I - Editorial Style Guide

Feb 17 2010

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I before E: Except after c is the general rule. Exceptions include seize, weir, weird, counterfeit

In-built: With hyphen

Income tax: Two words, lower case

In happier times: Do not use. Every picture showing a person before their death can carry this caption

Ingenious: Inventive

Ingenuous: Innocent

Initials: See Abbreviations

Inoculate: One n

Innocuous: two ns

Inpatients: One word, as is outpatients

Inquests: A coroner records a verdict and a jury returns a verdict. Treat all inquest stories with sensitivity

Install: But instalment

Insure: Insure against theft, assure your life. Ensure means to make certain

Intros: Do not begin with figures or titles.  Do not use ages in intros to any story, whether a lead or a nib, unless it is crucial to the story.

They should likewise not include the name of a council or committee.

First paragraphs should be no longer than 25 words

Only the first word should be capped up. However, at least three letters must be capped up, so if the first word is only one or two letters long, cap up the second word. E.g. THE monkey ran away with my hat.  But  A MONKEY ran away with my hat.

Its and It’s: The apostrophe indicates that the letter i has been dropped, shortening it is to it’s.

The cat licked its ear, not the cat licked it’s (it is) ear. It’s (it is) a good book, not its a good book

Italics: Are only used in the leisure pages for book, film, theatre and album titles etc.

Internet addresses: If at end of sentence, DO use a full stop

Into: One word

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