Your last sentence is correct but there is no code on ground placement, just common practice and it varies in different parts of the country. Here in St. Louis the standard is ground down for residential and ground up for commercial. I'm an IBEW Local 1 member and we pride ourselves on our finish work and always line screw up as philip d stated. A small few choose to do theirs horizontal but the norm is to do them vertical. This is for two reasons, the first is back in the day faceplates were painted and this would keep the paint from pooling in the screws. The other reason is so that women will not catch their nails in the screw slot when they go to flip a switch. And for the guys worried about the plates being tight, I wonder if you've messed with the newer unbreakable plates. If you tighten until completely tight your plate will be bowed and warped in the middle. You only need to snug them up, I've installed thousands and never had an issue with tightness yet.
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