Moon, moon
Upper case when referring to Earth’s Moon, lower case for the moons of other planets
style
multi
The prefix "multi" does not take a hyphen.
multiband
multibeam
multichannel
multidimensional
multidisciplinary
multiframe
multifrequency
multilateral
multilingual
multimedia
multinational
multipath
multiplex
multipurpose
MW
megawatts
mW
milliwatts
names
Use the full name on first mention, just the surname thereafter. Do not use titles:
John Smith is leading the particle-accelerator team. "I hope to accelerate lots of particles," says Smith.
For middle initials, add a full stop and a space after each capital letter:
E. O. Wilson is a famous evolutionary biologist.
nationalities
Use a capital letter when writing the names of places and words relating to them:
Africa, African
China, Chinese
England, Englishman
France, He speaks French
See capital letters
nature
not capitalised
ndash
Use "ndashes" – like these – to separate clauses in sentences. The HTML code to use is –
Use hyphens elsewhere (compound adjectives, for example).
The particle detector – housed in a custom-built cavern 100 metres below ground – is made up of concentric subdetectors.
nearby
One word, whether adjective or adverb: the pub nearby; the nearby pub
Nobel prize
Capitals for specific titles: Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, etc.
But: "She won a Nobel prize".
Nobel laureate
See nobelprize.org for detailed information about Nobel laureates, including biographies and full transcriptions of their acceptance speeches.
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