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Telegraph style book: Ss

S Saakashvili, Mikheil safe haven is a tautology Sainsbury's Saint Laurent, Yves Saint-Saëns, Camille (note umlaut) St Andrews (Scotland); St Andrew's (Birmingham City stadium) St Bartholomew's Hospital: May be shortened to Barts but never St Barts or St Bart's St James's Palace St John Ambulance St John's wort St Thomas' Hospital Sana'a: The capital of Yemen Santa: We prefer Father Christmas Sarkozy, Nicolas Satan: Cap S but satanic is lower case satnav Sats: Not Sats tests Savile: For Lord, Row, Club, Jimmy, Saville Theatre and Inquiry Scalextric Schiffer, Claudia schoolboy, schoolgirl: But school-leaver Schumacher, Michael Schwarzenegger, Arnold Scorsese, Martin Scotch: Used for whisky, pies, pines, mists and wool shops. Scots or Scottish preferred in other contexts Scots Porage Oats: Prisoners do porridge Scott Thomas, Kristin Scouts: Not Boy Scouts. Scout leaders: Not Scoutmasters Sea Lords: They used to work at the Admiralty seasons: Are all lower case: spring, summer, autumn, winter seasonable: Appropriate for the time of year, opportune. Its opposite us unseasonable for weather that is unexpected seasonal: Occurring regularly at a particular season (see spring). Sebag Montefiore, Simon. His wife is Santa Montefiore second home owners (three words) Seinfeld, Jerry Selfridges selfie: Not 'selfie' senior and junior: After American names should be Sr and Jr Services. The Services takes the cap S, servicemen/women do not sewerage/sewage: Sewerage is the pipes, sewage the stuff Sharia law is a tautology: Islamic law is not shear: Something is shorn off, or shears off: it never sheers off sheikh, sheikhdom Shepherd's Bush shih-tzu Shia: Not Shi'ite ship: Uses 'she' as a pronoun: 'The Princess Louise is a ship. She is a beautiful ship' Sikora, Karol: Cancer expert Sikorsky (helicopters), Sikorski (Polish politician) silicon: The element from which chips are made: silicone is a sealant and is used to make cooking utensils Sindy doll Sinn Fein: No accents ski, skier, skied, skiing Sky News, Sky Sports smelt: Not smelled Snowdonia: Not Eryri. Snowdon: Not Yr Wyddfa somebody, someone Sotheby's: With apostrophe sound bite Speaker of the House of Commons: Always capped. specialty: The specific discipline of a doctor speciality: Something that is particular to a certain person, business or institution spelt not spelled Spielberg, Steven spilt: Not spilled spin doctor: Best used only ironically, ditto the verb to spin in this context spoilt: But despoiled spokesman: Not spokeswoman, spokesperson stadiums: not stadia Starmer, Sir Keir: Not Kier Start-up state: Lower case except when part of a title (State President, Council of State, but state-owned) stationary: not moving stationery: writing paper stiletto: The plural is stilettos Stratford upon Avon strike: Not strike action strangle: If someone has been strangled they are dead; if they are alive they have been throttled. However, there is a criminal offence of strangulation in which the victim is living suicide: Do not say 'commit suicide', but that a person took their own life. The coroner records a verdict of suicide. sun: Cap only in (rare) references to it as a star. The sun is out, our sun is one of many suns, the distance between the Sun and Alpha Major is... Sunni swap: Preferred to swop swashbuckler: Not a daredevil but a swaggering bully swath: Noun, a strip swathe: The verb