VISIT Economist's style guide..

To understand the structure of a style guide visit, The Economist's style guide available on the net.

This guide is based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist.

Introduction Metaphors Short words Unnecessary words Active, not passive Jargon Tone Journalese and slang Americanisms Syntax Some dos and don'ts Some common solecisms Abbreviations Accents Capitals People Organisations, acts, etc Places Political terms Historical periods Trade names Euro-terms e-expressions Miscellaneous (Upper case) Miscellaneous (Lower case) Figures Hyphens

Italics Plurals Punctuation Apostrophes Brackets Colons Commas Dashes Full stops Inverted commas Question-marks Semi-colons Singular or plural? Spelling Common problems Miscellaneous People Places Titles THE STYLE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN GRIMOND.

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