Stylebook
Want to know how an online article should be structured? Use this example. It has all the component parts you need to follow.
Remember the limitations of spellcheck systems. They can’t spot misused homophones.
In journalism, never use italics for titles of books, reports, newspapers, magazines, plays, films, albums, paintings one-off broadcasts, serials and series.
Prefer Welsh spellings such as Caernarfon and Conwy to old-fashioned anglicised versions (Caernarvon, Conway) – although there are exceptions, such as Cardiff not Caerdydd.
It is the first world war, second world war (avoid writing "before the war" or "after the war" when you mean the second world war).
The archbishop of Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, St Andrew's, Southwark and Westminster: it is not normally necessary to say Roman Catholic (as there is no Anglican
Write out the words street, avenue etc in addresses in full.
In general, at first mention use a person’s full name without title: Boris Johnson. In news reports, at subsequent mentions always use the title and
Foreign words and phrases go in italics unless completely absorbed into the English language: In the café they ordered some pains au chocolat. Italics also
An acronym is a pronounceable name made from initial letters, eg Unesco (for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Nato, Aids, Ucas.
The numbers one to nine are written as words; 10 and above are written as figures.
Quote marks are almost always double (“ ”) even when used for things other than quotes: “Bodies”, as extras are known in the film business,
An apostrophe indicates either a contraction (isn’t for is not) or a possessive (the department’s stylebook for the stylebook of the department).