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The style used should make the '''meaning clear''' and be appropriate to the intended readership.
The style used should make the '''meaning clear''' and be appropriate to the intended readership.


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[[Category:BritGeoWiki writers' guide]]
[[category:Earthwise writers' guide]]

Latest revision as of 11:27, 30 July 2014

The style used should make the meaning clear and be appropriate to the intended readership.

Write in full sentences; dropping ‘understood’ words and phrases may prove ambiguous to the reader.

Avoid the use of symbols (> < = ?) in running text, but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’.