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Week 10 :“ HOUSE STYLE “

Matakuliah : EDITING

Tahun : 2006

Versi : 01/01

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Learning Outcomes

The students are expexted

to be able to know and understand

the function of house style in editing.

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Introduction

House Style has the simple purpose of making publishing results easy to read by following a consistent format — it is a style guide.

General style guidelines can be found in the following standardreference books (all available through the ITDG Bookshop): The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (ODWE) The Cambridge Handbook of Copy-editing (Judith Butcher) Hart's Rules

for Compositors and Readers The Concise Oxford Dictionary or The New Oxford Dictionary of English ASSOCIATED PRESS STYLE ESSENTIALS ITDG HOUSE STYLE MANUAL Etc.

 

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This AP short guide is modeled on one made available in

the past by the University of Montana School of Journalism

and by North Idaho College. It is based on material in "The

Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on media law,“

copyright 2002.

CAPITALIZATION

Capitalize titles preceding and attached to a name, but use lower case

if the title follows a name or stands by itself. Long titles should follow the name.President Karen Morse Karen Morse, president of Western Washington UniversityMayor Richard Stevens the mayorPresidents Bush and Clinton

Example: AP House Style

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AP House Style

ABBREVIATIONS AND TITLES• Never use an abbreviation that will not be easily

understood.• Abbreviate names of states when used after the names

of cities and towns, but spell out when referring to the state generally. The state may be omitted in references to Washington communities and to major cities when names alone are adequate identification (Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia, etc.).

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AP House Style: NUMERALS

• Use figures for all numbers above nine; spell out all numbers under 10. (Note, however, the exceptions below.)

• Use figures for ages, sums of money, time of day, percentages, house numerals, years, days of month, degrees of temperature, proportions, votes, scores, speeds, time of races, dimensions and serial numbers.Spell out numbers, no matter how large, when they begin sentences; rephrase the sentence if long numbers are awkward. Exception: When starting a sentence with a year, do not write it out.1999 was a very good year.

• *Use figures for ordinal numbers above ninth; spell out ordinals under 10th.Ninth 21st 156th 192nd 21st century

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Capitalization

Capitalize throughout acronyms (normally without points) and sets of initials, but not contractions: e.g. AT, USA, but Oxfam and not the very popular examples which have become words. When referring to ITDG, capitalize the Group as being part of the proper name, but not the charity or organization.

 

Example: ITDG HOUSE STYLE MANUAL

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ITDG HOUSE STYLE MANUAL

Abbreviations and acronyms

    No full point after metric units of measurement, and set SI fixed spaces: 20 km, 2 g, and so on.

 

     Plurals of abbreviated units are the same as singular, e.g. 60 kg, 1 kg.

 

    Abbreviations should be set close up to numerals, i.e. Rs60, 60 kg, 23 oC.

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NUMERALS        Try not to begin a sentence with a numeral (move it or

spell it out); and never with a 1 (one).        See Hart’s Rules for general guidance on when to use

numerals and when to use words in ‘journalistic’ material.        Use words up to ten, numerals above. In tables, always use

numerals.

  

ITDG HOUSE STYLE MANUAL