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Telegraph style book: Cc

C caesarean section: Not 'caesarian'; lower case like 'wellington boot' Camorra: Naples mafia Cage, Nicolas Campbell, Alastair canvass: To seek views. canvas: for painters carcass cardiac arrest: Not the same as a heart attack carmakers: one word carnage: Means extensive or indiscriminate slaughter car park Cass review: Do not capitalise the 'r' Catholics: 'Roman Catholic' at first mention; lc for 'catholic taste' caviar: No 'e' on the end cave: A noun. Do not use as a verb (e.g. 'caved to pressure') Center Parcs Central Saint Martins: No apostrophe centre on: Not 'centre around' century: Lower case 'c' (e.g. 20th century) chairman: Use even for women; 'chair' means a piece of furniture except in quotes. Chairperson is also banned champagne: Use only for true champagne and lower case; others = 'sparkling wine' Channel 4, Channel 5 Channel tunnel: Lowercase 't' Cheltenham Ladies' College: Note apostrophe cheese: Capitalise regional types; 'cheddar' is lower case as it's generic cheap: Objects are cheap, prices are low chief executive: Not CEO child abuse images: Not 'child pornography' childcare, ChildLine, childminder cholesterol choice: Do not write 'two choices' Christ Church Oxford: Not 'Christ Church College' Christie's/Christies: Apostrophe for auction houses; no apostrophe for company/offshoots church: Capitalise for institution (the Catholic Church); lower case for buildings/denominations Citizens Advice Bureau: no possessive. Plural = bureaus City Hall: For London Civil Service: But lower case for civil servants CJD: Only vCJD is human mad cow disease Claridge's Clinton, Hillary: Two l's Co: As abbreviation for 'company' only in official names coastguard: One word (UK); 'Coast Guard' (US) Cobbleigh, Uncle Tom Coca-Cola Coco Pops Cold War colon: Cap up the following word in headlines (Donald Trump: The US is great) Colosseum: Rome. 'Coliseum' is the London opera house comedic: Use 'comic' instead common sense: Two words (noun), one (adj) Communist: Capitalise if referencing a specific party, lower case for ideology compare with: To highlight differences 'She compared the UK's poor performance with Germany's brilliant one' compare to: To suggest likeness 'He compared Macron to Napoleon' complement/compliment: 'complement' = completes; 'compliment' = praise comprise: The whole comprises the parts; never 'comprised of' Condé Nast confidant/confidante: Male/female forms Congress (US): Use 'member of Congress' not 'Congressman' consensus: 'Consensus of opinion' is tautology Conservative: Capitalise for party/policies; lower case for attitude consonants: Double before certain suffixes. Exceptions noted. constitution (US): Lower case Continent: Capitalise when referring to mainland Europe continuous/continual: 'Continuous' = uninterrupted; 'continual' = frequent with breaks co-operate: Takes a hyphen co-operative: Capitalise when referring to the company. Co-op in headlines coronation: Lower case unless referring to specific event cost of living crisis: No hyphens Côte d'Azur councillor: Abbreviated to 'Cllr' in names: Cllr John Smith counter-offensive/counter-attack: hyphenated country: Uses 'it' as a pronoun, not 'she'. 'Britain is a country. It is in Europe' Covid-19 Covid Inquiry: Capitalise at first mention; 'the inquiry' thereafter Coward, Sir Noël crackdown: Use sparingly; tabloid credence/credibility: 'credence' = belief/trust; 'credibility' = believability crescendo: Means gradual increase, not climax crisis: Use only when truly justified crossbencher: One word. 'Cross benches' = two words Cruella de Vil Crufts: No apostrophe cryptocurrency: One word; 'crypto' is acceptable shorthand Currys curtsy