EW Style Book

Spelling rules and language issues according to EW

Why is 'fad' better than 'hype' and 'chair' better than 'armchair'? When do you use 'organise' and when 'keep'? How do you avoid misleading readers? Which words can you almost always delete? Is it 'mafia' or 'mafia'?

Almost every medium that takes itself seriously has its own style book. It ensures that every reporter and editor uses the same spelling rules and resolves language issues in the same way. A style book touches on the identity of a title. It says: this is how we do it, this is who we are.

The EW Style Book is the revised and greatly expanded edition of the Elsevier Style Book from 2013. In this bound edition, the rules that several generations of editors have passed on to each other are arranged alphabetically. This makes it a practical tool for all EW writers, a source for interested parties outside the editorial staff and an interesting book for language enthusiasts.

This book has 248 pages.