International

Several basic style guides for technical and scientific communication have been defined by international standards organization

Standards organization

A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...

s. These are often used as elements of and refined in more specialized style guides that are specific to a subject, region or organization. Some examples are:

• EN-15038:2006 — Draft European Standard for Translation Services Annex D (informative)
• ISO 8 — Presentation of periodical
  Scientific journal
  In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
  
  s
• ISO 18 — Contents lists of periodicals
• ISO 31
  ISO 31
  International Standard ISO 31 was the most widely respected style guide for the use of physical quantities and units of measurement, and formulas involving them, in scientific and educational documents worldwide...
  
   — Quantities & units
• ISO 214 — Abstracts for publication & documentation
• ISO 215 — Presentation of contributions to periodicals & other serials
• ISO 690
  ISO 690
  ISO 690 is an ISO standard for bibliographic referencing in documents of all sorts. It includes electronic documents, and specifies the elements to be included in references to published documents, and the order in which the elements of the reference should be stated...
  
   — Bibliographic references — Content, form & structure
• ISO 832 — Bibliographic references — Abbreviations of typical words

• ISO 999
  ISO 999
  ISO 999 - Information and documentation—Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes.It is an ISO standard which provides the information industry with guidelines for the content, organisation and presentation of indexes to a wide range of documents including books,...
  
   — Index of a publication
• ISO 1086 — Title leaves of a book
• ISO 2145
  ISO 2145
  International standard ISO 2145 defines a typographic convention for the "numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents". It applies to any kind of document, including manuscripts, books, journal articles, and standards.-Description:...
  
   — Numbering of divisions & subdivisions in written documents
• ISO 5966 — Presentation of scientific & technical report
  Technical report
  A technical report is a document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem. It might also include recommendations and conclusions of the research...
  
  s
• ISO 6357 — Spine titles on books & other publications
• ISO 7144 — Presentation of theses
  Thesis
  A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
  
   & similar documents
• ISO 9241
  ISO 9241
  ISO 9241 is a multi-part standard from the International Organization for Standardization covering ergonomics of human-computer interaction. It is managed by the ISO...
  
   — Ergonomics
  Ergonomics
  Ergonomics is the study of designing equipment and devices that fit the human body, its movements, and its cognitive abilities.The International Ergonomics Association defines ergonomics as follows:...
  
   of Human System Interaction

Australia

• Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers Snooks & Co for the Department of Finance and Administration. 6th ed. ISBN 0701636483.

Canada

• The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing: by Dundurn Press in co-operation with Public Works and the Government Services Canada Translation Bureau. ISBN 1550022768.

Newspapers

• CP Stylebook: Guide to newspaper style in Canada maintained by the Canadian Press
  Canadian Press
  Canadian Press Enterprises Inc. is the entity which "will take over the operations of the Canadian Press" according to a November 26, 2010 article in the Toronto Star...
  
  . ISBN 0920009387.
• The Globe and Mail Style Book: Originally created to help writers and editors at the Globe and Mail present clear, accurate and concise stories. ISBN 0771056850

General

• Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers Judith Butcher. 3rd ed. 1992 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
  
    ISBN 0 521 40074 0
• Fowler's Modern English Usage
  Fowler's Modern English Usage
  A Dictionary of Modern English Usage , by Henry Watson Fowler , is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing...
  
  . Ed. R. W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd ed. London: Clarendon Press, 2004. ISBN 0-19-861021-1 (hardcover). Based on Fowler's Modern English Usage
  Fowler's Modern English Usage
  A Dictionary of Modern English Usage , by Henry Watson Fowler , is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing...
  
  , by Henry Watson Fowler
  Henry Watson Fowler
  Henry Watson Fowler was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language...
  
  .
• The King's English
  The King's English
  The King's English is a book on English usage and grammar. It was written by the Fowler brothers, Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler, and published in 1906, and thus pre-dates by 20 years Modern English Usage, which was written by Henry alone after Francis's death in 1918.The King's...
  
  , by Henry Watson Fowler
  Henry Watson Fowler
  Henry Watson Fowler was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language...
  
   and Francis George Fowler
  Francis George Fowler
  Francis George Fowler , familiarly known as F.G. Fowler, was an English writer on English language, grammar and usage.Born in Tunbridge Wells, F. G. Fowler was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He lived on Guernsey in the Channel Islands...
  
  .
• The Oxford Style Manual (2003 ed.). Combines The Oxford Guide to Style
  Hart's Rules
  Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford was an authoritative reference book and style guide published in England by Oxford University Press...
  
  and The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, which concentrates on common problems.
• The Complete Plain Words, by Sir Ernest Gowers
  Ernest Gowers
  Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers GCB GBE Hon. D.Litt Hon. ARIBA was a British civil servant, now best known for work on style guides for writing the English language.-Life:...
  
