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Well-known style guides, and what they’re used for

27 Jun 2018

We’ve talked before about what a style guide is, but did you know that there are some famous ones that are used for specific purposes? The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English, and was started in 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. It’s used by a variety of publishing … More Well-known style guides, and what they’re used for

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Kate Morgan-Riggir has over 25 years’ professional editing and proofreading experience, and more than 20 years’ experience writing for businesses. She can help turn your writing into content you’re proud of; and if you don’t have time to write that report or web content yourself, she can do it for you.
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