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English Style Guide. A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission. Seventh edition: June 2011. The English Style Guide is updated regularly. For the latest version, see . http://ec.europa.eu/translation/english/guidelines/documents/styleguide_english_dgt_en.pdf. For what’s new, see.
The language used in English texts should be understandable to speakers of Irish/British English (defined in the introduction to this guide as the shared standard usage of Ireland and the United Kingdom).
environments and whose native language is not English. Writing in English at University: A Guide for Second Language Writers covers central aspects of academic writing in English with a specific focus on: • common terms and concepts that all writers need to be aware of • ways of organising and structuring a text
However, the two registers that are commonly crossed in academic writing are generally between formal and informal; therefore, a standard guideline of the stylistic differences between the two have been provided, plus a simple guide of cross registering examples. Register Types. Formal vs Informal.
English Style Guide 8 December 2016 1/106 Introduction This Style Guide is intended primarily for English-language authors and translators, both in-house and freelance, working for the European Commission. But now that so many texts in and around the EU institutions are drafted in English by native and
Papers are written using proper academic English or German. When writing a paper in English, make sure to consistently stick to one of the core varieties of English (American English, British English,
Part II: Conventions in academic writing 1. Style conventions: numbers and dates; capitals; print enhancements; abbreviations; typing and spelling 2. Tone conventions: formal, jargon and cliché-free, impersonal writing 3. Forming arguments: how to turn your information into a well-written essay or report 1. Style conventions 1.1 Numbers and dates
