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about-us
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style-book
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# Telegraph style book: Rr
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6:57PM GMT 18 Feb 2008
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**[A][1]** | **[B][2]** | **[C][3]** | **[D][4]** | **[E][5]** | **[F][6]** |
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**[G][7]** | **[H][8]** | **[I][9]** | **[J][10]** | **[K][11]** | **[L][12]**
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**[R][18]** | **[S][19]** | **[T][20]** | **[U][21]** | **[V][22]** |
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**[W][23]** | **[X][24]** | **[Y][25]** | **[Z][26]**
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* [Telegraph style book: introduction][27]
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racket and racquet: a tennis player uses his racquet while the fans make a
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racket.
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Railtrack: now ancient history.
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rainforest
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Ramblers' Association
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## Related Articles
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* [Introduction][27]
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10 Jan 2008
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Ray-Ban
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R&D, not R and D.
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reason: the noun should be followed by that, not why.
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rebut: to offer evidence supporting a contrary view.
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records, unless qualified, are presumed to be "all-time". Do not say that
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somebody set a new record. New is understood.
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referendums: not referenda. Also stadiums, not stadia. (See [plurals][28]).
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refute does not mean deny or reply to. It means disprove, and, therefore,
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means the writer has decided who is telling the truth. Rebut, for similar
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reasons, is best left to the lawyers.
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Regent's Park
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Rees-Mogg
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register office, not registry.
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relations, not relatives.
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relationship: a vague and overused word now. If you have to use it, say "the
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relationship of John and Mary" rather than "the relationship between John and
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Mary".
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Republic, Irish, but Irish republican.
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Resurrection requires a capital R.
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retired: Lt-Col John Smith retd. Field Marshals, Admirals of the Fleet and
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Marshals of the RAF never retire, and no officer below the rank of Major in
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the Army would ever use his rank in civilian life. Do not use the service rank
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of anyone below the rank of squadron leader in the RAF or lieutenant commander
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in the Royal Navy for a retired officer.
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Reuters
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reveal is tabloid: use disclose.
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Reverend in a person's title is always abbreviated Rev, not Revd: and it
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requires either a Christian name or an honorific after it: i.e., the Rev john
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Smith, the Rev Mr Smith, the Rev Dr Smith, but never the Rev Smith.
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Rhys Jones, Griff. Any reference to the family of the Countess of Wessex is to
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Rhys-Jones.
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Rice, Condoleezza
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Richter scale: scale of measurement often used to assess extent of
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earthquakes. Also Mercalli scale, used to measure earthquake intensity from
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one to 12 (catastrophic).
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Richtofen, Baron Manfred von
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Right/Left: capped as political terms. Right-winger. But use with care.
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Riley, life of
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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rivers: usually take just their name and do not need "river". The Windrush,
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the Blackwater.
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Rogers, Lord: architect.
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Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Rolls-Royce: with hyphen, whether cars or aicraft engines.
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role has no circumflex accent.
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Roller-blade is a trade name.
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Roman Catholic always at first mention.
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Romania, not Rumania.
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Roman numerals: these may be used to describe sporting teams, for example: the
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England XI, the Welsh XV, the Trinity VIII. They may also be used to
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differentiate generations of families where that is the family's preferred
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usage, for example John Smith I and John Smith II. Other than monarchs and
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other highly specialised usages they should be avoided.
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rottweilers
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round and around: "round" is specific as in "he went round the world/block/
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park". "Around" is non-specific as in "he wandered around the world/block/
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park".
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Rovers Return (no apostrophe).
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Royal family, Royal household, but royal visit, royal children, royal corgis.
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The Royal Yacht Britannia, but the royal yacht. The royal standard is flown to
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denote the presence of the sovereign. Other members of the Royal family have
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banners. Royal household is the establishment that serves the Royal family,
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and is not synonymous with it. The terms "a Royal" and "the Royals" are to be
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avoided at all times. Prefer "a member of the Royal family" and "the Royal
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family".
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Royal, Segolene
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Rubik's cube
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Rubinstein, Helena
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rue de Remarques: all French street terms are lower case.
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Rule, Britannia - note the comma.
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