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Telegraph
6 days ago
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Telegraph style book: Dd
D dad: Not unless in a quote. Use father Dáil: The lower house of the Irish parliament Dalai Lama dashcam data: Are plural database: one word Day-Glo Debrett's decimate: Means to reduce by a tenth. Use only literally deepfake defrocked: Prefer this to unfrocked Delevingne, Cara de Klerk, de Gaulle, but De Niro and DeVito. Dennis the Menace, Denis Law, Dennis Bergkamp, Denis Lawson Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Health: And so on. All become lower case 'department' in later references. Write out Defra but prefer health department, education department to DoH DoE etc department of government efficiency (Doge): lower case for all foreign government departments, ministries etc dependant (noun): People, especially children, who rely on the support of another dependent (adjective): Of an outcome that is decided or determined by something else, as in 'the result is dependent on xyz happening' deplane: Americanism deserving of defenestration Derry: See Londonderry despoil: noun is despoliation or despoilment, but not despoilation devastated: Use if a large geographical area has been obliterated by forces of war or nature, never to describe someone who has suffered grief or disappointment Diana, Princess of Wales, subsequently the Princess, never Diana except in heads DiCaprio, Leonardo dietitian different from Director-general: Of the BBC is not capped the disabled, the handicapped, the blind, the deaf. Write disabled people, blind people, deaf people. Be respectful and be guided by people's preferences where possible disc/disk: Computer disks (should we ever write about them again) - otherwise, disc discreet: Means tactful or prudent discrete: Means separate, as in 'discrete units of speech' disenfranchised not disfranchised Disney: It is Disneyland, California; Disney World, Florida; Disneyland Paris, France Dispatch Box: In the Commons, mentioned in despatches dissociate: Not disassociate distinct: Means separate distinctive: Means characteristic of one person or thing, and so distinguishing it from others Dolce e Gabbana Dostoevsky dotcom double entendre: Is bad French: they would say double entente down under: When referring to Australia and New Zealand is not capped Down's syndrome Dr Martens draconian: Draco was a maker of harsh laws. Use this adjective only in a legal or regulatory context; otherwise use harsh or severe drama: In a non-theatrical context is tabloid speak. Use sparingly dreamt: Not dreamed Duchess of Sussex: Can be Meghan in headlines and sparingly in text to avoid overly repetitive use of 'the Duchess'. Never Meghan Markle unless in historical context Duchess of York: Is never Fergie. And no longer HRH due to: Must follow a form of the verb to be 'The cancellation was due to bad weather'. Otherwise use owing to 'Owing to bad weather, the match was cancelled'
Telegraph
6 days ago
- General
- Telegraph
Telegraph style book: Aa
A a/an: If the H is pronounced, use a: a hotel, a historian; if not, use an: an hour, an heir Aborigine: Note the cap A. Aboriginal should also be capped when referring to native Australian people abdicate, abnegate and abrogate: All have different meanings. Abdicate = renounce high responsibilities; abnegate = deny oneself or others something; abrogate = abolish by official proclamation accents: Use on foreign proper names and words in regular English usage (café, pâté). Avoid in headlines and on capital letters Achilles heel, Achilles tendon: No apostrophe acronym: If pronounced as a word (e.g. Nasa), cap first letter only. If said as letters (e.g. NHS, CPS), use upper case Act (law): Takes a capital letter at every mention actress: The preferred term for a female actor AD: Comes before the year (AD 1066) and after centuries (fourth century AD). Do not use CE Addenbrooke's hospital adrenalin: No 'e' on the end advertisement: Should be shortened to advert, not ad adviser but advisory Afrikaner: The people and culture Afrikaans: The language ageing/ageist: Not aging/agist AI: No full points; no need to spell it out as AI (artificial intelligence) Aids: Initial cap only. Since it is a condition rather than a disease, write 'died of an Aids-related condition', not 'died of Aids' air strike, air base: Not one word A-level: Lower case 'l' alibi: Is not an excuse; it means proof of being elsewhere allelulia: Hallelujah is preferred al-Qaeda alright: Is not correct; use all right alsatian/Alsatian: Lower case for dogs; capital for people alternate: As an adjective means 'every other'; e.g. 'he had maths on alternate days' alternatives: There can only ever be two alternative reality: Not alternate reality among: Used when there is more than person 'The money was shared among the team' see between ancestor: An earlier generation of a family descendant: The opposite of ancestor and/or: Avoid, rewrite instead 'You may bring your passport, your driving licence or both' St Andrews University annex: Verb annexe: Noun anti-Semitism any more/anymore: We do not want any more errors... we will not put up with this anymore apostrophe: Used to indicate the omission of letters and in plural forms of lowercase letters (e.g. dotting the i's) apparatchik apps: No need to describe as 'mobile phone apps'. 'Applications' is too formal archaeology Argentina: Argentine for the citizen and adjective, not Argentinian Argyle: Knitwear Argyll: The county Armed Forces: Use upper case if referring to British forces artefact: Not artifact Ascot: The town and racecourse Royal Ascot: The racing event attended by the Royal family Asperger's syndrome assume/presume: Assume = to take for granted; presume = to suppose based on probability assure/insure: Assure for lives, insure for property at a glance: No hyphens Atacms: Acronym of Army Tactical Missile System (initial cap only) ATM: Banned American term. Use cash machine Attorney General: No hyphen Auschwitz: Nazi death camp within modern-day Poland. Do not call it 'a Polish death camp' Australian Labor Party: No 'u' in Labor autarchy: Absolute sovereignty autarky: Self-sufficiency author: A noun. Avoid use as a verb Ayatollah Khomenei (dead), Ayatollah Khamenei (living)
