4.16 Work in progress:

Lists (these are by way of example, and not exhaustive)

Two words:

health care

the North East (but: northeastern states)

rain water

school children

One word:

bestseller (but best-selling)

filmmaker

landowner/ landholder/ landholding

lawmaker

policymaker

smallholder

Hyphenated:

bi-monthly

long-standing (but: “An agreement of long standing...” will not be hyphenated)

sub-divisional

Plural:

appendices (appendix singular)

forum or fora: both okay

Jargon (or words/terms to avoid as much as possible):

key players in the game

best practices

carved a niche for herself/himself

clear the decks

grassroots

heaved a sigh of relief

kudos

low-hanging fruit

nature’s fury

participatory research

plaudits

stakeholders

synergy