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# Telegraph style book: Dd
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1:03AM BST 12 Apr 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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Darling: Alistair
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data are plural.
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database: one word.
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dates: Jan 1 1999, April 1 1066, AD 1066, 200 BC. Abbreviate only Jan, Feb,
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Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. Use days of the week instead of dates for events
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within a week of the day of publication of an item. Dates such as Fourth of
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July, the Glorious First of June should not be made to conform to style.
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## Related Articles
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* [Introduction][27]
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10 Jan 2008
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_The Daily Telegraph_ takes the article except when used adjectivally and is
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italicised. Same with _The Times_, _The Guardian_ etc. But _Daily Mail_,
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_Evening Standard_. Follow the respective mastheads.
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Day-Glo
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Day-Lewis, Daniel and Cecil
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dead. The thorny question is when to remove the honorific from dead people. In
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obituaries it is immediate. We would not, though, write a news story about
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someone's death without calling them "Mr Smith" or "Sir John". Once the
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funeral has taken place, Smith should suffice at second and subsequent
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mentions. Royalty retain their titles after death: King George, Queen
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Elizabeth, Diana, Princess of Wales.
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_Debrett's_
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decades: write out Thirties, Fifties etc. It reads better than 1930s.
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decimal points should appear at the bottom of a character, not halfway up it:
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thus 9.5.
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decimate means to reduce by a tenth. Use only literally.
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de facto and de jure are such accepted terms in the English language that they
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do not need to be italicised
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defrocked/unfrocked: prefer unfrocked.
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degree signs (raised zeros) are omitted in temperatures. The abbreviations F
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and C indicate degrees.
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de Klerk, de Gaulle, but De Niro and DeVito.
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de Mille, Cecil B
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Delves Broughton
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Deng Xiaoping
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Dennis the Menace
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deny: to deny something, one has to be accused of something first. Despite the
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ancient usage, it does not now mean to offer a contrary view.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department of Health, and
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so on, all become lower case departments in later references.
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dependants are people, often children, who depend on others. They are
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dependent.
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deserts: "just deserts" is right. It comes from the verb to deserve. Dessert:
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final course of a meal.
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Desert Rats: only the 7th Armoured Brigade with service in North Africa
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1941-2, Iraq 1991 and 2003-. Never in heads, sparing use in copy.
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despoil: noun is despoliation or despoilment, but not despoilation.
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Deutsche Grammophon
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devastated: use if a large geographical area has been obliterated by forces of
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war or nature, never to describe someone who has suffered grief or
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disappointment.
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Diana, Princess of Wales, subsequently the Princess, never Diana except in
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heads.
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Di Caprio, Leonardo.
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dietitian
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different from.
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diphthongs: two vowel sounds pronounced as one syllable as in the word "out"
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or "mound". Follow the Concise Oxford Dictionary or Chambers unless there is a
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specific style ruling.
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director-general of the BBC is not capped.
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disc/disk: computer disks - otherwise, discs.
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disclose is always better than reveal.
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discreet/discrete: the former means tactful or prudent; the latter separate.
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disfranchised, not disenfranchised
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disinterested means lacking motive for showing bias or favouritism. A referee
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should not be uninterested in a football match, but he should remain
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disinterested by not having a bet on the result.
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Disney: it is Disneyland, California; Disney World, Florida; Disneyland Paris,
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France.
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Dispatch Box in the Commons.
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dissociate: not disassociate.
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divorce: when referring to a previous marriage say "his first marriage ended
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in divorce" or "was dissolved", but do not go into details, except in special
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circumstances. Take care to ensure all facts are correct and verified.
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Doctor (abbreviate to Dr) should generally be used only as a title in
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references to people with medical qualifications. However, members of other
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professions in which a different sort of doctorate is a relevant qualification
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should be accorded that title - notably university dons or members of
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scientific research institutes. Indicate the nature of other doctorates when
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the title is used for people other than physicians. Surgeons prefer to be
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called Mr, but always indicate their qualifications or speciality.
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dogs: the breed names are lower case - alsatian, fox terrier, poodle - except
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when a geographical term or adjective derived from a nationality precedes the
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term for a type of dog - Irish wolfhound, West Highland terrier, Old English
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sheepdog, but border collies.
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Dolce e Gabbana
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Dolittle, Dr
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Doolittle, Eliza
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Dostoevsky.
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dotcom
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double entendre is bad French: they would say double entente.
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Dr Martens
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draconian: Draco was a maker of harsh laws. Use this adjective only in a legal
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or regulatory context; otherwise use harsh or severe.
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drama: in a non-theatrical context, tabloid. Use exceptionally sparingly.
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dreamt, not dreamed
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drink-drive limits:
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Breath: 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath; Blood: 80 milligrams per
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100 millilitres of blood;
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Urine: 107 milligrams per 100 millilitres of urine.
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If a breath test is positive, but less than 50 micrograms per 100 millilitres,
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then a blood or urine test is needed before a prosecution can be brought;
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above 50, a breath test alone is strong enough to be used as evidence.
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Duchess of Cornwall is never Camilla. In heads, "Duchess" on its own is
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acceptable.
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Duchess of York is never Fergie. And no longer HRH.
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due to is used adjectivally and, therefore, needs a noun to modify (His
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lateness was due to rain, not He was late due to rain). Illogically, there is
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no similar rule for "owing to". The use of "because" solves problems in this
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area (He was late because of rain) and is preferred.
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duffel coat.
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Duke of Edinburgh is preferred to Prince Philip, with "the Duke" subsequently.
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Duke of York is preferred to Prince Andrew, with "the Duke" subsequently.
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Composer, musician, poet and author whose writing provided a vivid commentary
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on the black American experience.
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### [Beekeeping diary: the new colonies arrive][39]
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