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6/01/2009

The Economist style guide

This guide is based on the style book which is given to all journalists at The Economist. (See also our Johnson columns.)

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

The write stuff
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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


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