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Word List and Terms

Revised for 2024

Standard spelling and commonly used terms on our site. See also: Editorial Standards

A-G

H-L

M-Z

A

adviser, advising

  • adviser, not advisor
  • lowercase

a.m., p.m.

  • Lowercase with periods
  • Include a space between the numeral and a.m. or p.m.: 10:00 a.m.

D

  • dietitian
  • dietetics

E

email

  • email, not e-mail

F

FSNH program vs. major references

  • Food, Systems, Nutrition, and Health program (first reference)
  • food systems, nutrition, and health program (second reference) in a sentence
  • Food, Systems, Nutrition, and Health major
  • food systems, nutrition, and health major (second reference) in a sentence

Food systems, field or practice

  • food systems (not capitalized) in a sentence

See more guidance on capitalization in our editorial standards

L

login, log in

  • login or logout when used as a noun
  • log in or log out when used as a verb

N

Nutritional Sciences Program 

For references to the previous program name, use:

  • food systems, nutrition, and health (formerly the Nutritional Sciences program) in a sentence

Nutrition science, field or practice

  • nutrition science (not capitalized) in a sentence
  • nutritional sciences (not capitalized) in a sentence

R

 

  • registered dietitian (not capitalized) in a sentence
  • registered dietitian nutritionist (not capitalized) in a sentence
  • registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN)

See more guidance on capitalizing titles in our editorial standards

U

username, user name

  • username when describing an account credential
  • user name when describing the user’s name

W

website

  • Website, not web site
  • Site may be used as an abbreviation