Abbreviations, contractions and acronyms ................................................................................ 8
Lists .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Jargon and unnecessary words ................................................................................................. 12
Unbiased and gender-neutral words......................................................................................... 13
Scientific and technical names and the use of italics ............................................................... 13
Numbers ................................................................................................................................... 14
Ordinal numbers (first, second, 11th)................................................................................... 15
Scientific units ......................................................................................................................... 15
Area units ............................................................................................................................. 17
Other recommendations ....................................................................................................... 17
Currency ................................................................................................................................... 18
Probability ................................................................................................................................ 19
Times and dates........................................................................................................................ 19
Equations