User:Amgine/SG Details-Y

-y vs. -ie

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

Not Yangtse, Yangzi.

Yardie, Yawdie

Note capitalisation. Term is strongly deprecated as it is nearly invariably misapplied; use only in direct quotes.

yakuza

Lower case, Japanese criminal organisation. Term may be singular or plural, may refer to the organisation or a member.

Yangon

Not Rangoon.

year

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

Not Yes campaign or "yes" campaign.

yesterday

In general, avoid. See rant at Relative time.

yours

No apostrophe.

yuan

Not renminbi.

Yugoslavia

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

Capitalise.

yuppie

Lowercase in both noun and adjective form.