forms and statistical data or technical materials.
- percentages
- For percentages, always use figures unless the number begins a sentence. Use percent instead of the symbol, %, except in places where space is limited. The College has a 4 percent increase in enrollment. She received a 90 percent on her test.
- periods
- Periods should only be used with complete thoughts or sentences, and they belong inside quotation marks.
- phone numbers
- Preferred usage: 920-922-8611 1-800-472-4554, Ext. 5555.
- president
- Capitalize president only as a formal title before a name: President Bonnie Baerwald. Use lowercase in all other cases. Bonnie Baerwald, president of Moraine Park...
- principal
- Main or major (adj.); school administrator, chief person involved, or capital sum (n.): the principal rivers in America; high school principal; my principal insists on privacy; principal vs. interest.
- program
- Do not capitalize the word program after typing the name of one (e.g., Accounting program).