![]() ![]() And do NOT use with indirect quotes (eg "He added that this was the end of the road.") Avoid CE (Common Era) unless justified by a particular historical, religious or academic context.Īs in: " This is the end of the road," he added. Should be used sparingly acceptable only if it really is the last addition to a set of quotes. It goes before the year (eg AD800) - with no gap. (in the year of the Lord) ie unpunctuated. The same logic applies for a parliamentary bill ie lower case if non-specific, initial cap if named. Use lower case unless you are naming a specific act - eg: He argued for a new government act on petrol taxes because, he said, the Finance Act had proved a disaster. Actors is fine if describing a mixed group: A number of people at the theatre were treated for smoke inhalation, including several of the actors. Using the term "actress" (or comedienne) is OK. When abbreviating a phrase, rather than a name or title, use lower case (ie lbw, mph). Seasonal Affective Disorder becomes SAD ("Sad" would be confusing).įor names with initials, we avoid full stops and spaces (ie JK Rowling and WH Smith).Strategic Health Authority becomes SHA ("Sha" looks like a typo).The UK Independence Party is capped up ie UKIP.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is capped up ie NICE.However, our style is to use lower case with an initial cap for acronyms where you would normally pronounce the set of letters as a word (eg Sars, Mers, Aids, Nafta, Nasa, Opec, Apec). Where you would normally pronounce the abbreviation as a string of letters - an initialism - use all capitals with no full stops or spaces (eg FA, UNHCR). Otherwise, spell it out in full at first reference, or introduce a label (eg the public sector union Unite). Use the abbreviated form of a title without explanation only if there is no chance of any misunderstanding (eg UN, Nato, IRA, BBC). May be incorrect in specific cases (alkali) fine as a generic (Collisions involve two or more moving objects they cannot involve something stationary.) Err on the side of caution and use collided with/ was in collision with. But we don't use them on accented words that have passed into English, such as "cafe", "facade", "fiancee".įor legal reasons, be careful about saying one vehicle "hit" another. We do use some accents on foreign names - umlauts, tildes etc on French, German, Spanish and Portuguese personal and placenames. ![]() (ie initial cap only) NB: it is not the government's Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. (Radical Palestinian-Jordanian cleric.) He remains Abu Qatada at second reference. Never shorten the name to "Hamza", even in a headline. Give full name at first mention subsequently Ba'asyir.Īt first mention only, spell out his full name - thereafter he can be referred to as Abu Hamza. And use anti-abortion rather than pro-life, except where it is part of the title of a group's name.Ī Muslim cleric, alleged spiritual leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiah, convicted of charges relating to the bombings in Bali and at the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. See also Indigenous Australians.Īvoid pro-abortion, and use pro-choice instead. Use a cap ( Aboriginal) if the reference is to the Indigenous Australians but note the term excludes Torres Strait Islander people and culture otherwise, aboriginal. Means indigenous earliest known inhabitants of a particular country. In feature-type pieces it would be acceptable to use both terms. (Palestinian Authority president.) We should call him Mahmoud Abbas alone, unless he is referred to in a quotation as Abu Mazen, when we can use the formula "Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen" to explain. You use "a" with consonant sounds (eg: unicorn), including words beginning with an "h" which is pronounced (eg: hat, hotel). Use "an" before any word or abbreviation beginning with a vowel sound, including words beginning with a silent "h" (as far as we know there are only four of these: hour, honour, heir, honest and their derivatives). ![]()
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