Transcription of DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
1 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONMANUAL OF STYLE2018 EditionPublic Affairs Service-Publications Division(Enclosure No. 1 to DepEd Order No. 30, s. 2019) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONMANUAL OF STYLE2018 EditionPublic Affairs Service-Publications DivisionResearched and developed by the editorial staffPublic Affairs Service-Publications DivisionDepartment of EDUCATION Central OfficePasig City** S. AmbatAssistant Secretary for Public Affairs ServiceAdviser* Josefina B. Mariano * Maribel P. Cabasal * Aurea P. Aquino ** Sheila Marie M.
2 Alcantara * Diane Joyce G. Perez *Editorial Staff* Joyce Dette M. Carandang * Pio D. Alcantara *Graphic Arts Staff* Carlito C. Barit * Raymond C. Owit * * Iris R. Jose * Arnel T. Gurrobat *Materials Production StaffMa. Theresa MercadoConsultant**Public Affairs Service-Publications DivisionDepartment of EDUCATION Central OfficeDepEd Complex, Meralco AvenuePasig CityiiiContentsMessage from the Secretary viiForeword viiiPrinciples of Effective Business Writing ixI Abbreviations and Acronyms
3 1A. Abbreviations and Names of Organizations ..1B. Articles and Abbreviations ..2C. Capitalization of Abbreviations and Acronyms ..2D. Countries ..2E. Educational Degrees ..3F. Footnotes ..3G. Governments ..3H. Headings and Titles ..3I. Issuances ..4J. Non-English Terms ..4K. Possessive ..5M. Punctuation ..5N. Tables ..5II Capitalization 6A. Educational Degrees/Grades ..6B. Ethnic Groups.
4 6C. Meetings, Conferences, and Forums ..7E. Ministries, Departments, and Other Government Bodies ..7F. Committees ..7 DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION Manual of Style 2017ivG. Organizations, Companies, and Institutions ..7H. Parts of a Document or Publication ..8I. Political Parties, Religions, and Religious Bodies ..8J. Plans, Policies, Programs, Subprojects, Strategies, and Laws ..8K. Titles ..8 III Currencies and Exchange Rates 10IV Dates 11A.
5 Systems of Chronology ..11B. Time of Day ..11C. Date Format ..11D. Formatting 13A. Annexes and Enclosures ..131. Abbreviations ..132. Footnotes ..133. Page Numbering ..134. References in Text ..13B. Footnotes ..14C. Headings ..141. Abbreviations ..142. Format ..14D. Figures ..151. Format ..153. Notes and Explanatory Material ..15E. Lists ..161. Vertical Lists (for long lists).
6 162. Run-in Lists (for short and simple lists) ..173. Countries, Provinces, Cities, and Organizations ..174. Unnecessary Words ..17F. Page Numbers ..171. Format ..172. Placement ..17 DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION Manual of Style 2017vG. Tables ..171. Abbreviations in Tables ..172. Format ..173. Labeling ..174. Large Tables ..185. Notes and Explanatory Material ..186. Numbering ..187. Rounding ..188. Sources ..199. Symbols ..1910. Text Tables ..19VI Language Usage 20A.
7 Gender References ..20B. Politically Correct Terms ..20C. Non-English Terms ..20 VII Numbers 21A. Numerals or Words ..21B. Negative Very Large Numbers ..22D. Percent ..22E. Decimals ..22F. Fractions ..22G. Rounding ..22 VIII Organizations 23IX Word Class 24A.
8 Articles ..24B. Nouns Used as Adjectives ..24C. Verbals ..24X Punctuation 25A. Apostrophe ..25B. Brackets ..25C. Colon ..26D. of EDUCATION Manual of Style 2017viE. Dashes ..281. En Dash ..282. Em Dash ..28F. Hyphen ..28G. Parentheses ..29H. Period ..30I. Question Mark ..30J. Quotation Marks ..31K. Semicolon ..32XI References 33A.
9 Books ..33B. Government Publications ..33C. Periodicals ..33D. Others ..33E. Online and Electronic Sources ..34 XII Spelling 35 Appendixes 401 Proofreaders Marks 412 Language Usage 42
10 Gender-Neutral Language ..42 Politically Correct Language ..42 Expressions Used in Ordinary Conversation ..43 Pairs of Words Often Confused ..44 Eliminating Redundancy ..463 Filipino Terms Commonly Used 484 Organizational Terms and Abbreviations 525. DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION Official Issuances and Letters 626 Subjects Used in the Perpetual Index 787 Sections of an Operations Manual 81 Style Sources 82viiI am honored and pleased to present the
