Spelling and Grammar
If you get their/they’re/there wrong, you will be publicly lynched.
- Also we’re and were and where
- Also to, too, and two
Intro
If you get their/they’re/there wrong, you will be publicly lynched.- Also we’re and were and wher...
Stuttering
Separate with hyphens. First phoneme repeats, including capitals. Repeat vowels if necessary.Refe...
“Any”
Any should always be followed by uncountable nouns or plurals.e.g. “Do you own any books?”
Broken English being spoken by one of the talents
Leave as is; there is no need to fix any grammar mistakes made by the talents themselves.
Comma before “Too,” “Though,” etc.
Add a comma before them when in the middle of a sentence.Adding a comma at the end of a sentence ...
Songs
Punctuation in songs follows the standard rules. Every sentence should end with punctuation, and ...
Units of measure
This comes from the official SI manual and is non-negotiable for translations.The numerical value...
Time and dates
Follow the European/military conventions: dd/mm/yy, 24 hours. dd/mm/yy (e.g. “11/05/21” = “May 11...
Elongated syllables
Use only if absolutely necessary.Can be replaced with:Italics (e.g. “Really.”)Tildes at the end o...
Past perfect tense
Keep in mind that while past perfect may be accurate, it is sparingly used in casual English spee...
Plural acronyms and abbreviations
There are different ways to form plural acronyms and it highly depends on the individual acronym ...
Numbers
Numbers Numbers can be either spelled out (e.g. “Nine thousands”) or written in numerals (e.g. “...
Currency
Follow standard numbers rules outlined in said section.Currency names should not be capitalized (...
Repetitions
If only 2 repetitions are present, either leave as-is (e.g. “Hey, hey.”) or add a counter (e.g. “...
Illeisms (i.e. Speaking in the third person)
Avoid whenever possible.(e.g. Pekora saying “Pekora is…” turns into “I am…”)