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Name a Seat: ongoing campaign to name seats in the concert hall of the Bailey Performance Center.

• Note lowercase “a.”
• Note that “campaign” is not part of the complete name and, therefore, if used, should not be capitalized <The Name a Seat campaign is a fundraiser for the music department.>.

native-born (adj.): refers to someone who was born in a particular country.

• When referring to someone born in the United States, “native-born” is the proper term, not “native American.” (AP)

Native American

• Use “American Indian” unless “Native American” is used in a quote or as part an organization’s name. (AP)
• See also American Indian and native-born.

The New Faces of Kennesaw State University: complete name of KSU’s current fundraising campaign.

• Subsequent reference is “New Faces capital campaign.” (KSU)

New York City

• When used in a press release or article for publication, use “New York City.”
• Format for résumés, vitas or other citations is “New York, N.Y.”
• Avoid using “NYC.”
• See also NYC.

newspaper titles

• Capitalize and set in roman type; do not enclose in quotation marks. (AP)
• See also periodical titles.

news release format

• Visit the press release archive at www.kennesaw.edu/arts/COTA_News/release_archive.shtml, or see writers’ handbook provided by the College of the Arts public relations office.

No.: capitalized abbreviation for “number” when followed by a figure to indicate position or rank.

• The numeral that follows “No.” is always written in Arabic <Bach’s Symphony No. 3. This venue is now the No. 1 choice.>. (AP)

nonprofit (noun and adj.)

• Unhyphenated in both noun and adjectival uses.
• Not synonymous with “not for profit.” (AP)
• See also not for profit.

noon

• Don’t precede with “12.”
• To avoid misinterpretation, COTA style is to use “noon” or “midnight” instead of “12:00 a.m.” or “12:00 p.m.” (AP; CMS 9.43, likelihood of misinterpretation)

not for profit (noun), not-for-profit (adj.)

• Unhyphenated when used as noun; hyphenated when used as an adjective.
• Not synonymous with nonprofit. (AP)
• See also nonprofit.

numbers, cardinal

• General rule is to spell out whole numbers less than 10; use Arabic numerals for 10 and higher <There were five longer plays on Friday and 10 one-act plays on Saturday.>.
• Some exceptions applicable to COTA include acts, ages, course numbers, dates, decades, No., percent, scene numbers, telephone, times and years. (AP)

numbers, ordinal

• Spell out first through ninth when they indicate sequence in time or location; starting with 10th, use Arabic numerals.
• Do not superscript -st, -nd, -rd or –th.
• Use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc. when the sequence has been assigned in forming names <The first performance in the Bailey Performance Center was done by the music department. The 61st Annual Conference was held in Chicago, Ill.>. (AP)

NYC

• Avoid using this as an acronym for New York City. (AP)
• See also New York.

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