Use pro-choice, not pro-abortion and use anti-abortion, not pro-life. Indigenous Australians is an umbrella term that covers both Aboriginal people from the Australian mainland and Torres Strait Islanders The term “Aborigine” is outdated and offensive Aboriginal should only be used as an adjective. Should be identified by their country or language groups at first mention if known, eg a Wiradjuri-Yorta Yorta man, a Noongar-Badimaya woman – or take your cue from how they identify themselves. Take or claim (something) for oneself without justification If an organisation is mentioned only once, it is not necessary to give its abbreviation or acronym.Ĭap up single letters in such expressions as C-list, F-word, “the word assassin contains four Ss”, etcīritish-Egyptian democracy activist jailed in Egypt Remember that our international online readership will not necessarily be aware of even well-known UK abbreviations. If an abbreviation or acronym is to be used more than once in a piece, put it in brackets at first mention: so Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), seasonal affective disorder (Sad) alternatively, use the abbreviation with a brief description, eg the conservation charity the RSPB.

Use all capitals if an abbreviation is pronounced as the individual letters (an initialism): BBC, CEO, US, VAT, etc if it is an acronym (pronounced as a word) spell out with initial capital, eg Nasa, Nato, Unicef, unless it can be considered to have entered the language as an everyday word, such as awol, laser and, more recently, asbo, pin number and sim card. With abbreviations, be guided by pronunciation: eg an LSE studentĪccident and emergency in the US, it’s ER (emergency room)Ĭity in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived and diedĭo not use full points in abbreviations, or spaces between initials, including those in proper names: IMF, mph, eg, 4am, M&S, No 10, AN Wilson, WH Smith, etc. Use an before a silent H: an heir, an hour, an honest politician, an honorary consul use a before an aspirated H: a hero, a hotel, a historian (but don’t change a direct quote if the speaker says, for example, “an historic”).

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