A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
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Park-and-ride
Use 'park-and-ride' unless writing about a specific park-and-ride that spells it differently, for example, 'Lansdown Park & Ride'.
Part-time
Not 'part time' or 'parttime'.
Passive voice
Avoid writing in a passive voice. See Writing for the web.
People
See Job titles.
Phone numbers
Generally, avoid using hyphens or brackets, for example, '01225 381234'.
The exception is when the audience is clearly international. In this case, add the UK dialling code and brackets, for example, '+44 (0)1225 381234'.
For internal calls you can simply give the extension, for example, 'ext: 1234'.
Plain English
See our Writing for the web guide.
Postal addresses
Use Royal Mail's guidelines for addresses when writing a postal address.
Postdoctoral
'Postdoctoral' is one word. It isn't 'post-doctoral' or 'post doctoral'.
Postgraduates
Taught postgraduate and postgraduate research.
Pre-sessional
Not ‘presessional’ as this could be read as ‘precessional’.
Pro rata
Not 'pro-rata' or 'prorata'.
Professional services
Use lower case.
Programmes
Use the term 'courses' for external marketing purposes. However, we can use the word 'programmes' when writing content for internal-only audiences.