In reference to US legislation, six-week abortion ban is preferable to foetal heartbeat bill, unless quoting someone talking about the “heartbeat bill”Ību Akleh, Shireen a journalist for Al Jazeera who was shot and killed in the West BankĪbuse see individual entries on child sexual abuse, domestic abuse/family abuse and sexual abuseĪcademy Awards or Oscars individual awards are lowercase, eg best actor award, Oscar for best pictureĪfter first mention, abbreviate the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to the AcademyĪ cappella Italian for “in the style of the church”, ie unaccompanied singingĪcas the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, at first mention thereafter just AcasĪccents Use on French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Irish Gaelic words (but not anglicised French words such as cafe, apart from exposé, lamé, résumé, roué). Anti-choice can be used when talking about opposition to all reproductive rights, including abortion, birth control, family planning etc. Indigenous Australians is an umbrella term that covers both Aboriginal people from the Australian mainland and Torres Strait IslandersĪbortion Use pro-choice, not pro-abortion and use anti-abortion, not pro-life. The term “Aborigine” is outdated and offensive Aboriginal should only be used as an adjective. 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”, etcĪbd el-Fattah, Alaa British-Egyptian democracy activist jailed in EgyptĪbdicate renounce high office abnegate renounce privileges, deny oneself abrogate repeal, abolish arrogate take or claim (something) for oneself without justificationĪboriginal Australians 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. 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.
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With abbreviations, be guided by pronunciation: eg an LSE studentĪ&E accident and emergency in the US, it’s ER (emergency room)Ībbeys take initial cap, eg Westminster AbbeyĪbbottabad city in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden lived and diedĪbbreviations and acronyms Do 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. A or an before H? 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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