User:Amgine/SG Details-F

façade

Use the cedilla.

faceted, faceting

Prefer the single t. (This is not, in fact, a UK vs US spelling issue, as it is the preferred spelling in publications in both.)

fact that

Almost always unnecessary, circumlocutious, and/or verbose. Except in direct quotes, recast sentence to remove.

Faeroe Isles

Also properly the Faeroes.

Falklands conflict

Use lower case, and prefer conflict as war was never declared by the combatants. If the word war must be used, use lower case, eg, Falklands war.

false possesives

Proper nouns other than people or organizations do not own other proper nouns. "Washington's Redskins", "New York's Hell's Kitchen", "Copenhagen's Hans Christian Andersen" are clumsy at best.

farther

Compares distance, the farther shore rather than the nearer shore. For the non-comparative sense "in addition or more", use further.

Father (professional title)

Do not abbreviate.

Father's Day

Not Fathers'.

fatwa

Not italicized. A religious edict issued by an Islamic sharia (law) scholar.

Fed, the

Do not use for first mention. Use the (US) Federal Reserve (Board) at first mention.

female

Do not use female councilor, female chair, etc. Use woman councilor, etc.

festivals

Initial use full name, e.g. Tønder Festival, Malvern Fringe Festival, and thereafter lower case festival.

fête

With circumflex accent, not italicized.

fifty

Use 50-50 chance, capitalized Fifties for the decade, lower case fifties for the age period (not 50s).

film titles

Titles of films should be italicized, as Star Wars.

fires

Do not use fire fighter's jargon. "House fire", "well alight", etc.

first

Serves as an adverb; do not use 'firstly'. If a list of priorities is required, use first, second, third. Never use first-ever.

Use first-class generally, but when specifying a denomination (postage, train ticket) 1st-class, 2nd-class.

firstly

Do not use except in direct quotes. (Also do not use secondly, thirdly etc.)

first aid

As noun, no hyphen. Adjectival use, hyphenate first-aid, as in first-aid certificate.

flight numbers

Capitalize where the number is relevant in the story: e.g. Flight 103 (Lockerbie disaster), Flight 93 (9/11).

follows, following

Often in "the move follows" or similar constructions, and is verbosity. Can usually be reconstructed using "after".

football

Refers to the most popular sport in the world, what in the USA is called "soccer". Always prefer football for this sport.

When referring to other sports called football, use the relevant adjective at first mention. e.g. Irish football, US football, even American football.

When referring to national football leagues of all forms, initial mention must include the country and the formal title after which the locally preferred acronym may be used. The US National Football League, the NFL.

footnote

A footnote is an additional commentary, reference, or citation placed below the body of the work which is not essential to the work itself. On Wikinews such footnotes are subdivided as Sources - which are essential - and Related, Sister, and External links sections. (NB: in effect this means all Wikinews footnotes must be links to online resources.)

A footnote is linked to a specific word, phrase, or sentence in the body of the work. It is generally linked via a super-scripted character or number immediately following the word, phrase, or sentence. As text consists of a series containers, marked by a space or punctuation, the footnote should be placed immediately following that section which is being footnoted:

Entire sentence

This entire sentence is referred to in the footnote.^[*]

A sub-section of a sentence

Some sentences, more complex,^[*] may be differentially footnoted.

A phrase or word within a sentence or sub-section

Complexity^[*], in and of itself, does not require citation - even when it serves no useful purpose within a sentence.

Note especially that some style guides violate this principle. On Wikipedia, for example, the full stop must appear before footnotes whether or not those footnotes apply solely to the final word or phrase, or to the complete sentence.

News articles are not scientific or philosophic articles, and should neither include commentary nor non-essential links. See the Style Guide, specifically Numbered annotations.

foreign immigration

Meaningless phrase; excise on every occasion.

foreign places

Use the spelling at en.Wiktionary first, en.Wikipedia second. Where there is dispute, choose the Latin script of the legal government of the country. For a less-directive guide, see spelling.

foreign words

Prefer English phrases and words over non-English. Terms which have come into reasonably regular English usage are used without italics, including diacritics, in regular Latin fonts. All others should be italicized. Avoid pretentious use.

forensic

Relates primarily to the use of science and technology to establish facts in debate, especially in court. In particular, a forensic expert is a witness entering evidence for the court.

"friendly fire"

In quotes in headings, and at first mention in articles.

full stop

Properly speaking, the full stop is a dot (or period) concluding the expression of a complete sentence. Any super- or sub-scripted typography (primarily footnotes/endnotes) immediately following the full stop apply to the entire sentence.

further

In addition, as in a further point. Further is not comparative; for that use farther