Standards for Grammar, Spelling, etc. (Read this before spell-checking)

**Great Sage** · Jan 18th, 2008, 5:13:43 PM

http://www.smogon.com/articles/grammar_standards

CAPITALIZATION

Stats (Attack, Special Defense, etc.) are capitalized.
Pseudo-stats (accuracy, evasion) are not capitalized.
Types are capitalized; additionally, when a type name is directly followed by the word "type", as in "Normal-type", a hyphen is used.
"Critical hit" is not capitalized.
Status (paralysis, sleep, etc.) is not capitalized.
Pseudo-status (confusion, etc.) is not capitalized.
"Berry" is always capitalized, even when used without a specific name.
Weather (sun, rain, etc.) is not capitalized.
"Physical" is not capitalized. "Special" is not capitalized when not referring to a stat e.g. "Azelf has 125 base Special Attack" but "Flamethrower is a special attack". When saying something is "physically defensive" or "specially defensive", physical and special are not capitalized.
"Defenses" is not capitalized.
"Substitute" (when referring to the move or the doll created by using the move) is always capitalized.
"Pokemon" (just ignore the "e" situation) is always capitalized.
Conditions, such as "Gyarados was Thunderbolted", are capitalized.
Any move or ability that is a single, 12-letter word consisting of two words appended with each other (Thunderpunch, Dynamicpunch, etc.) are written like so in DP: ThunderPunch, DynamicPunch, etc.
Other abilities or attacks that consist of two words but that fit the 12-letter restriction (Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Mold Breaker, etc.) are written with a space in between and with both words having an initial capital letter.
There are some exceptions to these two rules. The following are the correct way of writing the particular word:
- DoubleSlap, SolarBeam, Superpower, Selfdestruct, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Tailwind, Softboiled, SmokeScreen, BubbleBeam, Lightningrod, Compoundeyes.
- This list is not exhaustive; I'm still searching for more exceptions.
All attacks having a dash (Double-Edge, Wake-Up Slap, X-Scissor, etc.) are written with the word after the dash also capitalized. U-turn is the only exception to this rule.
Ho-oh is spelled Ho-Oh.
Tiers are capitalized (Ubers, Overused, Underused, etc). The second word isn't capitalized.
Community created terms such as "speed tier" are not capitalized, but Nintendo created terms such as "Base Power" are capitalized as they would be in-game. "speed tie" is another example of a community created term.
Set names are capitalized in set comments (Physical Attacker, Nasty Plot Sweeper, etc.).
"Nature" is not capitalized (Adamant nature, not Adamant Nature).
Pokemon roles such as sweeper, phazer, staller, special wall, etc. are not capitalized.
When referring to the combination of Rest and Sleep Talk, use RestTalk.
"Suspect" is not capitalized when referring to a Pokemon (Garchomp is a suspect.), but it is capitalized when referring to the Suspect metagame.
"Dual screens" is not capitalized.
"Bulky" is not capitalized when it prefixes a type (bulky Water-type).

GRAMMAR

Smogon uses the serial comma (the comma before "and" in a list). (I went to the store with Bob, Jane, and Mike.).
For unbracketed asides, use the em dash and no spaces (—). (Mareep—that is to say, the entire evolution family—is extremely cute.)
Hidden Power Type, not Hidden Power [Type].
The plural of a Pokemon is identical to the singular of that Pokemon. One Blissey, two Blissey. Never two Blisseys.
OHKOes as the verb form (Salamence OHKOes Alakazam.) and OHKOs as a plural noun (Salamence scores many OHKOs.). OHKOed is the past tense (Salamence OHKOed Alakazam).
Always append 's to a noun when signifying a singular possessive (My Latias's Soul Dew) or plural possessive that doesn't end in s (Lucario's Swords Dance), and simply a ' when signifying a plural possesive for a word that ends in s (All Latios' Draco Meteor).
When listing multiple types, use a hyphen after each type (Water-, Flying-, and Normal-types).
When listing effectiveness of attacks, the number goes before the x ("Earthquake is 2x super effective on Lucario") + ("Ice Beam is 4x super effective on Salamence").
Pokemon are referred to as "people". Meaning, you use the pronoun "who" instead of "which" or "that".
Smogon uses the American English spelling of words (favor, minimized, maximized, etc.).
"Outspeed" is a term generally accepted by the Pokemon community, meaning "to move first in battle".
The past tense of "to EV" is "EVed".

