<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><FONT FACE="Geneva" SIZE=1 COLOR="#000000">From the Scout Report.<BR>
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The Economist Style Guide<BR>
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http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/library/styleguide/<BR>
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Based on the hardback book of the same name, this free online guide<BR>
will help users clean up and clarify their writing. Written by<BR>
Foreign Editor John Grimond, the _Style Guide_ is given to all<BR>
journalists on _The Economist_ staff. Topics addressed in the _Guide_<BR>
include unnecessary words, jargon, Americanisms, abbreviations,<BR>
capitals, punctuation, spelling, and titles, among others. Users may<BR>
browse the content via a clickable table of contents. Entries are<BR>
concise and almost all include examples.</FONT></BODY></HTML>