For those of you who missed out on the series of pamphlets which accompanied the Guardian newspaper last week you can review most of the articles online here. The most useful of which was perhaps last Saturday’s The Guardian Book of English Language – a condensed version of their book Guardian Style. Having cast my eye over a number of style guides and settled upon The Oxford Guide to Style (or Hart’s Rules as it is known in some incarnations) as the guiding light for Pesda Press, I can also recommend Guardian Style as a useful resource. Charitably, the Guardian have also made a great deal of their style guide available online here – although it is more accessible as a book.
apostrofly
“an insect that lands at random on the printed page, depositing an apostrophe wherever it lands” according to the Guardian’s former readers’ editor.
Following your recommendation, I now have a copy! It’s always bugged me whether the title of ‘South West Sea Kayaking’ is correctly capitalized and hyphenated; thanks to ‘Harts’ I am now reassured.
Mark Rainsley