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* Officially all English games use American English over any other variant of English. Therefore, American spellings should be used rather than British ones in all Bulbapedia articles. Exceptions are made if the spelling is officially the British one, such as in [[Décor|Catalogue]]. | * Officially all English games use American English over any other variant of English. Therefore, American spellings should be used rather than British ones in all Bulbapedia articles. Exceptions are made if the spelling is officially the British one, such as in [[Décor|Catalogue]]. | ||
* The Pokémon games include 's when using singular possessives ending in s. Therefore, while it is correct to either omit or include the s after the apostrophe in these cases, Bulbapedia follows the games' convention and appends the s. For example, Iris's should be used, not Iris'. | |||
* The Pokémon games utilize the {{wp|serial comma}} where applicable; as such, Bulbapedia follows this convention and also utlizes the serial comma. | |||
* The word Pokémon is always capitalized, as well as the names of Pokémon species. So are nouns starting with "Poké", such as [[Pokégear]], [[PokéNav]] and [[Poké Flute]]. Note, however, that there is no one common trend for spelling of words beginning with "Poké"—they can be written as a compound word, with the second part of the word capitalized or uncapitalized, or as two words with the second word capitalized. Also note that this applies to many nouns starting with "Pokémon", such as with [[Pokémon Trainer]]. | * The word Pokémon is always capitalized, as well as the names of Pokémon species. So are nouns starting with "Poké", such as [[Pokégear]], [[PokéNav]] and [[Poké Flute]]. Note, however, that there is no one common trend for spelling of words beginning with "Poké"—they can be written as a compound word, with the second part of the word capitalized or uncapitalized, or as two words with the second word capitalized. Also note that this applies to many nouns starting with "Pokémon", such as with [[Pokémon Trainer]]. | ||
* The plural of "Pokémon" is "Pokémon", as is the plural of every Pokémon species the same as the singular, much like {{wp|moose}} or {{wp|sheep}}. | * The plural of "Pokémon" is "Pokémon", as is the plural of every Pokémon species the same as the singular, much like {{wp|moose}} or {{wp|sheep}}. | ||