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saint Abbreviate as St. with names of saints, cities and other places. Exceptions: Saint John, New Brunswick; Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.; and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

St. Patrick Hospital and Health Sciences Center. St. Patrick Hospital is acceptable on second reference; St. Pat’s may be used informally.

scholar Capitalize formal names: Rhodes Scholar, Watkins Scholar, Fulbright Scholar, Presidential Scholar, Truman Scholar.

scholarships See awards, fellowships, scholarships entry.

School District 1 Includes grades K-12 in Missoula.

School of Law Alternatives : the law school, The University of Montana School of Law. Located in the Law Building.

schools See departments, offices, programs, schools entry.

Schreiber Gymnasium

seasons of the year In general, lowercase.

section Capitalize and use with figures when referring to a course: Education 495, Section 1; Political Science 456, Section 80. See course titles entry.

self- Always hyphenate: self-assured, self-defense.

-self The -self pronouns (himself, myself, themselves) always refer to a noun or pronoun already stated in the sentence: I hit myself. The students themselves did the work. Wrong: The award was presented to Tom, Dick and myself. See me, myself entry

semester Lowercase: fall semester 2005.

semi- See prefixes entry, but in general, no hyphen: semifinal, semiofficial, semi-invalid.

semicolon See Appendix A.

senior See junior, senior entry.

senior citizens Not "seniors." Use the term sparingly.

shutdown, shut down "Shutdown" is a noun: The factory shutdown put 1,000 employees out of work. "Shut down" is a verb: The engineer shut down the boilers to conserve fuel.

Skaggs School of Pharmacy

Sleven’s Island Part of the University-owned property at Fort Missoula.

smokejumper

Snowbowl

south campus Lowercase. Refers to the area along Maurice and South avenues that includes University Villages, the University Golf Course, Dornblaser Field and other playing fields.

South Campus Stadium The UM playing field for women's intercollegiate soccer. Located on South Avenue near its intersection with Higgins Avenue. 

SprinTurf Used in Washington-Grizzly Stadium.

states Use the following abbreviations in body copy, not in addresses, and use the abbreviations only when a city's name precedes a state's. Spell out a state's name if it stands alone. Always spell out Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Texas and Utah. See ZIP codes entry.

Ala.
Ariz.
Ark.
Calif.
Colo.
Conn.
Del.
Fla.
Ga.
Ill.
Ind.
Kan.
Ky.
La.
Md.
Mass.
Mich.
Minn.
Miss.
Mo.
Mont.
Neb.
Nev.
N.H.
N.J.
N.M.
N.Y.
N.C.
N.D.
Okla.
Ore.
Pa.
R.I.
S.C.
S.D.
Tenn.
Vt.
Va.
Wash.
W.Va.
Wis.
Wyo.

sub- See prefixes entry, but, in general, no hyphen: subculture, subtotal, subzero.

subjunctive mood Most often a change of "to be" verb to express a wish or a hypothetical, improbable or contrary-to-fact condition, commonly in "if" or "as if" clauses: I wish I were (not was) in Arizona. If I were (not was) you, I'd get that job done first.

Also used in "that" clauses after such verbs as "demand," "recommend," "move" and "suggest": I move that the minutes be (not are) approved. John demanded that he be (not is) reinstated as president.

When used with verbs other than "to be," the -s is dropped in the third-person singular present tense: Carrie suggested that James see (not sees) the film before passing judgment.

Some common expressions use subjunctive mood: far be it from me, be that as it may, as it were, God bless you.

suffixes Follow Webster's for words not in this style guide. If a word combination isn't listed there, use two words for the verb form and hyphenate adjective and noun forms.

Sugar Bears. Do not use. See The University of Montana Dance Team entry.

super- See prefixes entry, but in general, no hyphen: supercharge, superhighway.

Superfund site