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lectures — Capitalize and place in quotes lecture series and individual lectures within the series.

The Shirley Coastley Distinguished Lecture Series began last month. Its first lecture, “Be Your Own Boss,” was a tremendous success.

lectern, podium, rostrum — A speaker stands behind a lectern, on a podium or rostrum.

legislature — Capitalize when preceded by the names of a state: the Texas Legislature. Retain capitalization when the state’s name is dropped. Lowercase legislature when used generically or in plural references. Capitalize names of bodies within the legislature when preceded by the name of a state: Texas House of Representatives, Texas Senate

The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas.

library, libraries — UH’s main library is the MD Anderson Memorial Library. UH also has branch libraries: the John M. O’Quinn Law Library; the William R. Jenkins Architecture, Design and Art Library; the Health Sciences Library; the Music Library; the Hospitality Industry Archives at Hilton College, located in the Massad Family Library and Archives; and the Weston A. Petty Optometry Library.

When referring to all of these libraries as one unit, use the word “libraries.” When referring to the MD Anderson Library (the word “Memorial” is often dropped), use the full name or just “library.” When referring to the branch libraries, unless you choose the full name, it’s “law library” or “optometry library,” etc., with lowercase names. The only exception would be capitalizing “Music Library” because that is the official name. See UH Libraries website for complete listing of UH libraries.

login, logon, logoff — one word when used as a noun. Use as two words in verb form: I log in to my computer.

-ly — Do not use a hyphen before words ending in “–ly” and adjectives they modify.


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