User:Amgine/SG Details-Y
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-y vs. -ie edit
As a general rule, use -ie to create a noun form, use -y to create an adjective form. e.g. he's a beasty boy, but a cute wee beastie.
Yangtze edit
Not Yangtse, Yangzi.
Yardie, Yawdie edit
Note capitalisation. Term is strongly deprecated as it is nearly invariably misapplied; use only in direct quotes.
yakuza edit
Lower case, Japanese criminal organisation. Term may be singular or plural, may refer to the organisation or a member.
Yangon edit
Not Rangoon.
Yavlinsky, Grigory edit
year edit
Use the simple number, e.g. 2011, not "the year 2011". To indicate a range of years, use 2004-11, not 2004/11 nor 2004-2011.
When referring to the academic stage, year 1, year 2, ... year 12.
yes campaign edit
Not Yes campaign or "yes" campaign.
"yes" vote, "no" vote edit
yesterday edit
In general, avoid. See rant at Relative time.
yoghurt edit
yours edit
No apostrophe.
yuan edit
Not renminbi.
Yugoslavia edit
No longer exists in a formal sense. There were three different formations of Yugoslavia since 1912, the last of which chose to rename itself Serbia and Montenegro in 2003.
Yule, Yuletide edit
Capitalise.
yuppie edit
Lowercase in both noun and adjective form.