A
AARP
acronyms and abbreviations, possessives
abortion, adjectives
Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition
Achieva
African Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal Zion, Christian Methodist Episcopal
Airport Expressway
Alcosan
Aliquippa and similar names
alleged, allegedly
Allegheny and similar names
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Allegheny County Executive
Allegheny County Council
Allegheny County Police Department
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
AME, AME Zion
ARD
Army Corps of Engineers
assessed value
ATM
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Authority for Improvements in Municipalities
automatic (firearms)
awards, athletic
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B
bail
Beaver County Central Court
Beaver Valley I, Beaver Valley II
Benedum Center for the Performing Arts
bids
bio boxes
Black
blast
blood alcohol level
Bluff, the
Board of Assistance, Allegheny County
Board of Probation and Parole
Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review
borough
brackets
Bradford Woods
Breathalyzer
Broadhead/Brodhead
Brunots Island
Bucs
Building Inspection, Bureau of
bullets, in typography
Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement
busways
bylines, multiple
Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh
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C
care homes
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
cell phone
census areas
Central North Side
Central Northside Neighborhood Council
Chalfant, Chalfont, Chalfonte
Children, Youth and Families, Office of
church names
Citiparks
City Council districts, Pittsburgh
City-County Building
civil court
Clemente Park
closing arguments
CMU
coined verbs
college names
colonial
commas, use of with hometown or neighborhood
commonwealth
community colleges
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
complaint
compound modifiers
confab
Consol Energy Inc.
contracts, educational
Corrections, Department of
counties, identifying cities by
country music
courtesy titles
cq
Crime Victims Compensation Board
criminal conspiracy
criminal court
criminal homicide
Crime Stoppers
currently, presently
cutlines, wording
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D
datelines, Pennsylvania communities
David L. Lawrence Convention Center
day or date and time
district judge
Donaldson's Crossroads
Do Not Call list
Downtown
Duquesne Light Co.
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E
East End
Eastern Catholics
Edgewood Towne Centre
Edgar Thomson Plant
Eighty Four
Ellwood City
email
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F
fire companies, abbreviation
frack, fracking
Frazer
funeral service
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G
gas
GED
General Fund
General Mail Facility
geographic descriptions, Pennsylvania
Girty's Run
graffiti artist
Greentree Road
guarantees, loan
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H
hara-kiri
hard hat
hard-liner
hazmat
headlines
Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
Heinz History Center
held
Herrs Island
High Holy Days
highways, bridges
hoard, horde
home in, hone
home room
Homestead Grays Bridge
Homewood-Brushton
homicide
hospital list
host, v.
hotels
Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh
Humvee
Huntingdon, Huntington
hyphen, in compound modifiers
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I
Industrial Development Authority
infer, imply
insect
inside of, outside of
inter, intra
Insul-Brick
irony, ironic, ironically
Irvin Plant
italicized words for emphasis
its, it's
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J
jailed
jelly bean
Jewish congregations
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh
jibe
jitney
Judaism, expressions of
judge, justice
Judiciary guidelines
justice of the peace
juvenile court
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K
Kane Regional Centers
kids
kielbasa
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L
launch
LCB
Learjet
led
Legionnaires' disease
legislators list
LifeFlight
Light Rail Transit system
Light Up Night
like, such as
liquor control
loath, loathe
local government bodies
local government bodies, heads of
local government units, Pennsylvania
locales commonly misspelled
locations, postal designations
-long
Longue Vue Club
lower Hill, lower Hill District
Lutheran churches
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M
mace, v.
magistrate
magistrate judge
mailing addresses
Maintenance Department, county
Major League Baseball
malls
Marcellus Shale
Maronite Church
Mass, funeral
McArdle Roadway
McDonald
Meadows Racetrack and Casino, The
media
medical conditions
Medigap
Mental Health/Mental Retardation/Drug & Alcohol Program
Mexican War Streets
Mid Mon Valley
mill
minority
Mon-Fayette Expressway
Mosside Boulevard; Moss Side Elementary School; Moss Side Middle School
Mount Oliver
Mt. Lebanon
Mount Washington
municipalities, Pennsylvania
murder
Murrysville
myriad
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N
names
NAACP, Pittsburgh branch
National Aviary, the
nauseous, nauseated
neighborhoods
Neighborhood Legal Services Association
Net
nicknames
Night Court
North Huntingdon
North Shore
North Side
noted, v.
nuns
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O
opening statements
orthodox
Orthodox Christians
Orthodox Judaism
over
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P
Pa. after city or borough name
panhandles, geographical
paramedic
Pardons, Board of
park-n-ride
Parkway East, Parkway West, Parkway North
party
PAT
PEMA
PennDOT
Penn State University
Pennsylvania School Boards Association
Pennsylvania Economy League of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Turnpike
percent, percentage points
personality
PG Publishing Co.
pharmacist
PHEAA
Phipps Conservatory
pierogi, pierogies
Pittsburgh with team names
Pittsburgh Board of Public Education
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh City Charter
Pittsburgh City Council
Pittsburgh Expo Mart
Pittsburgh Filmmakers
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation
Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh Presbytery
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh Press, The
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Pittsburgh, University of
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Planned Parenthood/Pennsylvania affiliates
planning commission
playoff
plethora
Point, the
Port Authority of Allegheny County, the
pre-k
Presby
presently, currently
prices and fares
Probation and Parole, Board of
pronouns for animals
project (public housing)
protection-from-abuse order
provided
pseudo as prefix
public defender
Public Safety Department
Public Utility Commission, state
Public Welfare, state Department of
puns
pupils
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Q
quarter mile, quarter-mile, quarter-miler
queen
quotes, identifications in
quotations
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R
rash
RBI, RBIs
real estate tax
reckless endangerment
redundancy
reform
Reform Judaism
Regional Asset District
regions, Pennsylvania
reputed
revue, review
rob, steal
Rodef Shalom Congregation
roundball
rout, route
route numbers
rural delivery addresses
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S
Saint
Saints
SAT
School boards, capitalization of
settlements, lawsuit
Seven Springs Mountain Resort
sex discrimination
sewage, sewerage, sewer
sheriff's deputy
sheriff's sale
sister
slay
South Side
stable condition
State Ethics Commission
state names
state police
STAT MedEvac
state offices headed by individuals
State prison names
State System of Higher Education
state-related universities
such as, like
Sunshine Act
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T
Tamburitzans
Tea Party
teachers strike, teachers union
team names as adjectives
team names, college
team names, singular and plural
telephone numbers
then- with former officials
Three Rivers Arts Festival
time, date, place
tipstaves
titles
towboat
township
township board
Trib Total Media
Tribune-Review
Trisagion service
trooper
trucks
try to
tunnels
type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes
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U
unincorporated communities
United Steelworkers
United Way
units of statewide or national organizations
university names
UPMC
Urban League
U.S. with armed forces
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S. Steel Tower
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V
VASCAR
Veterans' Preference Act
vice
victim
Vietnam Veterans Monument
vocational-technical schools
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W
Wal-Mart
war game, war zone
ward
wards
Washington's Landing
Waterworks Mall
Web, website
Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League
West Liberty Avenue
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
wheelchair
Woodland Hills School District
workers' compensation, workmen's compensation
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Z
zeros, zeroes
Zoning Board of Adjustment
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