Identity Guidelines

Editorial Style Guide

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ellipsis points
Ellipsis points are three-dot sequences used to indicate that something has been left out of a sequence or passage. Leave a space before and after each three-dot sequence, but do not use spaces between dots (per AP style; an exception to Chicago).
If the words that precede an ellipsis constitute a grammatically complete sentence, either in the original or in the condensation, place a period at the end of the last word before the ellipsis. It should be noted that terminal punctuation is retained before points of ellipsis; the first point is the period, indicating the end of the sentence quoted, and the three points of ellipsis follow:

“The students felt strongly that the park needed a master plan,” Hays says. “We ended up master-planning the whole park. … We’ve tackled the entire 19 acres.”

“I think it’s going to be really good exposure for them and also for me because there’s a lot of professional people taking the M.B.A. at UTSA,” Tomita says. “It’s going to be a rich mix of feedback … from their different backgrounds and disciplines.”

You can leave in other punctuation that comes just before or after an ellipsis if it will make things clearer, but this is not required (and is less common).

Note that ellipsis points are not used at the beginning of a block quote nor, usually, at the beginning of a quotation used in running text even when you’ve dropped some words from the original beginning.

If a block quote or a run-in quote closes with a grammatically complete sentence (even if it’s been shortened), you need not add ellipsis points at the end, either.

e-mail
Always spell e-mail with a hyphen (per AP, Chicago and MW). Hyphenate all terms that use the letter e in place of electronic:

e-business, e-mail, e-newsletters

emeritus
Emeritus is the singular, masculine form, and emerita is the singular, feminine form. For groups, emeriti can be used for men only or a group of men and women together, while emeritae can only be used for a group of all women.

All references of the variation on emeritus follow the noun.

Jacinto Quirarte, professor emeritus of art and art history, was honored by the Sons of the Republic of Texas.

Honors went to Bernard Rapoport, chairman emeritus and founder of American Income Life Insurance Co., for his support for the UTSA Downtown Campus.

The awards, founded by Professor Emerita Marian Martinello, recognize the best projects by interdisciplinary students.

ensure
Do not use insure unless specifically related to insurance.