teachers college (no apostrophe)
telephone numbers—Enclose area code in parentheses for both toll and toll-free calls. Do not include the 1. Use a hyphen to punctuate, not a period or a space: (716) 878-4000, (800) 555-1212.
theater—Not theatre, unless part of the official name of an organization: Studio Arena Theatre.
Theater District—in downtown Buffalo.
time—Use numerals, with zeros for even hours: The workshop will begin at 2:00 p.m. Abbreviations for divisions of the day (a.m., p.m.) are set in lowercase with periods. Separate time and division of day with a single space. Use noon (not 12:00 noon or 12:00 p.m.) and midnight (not 12:00 midnight or 12:00 a.m.). See a.m./p.m., noon, and midnight.
time zones—Lowercase, except for proper nouns. Capitalize abbreviations: eastern standard time (EST), central daylight time (CDT), Greenwich mean time (GMT).
titles, academic—In general, capitalize an academic title when it immediately precedes a "personal name and is thus used as part of the name (usually replacing the title holder’s first name)." ( 23) Lowercase a title when it stands alone, follows a name, or precedes the name but is used as an identifier or occupational descriptor rather than a title: President Howard; Muriel A. Howard, president of Buffalo State College; the provost; Judith A. Smith, professor of fine arts; Professor Smith; Harold Chasen, associate professor in the Psychology Department; associate professor of music Michael Timmins. (See titles, courtesy; titles, military or civil; and honors, academic.)
titles, articles and features—Titles of articles and features in periodicals and newspapers, chapter titles, short-story titles, essays, and individual selections in books are set in roman type and enclosed in quotation marks: "Talk of the Town" in last week's New Yorker. The author cited "Maternal Behavior and Attitudes," chapter 14 in Human Development. (24)
titles, composition—Use title capitalization, also called headline style or title case. (See headline-style capitalization.)
Italicize:
Titles of books*, magazines*, newspapers*, scholarly journals*, movies, television or radio series, plays, long poetic works, exhibitions, paintings, sculptures, other works of art, operas and other long musical compositions, and musical scores: the Christian Science Monitor, the New England Journal of Medicine, Picasso’s Guernica, Le Nozze di Figaro.
Set in quotation marks:
Titles of dissertations, theses, journal articles, chapters of books, short stories, poems, articles and features in periodicals and newspapers, song titles, specific radio programs and television shows within a series (single program or episode): PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre; episode 122 of Homicide: Life on the Street, “Forgive Us Our Trespasses”; National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, “Welfare Reform and Child Care.”
*Note: The article the in newspaper and periodical titles is set in roman type and, unless it begins a sentence, is lowercased: I read it in the New York Times. We’re running an ad in the Buffalo News. With book titles, lowercase and set in roman type a book’s edition: Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition.
titles, courtesy (Mr., Ms., Mrs.)—In general, courtesy titles are not used on first or subsequent references in Buffalo State publications. (See names.) Courtesy titles are sometimes used in special cases, i.e., a list of donors, special invitations, etc. When a degree is indicated, it follows the name on first reference: Judith A. Smith, Ph.D.; John Q. Jones, M.A. Do not use both a title and a degree:
Preferable: Judith A. Jones, Ph.D.
Acceptable: Dr. Judith A. Jones
Wrong: Dr. Judith A. Jones, Ph.D.
titles, military or civil—Capitalize a military or civil title when it immediately precedes “a personal name and is thus used as part of the name (often replacing the title holder’s first name)” (25): President Buchanan, General Eisenhower, Prince Charles. Lowercase when used alone or in apposition to a name: Byron Brown, mayor of Buffalo; the mayor; Berzelius Windrip, president. Spell out a military or civil title when used with a surname alone: General Washington, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, Governor Jones; abbreviate all but senator with a full name: Brig. Gen. Thornton W. Bluster, Col. William M. Rich, Gov. Martin Williams, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. (See titles, courtesy; titles, academic; and honors, academic.)
toward (not towards)
trademark names—"Use a generic equivalent unless the trademark name is essential to the story. When a trademark name is used, capitalize it:" (26) Frisbee, Jacuzzi, Jet Ski, Ping Pong, Popsicle, Q-Tip, Rollerblade, Scotch Tape, Touch-Tone, Velcro. Eliminate TM and ® in running text. Dictionaries indicate registered trademark names.
travel, traveled, traveling
tropic of Cancer, tropic of Capricorn, but Tropics (plural)
(23) Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (2003), 8.21
(24) Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition (1993), 7.139
(25) Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition (2003), 8.21
(26) The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law (2000), p. 251
