NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) editorial style guide
Editorial style refers to the choices that writers, editors, and secretaries make to eliminate inconsistencies in their documents. These choices apply to the recurrent features of a document such as abbreviations, capitalization, compound words, numbers, symbols, and punctuation, as well as to references and footnotes. Making these choices is sometimes difficult because usage changes as the language evolves. Consider the use of hyphens, for example. Do we write non-power reactor or nonpower reactor Is it on-site incident or onsite incident Although usage is moving away from the use of hyphens with prefixes, the authorities who compile style guides do not always agree about which choice to use at a given time. Moreover, each discipline -- law, physics, mathematics -- has specific standards that apply to the publications for that discipline. Even in an area as seemingly certain as spelling, overlapping usage exists. Reputable dictionaries show both align'' and aline'' as correct spellings. Likewise, disc, disk, and diskette'' currently coexist as equally valid choices.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Freedom of Information and Publications Services
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USNRC
- OSTI ID:
- 5342815
- Report Number(s):
- NUREG-1379; ON: TI90002913; TRN: 89-032271
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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