SPELLING

"Super effective" is neither hyphenated nor capitalized.
Rotom and Deoxys formes, not forms.
The standards for forme names are as follows: Wormadam-G, Wormadam-S, Shaymin-S, Deoxys-S, Deoxys-A, Deoxys-D, and Rotom-A (where A is C for the lawn mower, H for the toaster, W for the washer, F for the refrigerator, S for the fan, and A for the five formes in general).
Use "switch-in" when referring to a Pokemon that often switches in on another (Scizor is a common switch-in to Latias.).
Do not use a hyphen when using "switch in" as a verb.

ABBREVIATIONS

The standard term for the double battle metagame is 2v2.
Use DPP as an abbreviation of Diamond / Pearl / Platinum.
"an OHKO", not "a OHKO" (pronounce it oh-aitch-kay-oh and it will make sense).

Aldaron · Jan 18th, 2008, 5:30:56 PM

This is very minor, but I had this question before: OHKO, and 2HKO are always capitalized.

**chaos** · Jan 18th, 2008, 5:33:34 PM

Thanks, this is helpful.

**zerowing** · Jan 18th, 2008, 6:47:11 PM

Awesome, I know people do their own thing so uniform capitalization rules will help keep everything the same.

**Max** · Jan 18th, 2008, 7:32:13 PM

I've always capitalized things like Sleep and Burn—I guess I should stop.

Good job, Great Sage

EDIT: I really like to capitalize stuff like Paralysis though; can't we just keep it like that? :/

**Mekkah** · Jan 18th, 2008, 7:46:09 PM

Will there be a bot for this?

**obi** · Jan 18th, 2008, 11:04:58 PM

This whole time statuses weren't supposed to be capitalized... Hmmm

**Blue Kirby** · Jan 18th, 2008, 11:06:53 PM

Yeah, I consistently capitalized status effects. Thanks for this, I'll definitely be referring to it a lot.

**X-Act** · Jan 19th, 2008, 3:19:28 AM

I have to ask this.

Why is everyone editing words such as "Thunderpunch" as "ThunderPunch" in the DP analyses? I'm sure they are not spelled that way in the games.

**Jibaku** · Jan 19th, 2008, 8:05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat X-Act

I have to ask this.

Why is everyone editing words such as "Thunderpunch" as "ThunderPunch" in the DP analyses? I'm sure they are not spelled that way in the games.

To answer your question, I opened up my English Diamond and looked into Electivire

It's spelled ThunderPunch, not Thunderpunch

**Mekkah** · Jan 19th, 2008, 8:21:17 AM

If we're going to stick to the game, alright, but I do think SolarBeam and ThunderPunch look really stupid. That said, good job putting up a list.

**chaos** · Jan 19th, 2008, 3:11:42 PM

ThunderPunch and SolarBeam are correct. They changed the capitalization in DP.

**Taylor** · Jan 19th, 2008, 3:59:40 PM

Thankyou for this Great Sage, I will be sticking to this from now on.

Dragontamer · Jan 19th, 2008, 5:25:13 PM

A couple of questions:

What about Pokemon? When Pokemon refers to the game, it probably should be capitalized, but what about the creatures? Like... Azelf is a pokemon, or is it Azelf is a Pokemon?

And of course, the "obvious" ones should be listed, I don't think there is a problem with this list getting to long yet so might as well err on the "too many are listed" side.

*All attacks should be capitalized.
*All pokemon names should be capitalized.

Perhaps attacks consisting of two or more words should be specifically capitalized in PascalCase? IE: SolarBeam, SunnyDay, etc. etc.

