middle class ( noun ), middle-class ( adjective )
Middle East
middle-income ( adjective )
migrant See ‘ emigrant ’
minus Spell out in all cases ( for example , ‘ minus 10 degrees ’ not ‘– 10 degrees ’) except for financial credit ratings or equations , where the minus symbol is used .
minister Use all lowercase letters for generic references . For proper nouns , use ‘ Health Minister ’ ( for example ) as a short title and ‘ Minister for Health ’ as the longer title .
multi- Most words beginning with this prefix do not need a hyphen ( for example , ‘ multiracial ’, ‘ multimedia ’ and ‘ multidisciplinary ’). Refer to the Macquarie Dictionary when in doubt .
NSW Labor Council
Nura Gili
O
online
onsite ( adjective )
over-represented
P
Parkinson ’ s disease
part time ( predicative adjective , such as ‘ studying part time ’), part-time ( attributive adjective , such as ‘ part-time study ’)
Q
qubit When referring to a quantum bit , any time after the first mention
queen Use all lowercase letters in generic references but capitalise in official titles and in subsequent references to ‘ the Queen ’ ( of England )
R
re- Typically no hyphen is needed unless the first letter after the prefix is a vowel ( for example , ‘ redesign ’, ‘ redevelop ’ and ‘ re‐examine ’). Refer to the Macquarie Dictionary when in doubt .
risk-taking
road trip myUNSW
N
nation-building
non-English-speaking
no-one Use a hyphen
Northern Hemisphere
New Year ’ s Eve But ‘ the new year ’ in generic references
NSW No need to spell out unless your audience is international , in which case spell out only in the first reference policymaker
post-doctoral
postgraduate
practice ( noun ), practise ( verb )
prerequisite
program Not ‘ programme ’
Pro Vice-Chancellor , [ Subject ] For example , ‘ Pro Vice- Chancellor , Indigenous ’ royal commissions Use uppercase initial letters for the full titles of royal commissions ( such as ‘ Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody ’) then refer to it thereafter as ‘ the commission ’. Use lowercase initial letters for ‘ royal commissioner ’ but start with an uppercase letter for ‘ Commissioner ’ when referring to a specific person (‘ Commissioner Kenneth Hayne ’).
S
salt water ( noun ), salt-water ( adjective )
school Use all lowercase letters when referring to a school generally , but capitalise the full name of a specific school ( for example , the School of Computer Science & Engineering ).
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