28 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY military branches When standing alone, lowercase them. If they are with United States or U.S. (or other countries), capitalize. • army, coast guard • U.S. Navy, United States Marine Corps money Isolated references to U.S. currency are spelled out or expressed in numerals in accord with the general rules discussed under numbers (spell out one through nine; express 10 and above in numerals). If the number is spelled out, so is the unit of currency, and if numerals are used, the dollar sign ($) is used. Always write out cents. • On my seventh birthday, I was thrilled to receive one dollar from each of my aunts. • I generously gave my little sister 10 cents that had been languishing in my sock drawer. Don’t use periods and zeros after a whole dollar amount unless you’re comparing it to a fractional dollar amount. • The application fee is $20. • BUT I was going to pay $16.00 for the CD, but I found it on sale for $13.95. Sums of money that would be cumbersome to express in numerals or to spell out in full may be expressed in units of millions or billions, for example, accompanied by numerals and a dollar sign. • The university received a donation of $1 million. • $4.5-million endowment See also numbers. more than vs. over When you’re describing a comparative amount, use more than. Over refers to a direction. • We have more than 30 full-time faculty members. • She saved more than $1,000 for her college expenses. • He flew over the lake in the plane. movie titles See titles of works. myself Correctly used as an intensifier (I want to eat the entire cake myself), as a reflective (I hurt myself), or as an object of a preposition (Because I was by myself, I took all the guilt upon myself, and soon, I was beside myself). Helpful hint: You can use myself—or himself, herself, or yourself— only if there is a matching pronoun earlier in the sentence for it to refer to (in the examples above, myself refers to I). NEVER use myself as a substitute for me. • Feel free to contact the president, the chancellor, or me at any time. • NOT Feel free to contact the president, the chancellor, or myself at any time.
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