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The Guardian style guide

This is the guide to writing, editing and English usage followed by journalists at the Guardian and theguardian.com.

  • ‘The introduction to the 1960 edition of the Guardian style guide was headed: Neither pedantic nor wild’.

    double quotation markIs it Twixmas or Twixtmas? And other style guide conundrums we have faced this year at the Guardian

    Charlotte Naughton and Katy Guest
    Language is constantly evolving, and it’s our job to keep up – even at Christmas, say joint editors of the Guardian style guide, Charlotte Naughton and Katy Guest
  • A

    Guardian style guide: A

    From A* to José María Aznar
  • W.tif Jakob Hinrichs styleguide illustrations

    Guardian style guide: W

    From wisteria to the WWF
  • D

    Guardian style guide: D

    From dachshund to dyslexia
  • An illustration of a thinktank to demonstrate the letter 'T'

    Guardian style guide: T

    From tableau to Twitter
  • An illustration titled 'shih-tzu or shiatsu?' to demonstrate letter 'S'

    Guardian style guide: S

    From the Saatchi brothers to systematic
  • An illustration titled 'videotape' to demonstrate letter 'V'

    Guardian style guide: V

  • Illustration of Rorschach test to demonstrate letter 'R'

    Guardian style guide: R

  • Illustration of palindrome

    Guardian style guide: P

  • Illustration of lying in state

    Guardian style guide: L

  • Guardian style guide: F

  • Guardian style guide: K

  • Guardian style guide: E

  • Guardian style guide: C

  • Guardian style guide: B

  • Illustration of a U-turn to demonstrate letter 'U'

    Guardian style guide: U

    From uber to Uzbekistan
  • Illustration of Nineteen Eighty-Four to demonstrate letter 'N'

    Guardian style guide: N

    From Vladimir Nabokov to Nuremberg
  • Illustration demonstrating martial law for letter 'M'

    Guardian style guide: M

    From Mac to myxomatosis
  • An illustration of Occam's razor demonstrating letter 'O'

    Guardian style guide: O

    From pensioners to Oxford commas
  • H

    Guardian style guide: H

    From Häagen-Dazs to hyphens
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