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Symbols Used
Style-Guide Content
Spelling
Conventions
UK & US Spelling
Digraphs
Double Consonants before Suffixes
Diacritics
Italics
Hyphens
Hyphens in fractions
Hyphens with prefixes
Hyphens in compound adjectives
Hyphens and phrasal verbs
Hyphens and double consonants or vowels
Hyphens and multiple compounds
Punctuation
General guidelines
Full stops
Indirect questions
Elements in lists
Headings
Sentences ending in abbreviations with final point
Footnotes and endnotes
Colons
Common mistakes with colons
Other uses of colons
Semicolons
Main functions of semicolons
Alternatives to the semicolon
Using semicolons
Using semicolons in exceptional circumstances
Commas
Listing items in a series
Joining sentences
Setting off phrases
Other uses of commas
Dashes
Brackets
Round brackets
Square brackets
Question marks
Quotation marks
Exclamation marks
Apostrophes
Ellipsis points
Capitalisation
After a colon
Beginning of a sentence
Sentence capitals
Titles
Proper nouns
Titles and ranks
Geographical locations
Reference
Dates, periods and events
Languages and nationalities
Official documents
Education
Subjects, courses, degrees and disciplines
Chairs and knowledge areas
Grades
Academic periods
Public institutions and organisations
Abbreviations and Symbols
Forming abbreviations
Forming acronyms and initialisms
Forming contractions and truncations
Using abbreviations
Using acronyms and initialisms
Using contractions and truncations
Abbreviations and grammar
Abbreviations in a multilingual context
Symbols
Ampersands
Capitalisation and lowercasing
Multiplication signs
Percentages
Abbreviating units of measurement
Numbers
Writing out numbers
Numbers and punctuation
Numbers and units of measurement
Numbers and ranges
Time of day
Dates
Currencies
Billions
Telephone numbers
Gender
Third-person pronouns
Personal pronouns
Use of he or she
Indefinite pronouns
Use of you
Gender-neutral titles
Gender-neutral forms for referring to men and women
Re-gendering
Plural nouns
Collective nouns
Impersonal expressions
Use of Mr, Mrs and Ms
Gender and problematic words
Singular and plural
Words with unusual plural forms
Common problems with singular and plural
Collective nouns and the number of the verb
Collective nouns and the number of the verb
Nouns used as adjectives
Translation
Names
People’s names
Public figures
Historical figures
Place names
Place names in the Catalan-speaking territories
Rivers and lakes
Seas
Islands
Mountain ranges
Landmarks and buildings
Public institutions
Universities
Courses
Public lectures
Books, music and art
Awards
Museums
Political parties and unions
Official gazettes
Companies
Trade fairs and conferences
Forms of address
Currencies and measures
The word ‘web’ versus the word ‘internet’
Latin
Terms that have no established translation
Varieties of English
Writing in English
Structure
Sentences
Subjects and characters
Verb and actions
Verbs
Cohesion
Parallelism
The unofficial style
Concision
Reduce clauses
Delete superfluous words and phrases
Avoid nominalisations
Avoid overuse of expletives
Do not make vague attributions
Make direct statements
Do not hedge excessively
Summary
Tools for Text Production
Spell checkers
Grammar checkers, thesauruses and translation dictionaries
Automatic correction tools
Configuring language tools in your word processor
Special characters
Word wrap and word division
Character sets and encoding
Team projects and revision of texts
Online word processors and other online tools
Conclusions
Model Documents
Application
Model Application
Resolution
Model Resolution
Notification
Model Notification
Certificate
Model Certificate
Internal Certificate
Model Internal Certificate
Letter
Model Letter 1: Giving information
Model Letter 2: Asking for Information
E-Mail
Model E-Mail 1: Giving information
Model E-Mail 2: Asking for information
Agreement
Model Agreement
Appendices
Appendix 1: Common contractions, truncations and initialisms
Appendix 2: Guidelines and directives on the use of non-sexist language
Appendix 3: Unusual plural forms
Appendix 4: Latin terms with English equivalents
Reference Works
Links
Sentence capitals
Beginning of a sentence
After a colon
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