**Great Sage** · Jan 19th, 2008, 5:31:07 PM

I'll add in the part about "Pokemon". As for PascalCase, also sure. I'm not going to do attacks or Pokemon names, though, because of the extremity to which they are obvious.

**chaos** · Jan 19th, 2008, 5:37:44 PM

Damnit guys, ThunderPunch is how it's spelled in DP. In other games, it isn't written Thunderpunch, it's written THUNDERPUNCH. There isn't any controversy over it.

**X-Act** · Jan 20th, 2008, 5:34:14 AM

Now look what happened. I shouldn't have brought up the question in the first place.

To avoid confusion:

Any move or ability that is a single, 12-letter word consisting of two words appended with each other (Compoundeyes, Thunderpunch, Dynamicpunch, etc.) are written like so in DP: CompoundEyes, ThunderPunch, DynamicPunch, etc.
Other abilities or attacks that consist of two words but that fit the 12-letter restriction (Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Mold Breaker, etc.) are written with a space in between and with both words having an initial capital letter.
All attacks having a dash (Wake-Up Slap, X-Scissor, etc.) are written with the word after the dash also capitalised. U-turn is the only exception to this rule.
There are further exceptions to the first two rules. The following are the correct way of writing the particular attack:
- DoubleSlap, SolarBeam, Selfdestruct, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Tailwind, Softboiled, SmokeScreen, BubbleBeam
- This list is not exhaustive; I'm still searching for more exceptions.

Magic Umbreon · Jan 20th, 2008, 7:54:03 AM

Un-nicknamed and wild Pokémon's names are capitalised as are place names.

green_flash · Jan 20th, 2008, 9:17:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat X-Act

[*]All attacks having a dash (Wake-Up Slap, X-Scissor, etc.) are written with the word after the dash also capitalised. U-turn is the only exception to this rule.

Double-edge, also.

**Mekkah** · Mar 20th, 2008, 6:55:40 AM

I stickied this now, it seems very useful to refer back to.

Also, I think tiers should go completely uncapitalized when not abbreviated (uber, overused, borderline, underused, never used (or neverused?)).

**obi** · Mar 22nd, 2008, 3:06:01 PM

In lists with more than two things, it should be written in the format

I went to the store with Bob, Jane, and Mike.

We use the comma before "and" on Smogon.

**Mekkah** · Mar 22nd, 2008, 5:40:40 PM

Posted this sorta before itt but whatever: Terms that "we" invented, how are we going to spell and capitalize them? Proposing:

uber
overused
borderline
underused
neverused / never used (not sure on this one)

counter

Also, if a move is used on a Pokemon, describing the condition of that Pokemon would be capitalized as well, in my opinion.

Gyarados gets Thunderbolted.
You have no fear of a Disabled or Tormented Choice Bander.

**darkie** · Mar 22nd, 2008, 5:44:58 PM

I think the tiers should go:

Uber
Overused
Borderline
Underused
Never-used

counter is lowercase.

Seconding the condition part.

**Great Sage** · Mar 22nd, 2008, 6:41:33 PM

I prefer to capitalize tiers, but I'll wait for a bit more input on that. I'll add the condition stuff.

TheMaskedNitpicker · Mar 23rd, 2008, 12:12:06 PM

Actually, the 'eyes' in Compoundeyes isn't capitalized ingame, oddly enough. Neither is the 'rod' in Lightningrod. The 'Edge' in Double-Edge is capitalized, however.

