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Writing guide

  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconPreparing to get your message out
    • The message
    • The audience
    • Packaging
    • Drawing up a skeleton
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconWriting to be read
    • How people read: print and online publications
    • Practical tips for achieving a plain, clear writing style
    • Plain language
    • Plain structure
    • The paragraph
    • Tools for effective writing
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconStyle
    • UK English vs US English
    • Words to use and words to avoid
    • Nouns and Verbs
    • Capitalisation
    • Hyphens
    • Compound words
    • Singular and plural
    • Digital dialect
    • Numbers and dates
    • Abbreviations and acronyms
    • Countries and currencies
    • Signatures and names
    • Punctuation
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconFormatting
    • Chapter titles and headings
    • Lists
    • Visuals: tables, graphs, diagrams
    • Table of contents
    • Headings
    • Quoted matter
    • Bold and italics
    • Footnotes
    • Other tools
  • Folder icon closed Folder open iconReferences and bibliographies
    • References
    • Bibliographies
    • Sample bibliographical entries
Style

Digital dialect

The rapid pace of digitalisation of the last decades has resulted in a whole new vocabulary, not just in English but in all languages across the globe. There is always confusion about the correct way to spell the new terms and what they mean. Although it is not easy at this stage to set precise rules, as the vocabulary is continually evolving, it may be useful to give a few pointers on generally accepted conventions.

internet, extranet, the web, knowledge society, internet of thingslower case
backup, broadband, cyberspace, cybersecurity, database, email, hyperlink, laptop, offsite, online, ransomware, software, websiteone word, unhyphenated, lower case
cyber-attack, e-business, e-commerce, e-learning, e-skillshyphenated, lower case
home page, web page, spam filtertwo words
CD, DVD, MP3 
BluetoothCapitalised (Bluetooth is a trademarked name)

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