  .
• Usage and Abusage, by Eric Partridge
  Eric Partridge
  Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand/British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II...
  
  .

For legal documents

• Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities
  Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities
  The or OSCOLA is the modern method of legal citation in the United Kingdom. First developed by Peter Birks of the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, and now in its 4th edition, it has been adopted by most law schools and publishers in the United Kingdom as well as the courts.-Cases:Cases are to...
  
  (OSCOLA), by the University of Oxford
  University of Oxford
  The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
  
   Faculty of Law

For journalism

• The BBC News Style Guide: by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
• The Economist Style Guide: by The Economist
  The Economist
  The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
  
  (UK
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
  ).
• The Guardian Style Guide: by The Guardian
  The Guardian
  The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
  
  (United Kingdom)
• The Times Style and Usage Guide, by The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  .

United States

In the United States, most non-journalism writing follows The Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...

, while most newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

s base their style on the Associated Press Stylebook. A classic style guide for the general public is The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style , also known as Strunk & White, by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and...

.

For general writing

• Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right, by Bill Bryson
  Bill Bryson
  William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on science. Born an American, he was a resident of Britain for most of his adult life before moving back to the US in 1995...
  
  .
• The Classics of Style — presents writing guidance from William Strunk, Jr., Emerson
  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century...
  
  , Whitman
  Walt Whitman
  Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
  
  , Poe
  Edgar Allan Poe
  Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
  
  , and other writers.
• The Careful Writer, by Theodore Bernstein.
• The Elements of Style
  The Elements of Style
  The Elements of Style , also known as Strunk & White, by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White, is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and...
  
  . By William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
  E. B. White
  Elwyn Brooks White , usually known as E. B. White, was an American writer. A long-time contributor to The New Yorker magazine, he also wrote many famous books for both adults and children, such as the popular Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, and co-authored a widely used writing guide, The...
  
  . (Often referred to as "Strunk and White".)

For legal documents

• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
  Bluebook
  The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States. The Bluebook is compiled by the Harvard Law Review Association, the Columbia Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal....
  
  . Jointly, by the Harvard Law Review
  Harvard Law Review
  The Harvard Law Review is a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.-Overview:According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports, the Review is the most cited law review and has the second-highest impact factor in the category "law" after the...
  
  , Yale Law Journal
  Yale Law Journal
  The Yale Law Journal is a student-run law review affiliated with the Yale Law School. Published continuously since 1891, it is the most widely known of the eight law reviews published by students at Yale Law School...
  
  , Columbia Law Review
  Columbia Law Review
  The Columbia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School. In addition to articles, the journal regularly publishes scholarly essays and student notes. It was founded in 1901 by Joseph E. Corrigan and John M. Woolsey, who served as the review's first...
  
  , and Penn Law Review.
• ALWD Citation Manual
  ALWD Citation Manual
  The ALWD Citation Manual is a legal citation system for the United States compiled by the Association of Legal Writing Directors. Its first edition was published in 2000. Currently, it is in its fourth edition ....
  
  , by the Association of Legal Writing Directors
  Association of Legal Writing Directors
  The Association of Legal Writing Directors , formed in 1996, is a non-profit professional association of directors and former directors of legal research, writing, analysis, and advocacy programs from law schools in the United States, Canada and Australia...
  
  

For academic papers

• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
  A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
  A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations , is a style guide for writing and formatting research papers...
  
  , Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, by Kate L. Turabian
  Kate L. Turabian
  Kate Larimore Turabian was an American educator who is best known for her book A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. In 2007 the University of Chicago Press published the 7th edition of the book...
  
  . Often referred to as "Turabian."
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. By Joseph Gibaldi. (Often referred to as "MLA.")
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
  APA style
  American Psychological Association Style is a set of rules that authors use when submitting papers for publications in APA journals. The APA states that they were developed to assist reading comprehension in the social and behavioral sciences, for clarity of communication, and to "move the idea...
  
  , by the American Psychological Association
  American Psychological Association
  The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA...
  
   (APA)

For journalism

• The Associated Press Stylebook
  AP Stylebook
  The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, usually called the AP Stylebook, is a style and usage guide used by newspapers and in the news industry in the United States...
  
  . By the Associated Press
  Associated Press
  The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
  
   (AP).
• The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
  The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage
  The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper is a style guide created in 1950 by editors at the newspaper and revised in 1974 and 1999 by Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly. The revised and...
  
  . By Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly.
• The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage, by Ronald J. Alsop and the Staff of the Wall Street Journal.