Jan 18th, 2008, 5:13:43 PM	#1
Great Sage keep your grubby government hands off my medicare Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 4,897	Standards for Grammar, Spelling, etc. (Read this before spell-checking) http://www.smogon.com/articles/grammar_standards CAPITALIZATION Stats (Attack, Special Defense, etc.) are capitalized. Pseudo-stats (accuracy, evasion) are not capitalized. Types are capitalized; additionally, when a type name is directly followed by the word "type", as in "Normal-type", a hyphen is used. "Critical hit" is not capitalized. Status (paralysis, sleep, etc.) is not capitalized. Pseudo-status (confusion, etc.) is not capitalized. "Berry" is always capitalized, even when used without a specific name. Weather (sun, rain, etc.) is not capitalized. "Physical" is not capitalized. "Special" is not capitalized when not referring to a stat e.g. "Azelf has 125 base Special Attack" but "Flamethrower is a special attack". When saying something is "physically defensive" or "specially defensive", physical and special are not capitalized. "Defenses" is not capitalized. "Substitute" (when referring to the move or the doll created by using the move) is always capitalized. "Pokemon" (just ignore the "e" situation) is always capitalized. Conditions, such as "Gyarados was Thunderbolted", are capitalized. Any move or ability that is a single, 12-letter word consisting of two words appended with each other (Thunderpunch, Dynamicpunch, etc.) are written like so in DP: ThunderPunch, DynamicPunch, etc. Other abilities or attacks that consist of two words but that fit the 12-letter restriction (Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Mold Breaker, etc.) are written with a space in between and with both words having an initial capital letter. There are some exceptions to these two rules. The following are the correct way of writing the particular word: DoubleSlap, SolarBeam, Superpower, Selfdestruct, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Tailwind, Softboiled, SmokeScreen, BubbleBeam, Lightningrod, Compoundeyes. This list is not exhaustive; I'm still searching for more exceptions. All attacks having a dash (Double-Edge, Wake-Up Slap, X-Scissor, etc.) are written with the word after the dash also capitalized. U-turn is the only exception to this rule. Ho-oh is spelled Ho-Oh. Tiers are capitalized (Ubers, Overused, Underused, etc). The second word isn't capitalized. Community created terms such as "speed tier" are not capitalized, but Nintendo created terms such as "Base Power" are capitalized as they would be in-game. "speed tie" is another example of a community created term. Set names are capitalized in set comments (Physical Attacker, Nasty Plot Sweeper, etc.). "Nature" is not capitalized (Adamant nature, not Adamant Nature). Pokemon roles such as sweeper, phazer, staller, special wall, etc. are not capitalized. When referring to the combination of Rest and Sleep Talk, use RestTalk. "Suspect" is not capitalized when referring to a Pokemon (Garchomp is a suspect.), but it is capitalized when referring to the Suspect metagame. "Dual screens" is not capitalized. "Bulky" is not capitalized when it prefixes a type (bulky Water-type). GRAMMAR Smogon uses the serial comma (the comma before "and" in a list). (I went to the store with Bob, Jane, and Mike.). For unbracketed asides, use the em dash and no spaces (—). (Mareep—that is to say, the entire evolution family—is extremely cute.) Hidden Power Type, not Hidden Power [Type]. The plural of a Pokemon is identical to the singular of that Pokemon. One Blissey, two Blissey. Never two Blisseys. OHKOes as the verb form (Salamence OHKOes* Alakazam.) and OHKOs as a plural noun (Salamence scores many OHKOs.). OHKOed is the past tense (Salamence OHKOed Alakazam). Always append 's to a noun when signifying a singular possessive (My Latias's Soul Dew) or plural possessive that doesn't end in s (Lucario's Swords Dance), and simply a ' when signifying a plural possesive for a word that ends in s (All Latios' Draco Meteor). When listing multiple types, use a hyphen after each type (Water-, Flying-, and Normal-types). When listing effectiveness of attacks, the number goes before the x ("Earthquake is 2x super effective on Lucario") + ("Ice Beam is 4x super effective on Salamence"). Pokemon are referred to as "people". Meaning, you use the pronoun "who" instead of "which" or "that". Smogon uses the American English spelling of words (favor, minimized, maximized, etc.). "Outspeed" is a term generally accepted by the Pokemon community, meaning "to move first in battle". The past tense of "to EV" is "EVed". SPELLING* "Super effective" is neither hyphenated nor capitalized. Rotom and Deoxys formes, not forms. The standards for forme names are as follows: Wormadam-G, Wormadam-S, Shaymin-S, Deoxys-S, Deoxys-A, Deoxys-D, and Rotom-A (where A is C for the lawn mower, H for the toaster, W for the washer, F for the refrigerator, S for the fan, and A for the five formes in general). Use "switch-in" when referring to a Pokemon that often switches in on another (Scizor is a common switch-in* to Latias.). Do not use a hyphen when using "switch in" as a verb. ABBREVIATIONS* The standard term for the double battle metagame is 2v2. Use DPP as an abbreviation of Diamond / Pearl / Platinum. "an OHKO", not "a OHKO" (pronounce it oh-aitch-kay-oh and it will make sense). __________________ Last edited by mingot; Jan 11th, 2010 at 2:32:59 PM. Reason: made example clearer in genitive rule

