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Rare is the style guide that a person--even a word person--would want to read cover to cover. But The Economist Style Guide, designed, as the book says, to promote good writing, is so witty and rigorous as to be irresistible. The book consists of three parts. The first is the Economist's style book, which acts as a position paper of sorts in favor of clear, concise, correct usage. The big no-noes listed in the book's introduction are: "Do not be stuffy.... Do not be hectoring or arrogant.... Do not be too pleased with yourself.... Do not be too chatty.... Do not be too didactic.... [And] do not be sloppy." Before even getting to the letter B, we are reminded that aggravate "means make worse, not irritate or annoy"; that an alibi "is the proven fact of being elsewhere, not a false explanation"; and that anarchy "means the complete absence of law or government. It may be harmonious or chaotic."

Part 2 of the book describes many of the spelling, grammar, and usage differences between British and American English. While many Briticisms are familiar to most Americans and vice versa, there are some words--such as homely, bomb, and table--that take on quite different meanings altogether when they cross the Atlantic. And part 3 offers a handy reference to such information as common business abbreviations, accountancy ratios, the Beaufort Scale, commodity-trade classifications, currencies, laws, measures, and stock-market indices. The U.S. reader should be aware (but not scared off by the fact) that some of the style issues addressed are specifically British. --Jane Steinberg --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Bloomberg Press; 8th edition (June 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 186197535X
ISBN-13: 978-1861975355
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces

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ABBREVIATIONS. Unless an abbreviation or acronym is so familiar that it is used more often than the full form (eg, BBC, CIA, DNA, EU, FBI, GATT, IMF, NATO, OECD), write the words in full on first appearance: thus Trades Union Congress (not TUC). Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
use lower case

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American English, British English, United States, The Economist, South Africa, Soviet Union, British American, European Union, Bill Clinton, Los Angeles, Great Britain

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5.0 out of 5 stars Style guidance at its best, July 15, 2003

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Simple. Straightforward. Writing instruction as you would expect from perhaps the best magazine on the planet. Clear, concise, to the point. If you want to write well, then buy this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars depends, December 6, 2001

By	Dr. Gershom Martin (Rechovot Israel) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Economist Style Guide: A Concise Guide for All Your Business Communications (Hardcover)

The usefulness of this volume will depend both on your target
audience and on your "native" English (Oxford or American).
If you are a scientist writing papers in American English,
the book will be of limited value since some of the "no-noes"
of the Economist Style Guide (e.g. writing in the passive
voice) are accepted conventions of the genre, and some of the
usage recommendations are specific to Oxford English. By the
same token, the volume will be quite helpful when writing
documents addressing a general audience in the UK, Canada, or "down under".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, November 9, 2006

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This review is from: The Economist Style Guide: 9th Edition (Hardcover)

More than grammar. This book helps with style and it also has reference information on abbreviations, calendars, countries, currencies, science, geology, internet, latin, proofreading, stockmarket, world times, etc. It has many interesting sections.

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