For electronic publishing

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style, by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor.
• Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch
  Patrick J. Lynch
  Patrick James Lynch is an American author, artist, biomedical illustrator, and photographer. He lives in North Haven, Connecticut with his wife Susan E. Grajek....
  
   and Sarah Horton
  Sarah Horton
  Sarah Horton is a fictional character on the show Days of our Lives.She was born in 1981 to Neil Curtis and Maggie Horton. She was conceived through artificial insemination and was believed to be the daughter of Evan Whyland. It was not until she was a teen that they found out her father was Neil...
  
  .

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

• Apple Publications Style Guide by Apple Inc. Provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface.
• Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
  Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
  The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications is a style guide published by Microsoft. The Third Edition, ISBN 0-7356-1746-5, was published on November 12, 2003. The print version of this edition was published in June 2004. Microsoft employees and partners can also access a Microsoft...
  
  , by Microsoft Corporation. Provides a style standard for technical documentation including use of terminology, conventions, procedure, design treatments, and punctuation and grammar usage.
• Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, by Sun Technical Publications.

Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication

• The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
  
  , by University of Chicago Press
  University of Chicago Press
  The University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
  
   staff.
• Words into Type, by Marjorie E. Skillin, Robert M. Gay, et al.

Academic

• The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
  
  —15th edition. The standard of the book publishing industry including trade and academic publishers as well as journal publications.
• A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (frequently called "Turabian style")—Published by Kate L. Turabian
  Kate L. Turabian
  Kate Larimore Turabian was an American educator who is best known for her book A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. In 2007 the University of Chicago Press published the 7th edition of the book...
  
  , the graduate school dissertation secretary at the University of Chicago
  University of Chicago
  The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
  
   from 1930 to 1958. The school required her approval for every master's thesis and doctoral dissertation. Her stylistic rules closely follow The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style
  The Chicago Manual of Style is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 16 editions have prescribed writing and citation styles widely used in publishing...
  
  , although there are some differences.
• ACS Style Guide
  ACS style
  The ACS style is a set of standards for writing documents relating to chemistry, including a standard method of citation in academic publications, developed by the American Chemical Society . The printed versions of the ACS style manual are entitled ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of...
  
  —for scientific papers published in journals
  Academic journal
  An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
  
   of the American Chemical Society
  American Chemical Society
  The American Chemical Society is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 161,000 members at all degree-levels and in all fields of chemistry, chemical...
  
  .
• American Medical Association Manual of Style—for medical papers published in journals of the American Medical Association
  American Medical Association
  The American Medical Association , founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States.-Scope and operations:...
  
  .
• American Psychological Association Style Guide
  APA style
  American Psychological Association Style is a set of rules that authors use when submitting papers for publications in APA journals. The APA states that they were developed to assist reading comprehension in the social and behavioral sciences, for clarity of communication, and to "move the idea...
  
  —for the social sciences; published by the American Psychological Association
  American Psychological Association
  The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA...
  
  .
• American Sociological Association Style Guide
  ASA style
  American Sociological Association style is a widely accepted format for writing university research papers that specifies such the arrangement and punctuation of footnotes and bibliographies...
  
  —for the social sciences; published by the American Sociological Association
  American Sociological Association
  The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
  
  .
• Geoscience Reporting Guidelines—for geoscience reports in industry, academia and other disciplines.http://members.shaw.ca/geomanual/
• IEEE Style
  IEEE Style
  The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers style is a widely accepted format for writing research papers, commonly used in technical fields, particularly in computer science. In IEEE style, citations are numbered, but citation numbers are included in the text in square brackets rather...
  
  —used in many technical research papers, especially those relating to computer science
  Computer science
  Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
  
  .
• MHRA Style Guide
  MHRA Style Guide
  The MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses is an academic style guide published by the Modern Humanities Research Association and most widely used in the arts and humanities in the United Kingdom, where the MHRA is based...
  
  —for the arts
  ARts
  aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
  
   and humanities
  Humanities
  The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
  
  ; published by the Modern Humanities Research Association
  Modern Humanities Research Association
  The Modern Humanities Research Association is a British-based international organization that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the MHRA Style Guide....
  
  . Available as a free download (see article).
• MLA Style Manual
  The MLA Style Manual
  The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing is the third edition of The MLA Style Manual, first published by the Modern Language Association of America in 1985...
  
  , 3rd ed., and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.—for subjects in the arts
  The arts
  The arts are a vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "art", which as a description of a field usually means only the visual arts. The arts encompass visual arts, literary arts and the performing arts – music, theatre, dance and...
  
   and the humanities
  Humanities
  The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
  
  ; published by the Modern Language Association of America
  Modern Language Association
  The Modern Language Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of language and literature...
  
   (MLA).
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th ed—for scientific papers published by the Council of Science Editors
  Council of Science Editors
  The Council of Science Editors is a nonprofit professional membership organization. CSE's mission is to serve editorial professionals in the sciences by creating a supportive network for career development, providing educational opportunities, and developing resources for identifying and...
  
