User:Amgine/SG Details-B

b

Abbreviation for born, no dot. Likewise d for died.

B&B

Abbreviation for Bed and Breakfast, capitalized, no spaces, ampersand.

BC

"Before Christ". Place immediately following numerals, without an intervening space. Due to its specific religious reference this term is offensive to some readers; a more-neutral term is BCE - "Before Common Era".

BCE

"Before Common Era". Place immediately following numerals, without an intervening space.

beginning

Not begining.

bettor

Someone that bets.

Breton

A resident or native of Brittany, an administrative region and a peninsula in the north-west of France.

NB: Not a synonym of Briton, which see.

Brit-

Never hyphenated, and capitalized as a proper noun, as Britpop or Britart.

Brit, Briton

An inhabitant of Great Britain, a member of the British ethnicity. The former is informal, but all are capitalized as proper nouns.

NB: Not a synonym of Breton, which see.

Britain

Except in direct quotes, discouraged as a term.

wikt:Britain has use to refer to the British Empire, the British Isles both including and excluding Ireland and its isles, residents and natives of the British Isles, a citizen of the British Empire (obsolete), ancient Britons (obsolete), and wikt:Brittany. Use of an imprecise term requires further immediate clarification, to avoid accidental misinformation.

For … prefer …

• the single island prefer Great Britain
• the current nation prefer United Kingdom
• a resident or native of the United Kingdom prefer Briton, British, (informal) Brit
  • NB: If the story is specific to an administrative region of the United Kingdom, use the relevant wikt:demonym, e.g. for England, prefer English over British.
• a person who self-identifies as of British ethnicity, but a citizen of another nation, British-[national demonym] may be used.
  • NB: Use the individual's preferred ethnicity, e.g.Welsh-[national demonym], as not all citizens of the United Kingdom are supportive of identification with the imposed national identity.
• the historic empire prefer British Empire
• the peninsula and administrative region in north-west of France prefer Brittany.

NB: Jersey, Gurnsey, the Isle of Man, and the constituents of the British Overseas Territories are, individually, not part of the United Kingdom. NB: as a term referring to the collective land, Great Britain excludes Northern Ireland, but is generally held to include the islands of Scotland, Wales, and England. See Great Britain.

British

Use with caution; prefer a more-precise term in most cases as Scotland fans or England stores.

bullet wound

Two words, hyphenated when used adjectivally. Be aware of the difference between a bullet wound and a shotgun wound. The former is inflicted by a single projectile (mounted on a casing or shell), the latter by large number of projectiles (fired from a cartridge, singular and plural known as "shot".)

but

May be used at the beginning of a sentence for emphasis. Likewise and.