Please ensure that the following is done wherever necessary:

1. always make sure that an empty space follows all the following punctuation marks: (only 1 empty space by pressing the space bar)
! % & ) – = ] } ” ‘ : : > . , ?

2. for hyphenated words, please ensure there is no space before and after the hypen.
e.g. stop-gap, co-traveller, co-worker etc.

3. all short forms (abbreviations) should be followed by a full stop and a space.
eg. abbrev.
vs.
etc.
Mr.
Ms.

4. please do not abuse the existence of the apostrophe ( ‘ ). an apostrophe is used only for possessive – when something belong to someone or something.
eg.
David’s dog – this means the dog belonging to David
video’s list – this means the list that belong to the video section

for Plurals and for words/names that end with ‘S’ there need not be an apostrophe followed by an ‘S’, just apostrophe will do.
eg. Players’ jerseys, Demarcus’ shot – not Players’s jerseys or Demarcasus’s shot

5. please DO NOT use the apostrophe for plurals.
eg.
The dogs went running in the park – this means many dogs ran in the park (it should not be “The dog’s went running…” – this is incorrect)
The list of videos is not populated – this means that the list of videos (not video’s) is not populated. (it should not be “The list of video’s is not populated” – this is incorrect)

For some words like Sheep, data, information, news, furniture, the singular and plural are the same.

Check the words below to to find their plural.

Shot on Goal Shots on Goal
List Lists
Survey Surveys
Axis Axes

6. Please use the articles (a, an and the) also properly.
a will be used for all nouns/adjectives starting with a consonant. it should be a singular word.
eg. a dog, a noisy cat – not an dog or an noisy cat

an will be used for nouns/adjectives starting with a vowel. it should be a singular word.
eg. an ache, an ardent follower – not a ache or a ardent follower

the will be used for a definite word (either starting with a vowel or a consonant). it could be a singular or plural word.
eg. the Earth, the skies etc.

exceptions:
an will also be used wherever the word starts with a consonant, but is mute, giving place for the vowel (in the second letter) to be pronounced. it should be a singular word.
eg. an honourable intention, an honest worker – not a honourable or a honest

a will be sued for some words which start with a vowel but are pronounced without the vowel’s phonetic sound but actual sound – don’t know if I made much sense here. it should be a singular word.
eg. a university, a universe, a one rupee coin – not an university or an universe or an one rupee coin (if you notice the way ‘u’ is pronounced here is different to the ‘u’ in ‘umbrella’, ‘understanding’ etc. and the way ‘o’ is pronounced in ‘one’ in comparison to ‘o’ in ‘other’, ‘outsider’ etc.)

7. Capital Letters have to be used at the beginning of all sentences. You know when a sentence begins when: 1. it is the forst sentence of a paragraph or 2) it will be preceeded by a full stop from the end of the sentence before it.

Captial Letters should also be used for Proper Nouns (names, places, titles etc.)
eg. Anand, Chennai, Earth, Monday, December.