A-Z House Style
- Warning / reader warning / trigger warning #
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If your story of piece of comms contains content that some readers may find upsetting, please include one of these warnings at the top of the page. The first one is the standard/general:
Warning: some readers may find this story upsetting.
Warning: contains mentions of violence that some readers may find upsetting.
Warning: contains mentions of sexual and gender-based violence that some readers may find upsetting.
Warning: contains mentions of suicide that some readers may find upsetting.
- website addresses #
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When referring to website addresses in copy, prefix the URL with ‘www.’ Web addresses should also appear in bold. They do not need to be introduced with a colon or preceded by a comma. Don’t put a full stop after a URL, and only follow a URL with a comma when you really have to. So: See www.tearfund.org for further information.
See also, hyperlinks. - west/West, the #
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Lower case for the western part of a country, upper case for the area covering North America and Western, Northern and Southern Europe: the west of Ireland… The way is now open for closer cooperation between Russia and the West.
- west/West, western/Western etc #
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Names of areas are capitalised if they part of the title of a recognised geographical area or political division, eg West Yorkshire, Western Australia but they are not capitalised if they are descriptions in general terms, eg the western side of Loch Ness, west London.
- Western (adjective) #
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Capitalised when referring to people or things relating to North America and Western, Northern and Southern Europe eg Western governments, Western philosophies.
- whom #
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Whom can sound formal and old fashioned, and not very plain English, so rephrase where possible to avoid using it.
- will/would #
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In prayers, say will not ‘would’: Pray God will heal those injured in the blast.