Jan 18th, 2008, 5:33:34 PM	#3
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Jan 18th, 2008, 7:32:13 PM	#5
Max I'm not going to Raichu a love song Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,229	I've always capitalized things like Sleep and Burn—I guess I should stop. Good job, Great Sage EDIT: I really like to capitalize stuff like Paralysis though; can't we just keep it like that? :/ Last edited by Max; Jan 18th, 2008 at 8:41:53 PM.

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Jan 18th, 2008, 5:30:56 PM	#2
Aldaron Champion of Progress Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,902	This is very minor, but I had this question before: OHKO, and 2HKO are always capitalized.

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Jan 19th, 2008, 3:19:28 AM	#9
X-Act np: Biffy Clyro - Shock Shock Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Malta Posts: 4,613	I have to ask this. Why is everyone editing words such as "Thunderpunch" as "ThunderPunch" in the DP analyses? I'm sure they are not spelled that way in the games. __________________ http://users.smogon.com/X-Act For all your Pokemon needs (and more!) including: the Defensive EVs applet, the Probabilities of Breeding IVs in Pokemon applet, and the Ratings of Pokemon Base Stats applet (now Version 2.0!). And also the IV to PID applet!

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Mekkah hire a professional Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My rims never spin, to the contrary, you'll find that they're quite stationairy Posts: 11,641	If we're going to stick to the game, alright, but I do think SolarBeam and ThunderPunch look really stupid. That said, good job putting up a list. __________________ [15:31:25] <+Jimbo> I was told to stop doing admins [15:31:27] * +Jimbo whistles Join my Mafia Player and/or Fire Emblem Group!

Jan 19th, 2008, 3:11:42 PM	#12
chaos hello Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,131	ThunderPunch and SolarBeam are correct. They changed the capitalization in DP. __________________ Christopher Monsanto - more soul than a sock with a hole.

Jan 19th, 2008, 3:59:40 PM	#13
Taylor cry in training, laugh in battle... Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: England Posts: 2,689	Thankyou for this Great Sage, I will be sticking to this from now on.

Jan 19th, 2008, 5:25:13 PM	#14
Dragontamer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,768	A couple of questions: What about Pokemon? When Pokemon refers to the game, it probably should be capitalized, but what about the creatures? Like... Azelf is a pokemon, or is it Azelf is a Pokemon? And of course, the "obvious" ones should be listed, I don't think there is a problem with this list getting to long yet so might as well err on the "too many are listed" side. All attacks should be capitalized. All pokemon names should be capitalized. Perhaps attacks consisting of two or more words should be specifically capitalized in PascalCase? IE: SolarBeam, SunnyDay, etc. etc. __________________ Defense Tiers and Attack Tiers -- SkarmCents and BlissCents --- M i n o r Works --- Enlarged Avatar

Jan 19th, 2008, 5:31:07 PM	#15
Great Sage keep your grubby government hands off my medicare Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 4,897	I'll add in the part about "Pokemon". As for PascalCase, also sure. I'm not going to do attacks or Pokemon names, though, because of the extremity to which they are obvious. __________________ Last edited by Great Sage; Jan 19th, 2008 at 5:34:34 PM.