   (CSE), a group formerly known as the Council of Biology Editors (CBE).
• The Style Manual for Political Science—used by many American
  United States
  The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
  
   political science
  Political science
  Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
  
   journals; published by the American Political Science Association
  American Political Science Association
  The American Political Science Association is a professional association of political science students and scholars in the United States. Founded in 1903, it publishes three academic journals...
  
  .

See also

• Citation
  Citation
  Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source . More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated alphanumeric expression Broadly, a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source (not always the original source). More precisely, a citation is an abbreviated...
  
  
• Diction
  Diction
  Diction , in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story...
  
  
• Documentation
  Documentation
  Documentation is a term used in several different ways. Generally, documentation refers to the process of providing evidence.Modules of Documentation are Helpful...
  
  
• Disputed usage
• English writing style
  English writing style
  An English writing style is a way of using the English language.The style of a piece of writing is the way in which features of the language are used to convey meaning, typically but not always within the constraints of more widely accepted conventions of usage, grammar, and spelling.ghAn...
  
  
• Grammar
  Grammar
  In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
  
  

• Prescription and description
• Punctuation
  Punctuation
  Punctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of sentences...
  
  
• Sentence spacing in language and style guides
  Sentence spacing in language and style guides
  Sentence spacing guidance is provided in many language and style guides. The majority of style guides that use a Latin-derived alphabet as a language base prescribe or recommend the use of a single space after the concluding punctuation of a sentence in final written works and publications...
  
  
• Spelling
  Spelling
  Spelling is the writing of one or more words with letters and diacritics. In addition, the term often, but not always, means an accepted standard spelling or the process of naming the letters...
  
  
• Style guide
  Style guide
  A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field...
  
  
• Stylistics
  Stylistics (linguistics)
  Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics, but has no autonomous domain of its own...
  
  

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American English

American English

American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....

• Style Manuals & Guides listed by the University of Memphis
  University of Memphis
  The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
  
   Libraries.
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U.S. government publications

Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States is the national government of the constitutional republic of fifty states that is the United States of America. The federal government comprises three distinct branches of government: a legislative, an executive and a judiciary. These branches and...

• U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual.

British English

British English

British English, or English , is the broad term used to distinguish the forms of the English language used in the United Kingdom from forms used elsewhere...

• The BBC News Styleguide.
• Economist.com Style Guide.
• The Guardian Stylebook.
• The Times Style and Usage Guide (online version; available as printed book as well).
• English Style Guide ("A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission
  European Commission
  The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
  
  " – executive branch of the European Union
  European Union
  The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
  
  .)

Canadian English

Canadian English

Canadian English is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English is the first language, or "mother tongue", of approximately 24 million Canadians , and more than 28 million are fluent in the language...

• York University Style Guide – Adapts CP Stylebook for university student use.

Australian English

Australian English

Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language....

• ABC Radio National style guide for Australian English.

International organization

International organization

An intergovernmental organization, sometimes rendered as an international governmental organization and both abbreviated as IGO, is an organization composed primarily of sovereign states , or of other intergovernmental organizations...

s

• WHO English Style Guide (PDF format)
• EU Interinstitutional Style Guide.

Academia

Academia

Academia is the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research.-Etymology:The word comes from the akademeia in ancient Greece. Outside the city walls of Athens, the gymnasium was made famous by Plato as a center of learning...

• "Citing sources" Online research tutorial to documentation style guides from Cornell University
  Cornell University
  Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
  
   Libraries.
• "Style Manuals and Writing Guides" from the California State University, Los Angeles
  California State University, Los Angeles
  California State University, Los Angeles is a public comprehensive university, part of the California State University system...
  
   Library.

Medical journals

• ICJME Uniform Requirements: Sample References.
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Updated Feb. 2006).

Scientific journals

• Advances in Physics - Style Guide for Physics journal published by Taylor & Francis Group (Taylor & Francis journals).
• Nature Formatting Guide for Nature
  Nature (journal)
  Nature, first published on 4 November 1869, is ranked the world's most cited interdisciplinary scientific journal by the Science Edition of the 2010 Journal Citation Reports...
  
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• The Lancet: Formatting Guidelines for Authors: Formatting Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Revised Manuscripts.

WWW

• OSNews Style Guide: Rules and Guidelines for Publishing and Participating on OSNews, by T. Holwerda. OSNews
  OSNews
  OSNews is a computing news web site with a focus on operating systems and their related technologies that launched in 1997. The content is managed by a group of editors and the owner. The managing editor of OSNews is Thom Holwerda . David Adams is a publisher for OSNews, and also contributes...
  
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• Web Style Guide, 2nd ed., by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton.