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•Most Indonesians don’t use family names in the way Westerners do; their names may be based on factors including geography, social standing, and religious influences.

Basically: Be conscious of not making assumptions.

•Words that end in -es and are spelled the same as both the singular and plural form take only an apostrophe for the possessive of both forms (series’, species’

“a colon means ‘that is to say’ or ‘here’s what I mean.’”

generally use Latino rather than Hispanic when a broader term is necessary.

•Bantu names (East/Southern Africa) typically place the family name first and given name second.

1Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. 2Never use a long word where a short one will do. 3If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out. 4Never use the passive where you can use the active. 5Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyd

For a noun or other word that traditionally wouldn’t take a verb form, use a hyphen plus ing to create the verb form if the word ends in a vowel