Jan 19th, 2008, 5:37:44 PM	#16
chaos hello Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,131	Damnit guys, ThunderPunch is how it's spelled in DP. In other games, it isn't written Thunderpunch, it's written THUNDERPUNCH. There isn't any controversy over it. __________________ Christopher Monsanto - more soul than a sock with a hole.

Jan 20th, 2008, 5:34:14 AM	#17
X-Act np: Biffy Clyro - Shock Shock Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Malta Posts: 4,613	Now look what happened. I shouldn't have brought up the question in the first place. To avoid confusion: Any move or ability that is a single, 12-letter word consisting of two words appended with each other (Compoundeyes, Thunderpunch, Dynamicpunch, etc.) are written like so in DP: CompoundEyes, ThunderPunch, DynamicPunch, etc. Other abilities or attacks that consist of two words but that fit the 12-letter restriction (Sunny Day, Zen Headbutt, Mold Breaker, etc.) are written with a space in between and with both words having an initial capital letter. All attacks having a dash (Wake-Up Slap, X-Scissor, etc.) are written with the word after the dash also capitalised. U-turn is the only exception to this rule. There are further exceptions to the first two rules. The following are the correct way of writing the particular attack: DoubleSlap, SolarBeam, Selfdestruct, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Tailwind, Softboiled, SmokeScreen, BubbleBeam This list is not exhaustive; I'm still searching for more exceptions. __________________ http://users.smogon.com/X-Act For all your Pokemon needs (and more!) including: the Defensive EVs applet, the Probabilities of Breeding IVs in Pokemon applet, and the Ratings of Pokemon Base Stats applet (now Version 2.0!). And also the IV to PID applet! Last edited by X-Act; Jan 20th, 2008 at 6:31:57 AM.

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Mar 20th, 2008, 6:55:40 AM	#20
Mekkah hire a professional Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My rims never spin, to the contrary, you'll find that they're quite stationairy Posts: 11,641	I stickied this now, it seems very useful to refer back to. Also, I think tiers should go completely uncapitalized when not abbreviated (uber, overused, borderline, underused, never used (or neverused?)). __________________ [15:31:25] <+Jimbo> I was told to stop doing admins [15:31:27] * +Jimbo whistles Join my Mafia Player and/or Fire Emblem Group! Last edited by Mekkah; Mar 20th, 2008 at 3:48:34 PM.

Mar 22nd, 2008, 3:06:01 PM	#21
obi is a contrarian grammarian Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,898	In lists with more than two things, it should be written in the format I went to the store with Bob, Jane, and Mike. We use the comma before "and" on Smogon. __________________ "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." - Sun Tzu

Mar 22nd, 2008, 5:40:40 PM	#22
Mekkah hire a professional Administrator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: My rims never spin, to the contrary, you'll find that they're quite stationairy Posts: 11,641	Posted this sorta before itt but whatever: Terms that "we" invented, how are we going to spell and capitalize them? Proposing: uber overused borderline underused neverused / never used (not sure on this one) counter Also, if a move is used on a Pokemon, describing the condition of that Pokemon would be capitalized as well, in my opinion. Gyarados gets Thunderbolted. You have no fear of a Disabled or Tormented Choice Bander. __________________ [15:31:25] <+Jimbo> I was told to stop doing admins [15:31:27] * +Jimbo whistles Join my Mafia Player and/or Fire Emblem Group!

Mar 22nd, 2008, 5:44:58 PM	#23
darkie toto, we're not in kanto anymore.... Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 4,114	I think the tiers should go: Uber Overused Borderline Underused Never-used counter is lowercase. Seconding the condition part. __________________

Mar 22nd, 2008, 6:41:33 PM	#24
Great Sage keep your grubby government hands off my medicare Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 4,897	I prefer to capitalize tiers, but I'll wait for a bit more input on that. I'll add the condition stuff. __________________

Mar 23rd, 2008, 12:12:06 PM	#25
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