The Style Book of The Detroit News
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The style book says the object of a story or an editorial is to inform or convince, that it is hard to do either if the reader has to study over a big word or an involved sentence, and that plain English should be used all the time. The style book says not to let the libel laws be the measure in printing of a story, but to let fairness be the measure, and to always give the other fellow a hearing. The style book says to keep the paper clean in language and thought, and that profane or suggestive words are not necessary.
The style book says that when in doubt, one should think of a 13-year-old girl reading what one is writing. The style book says to be careful and cautious and fair and decent in dealing with any man's reputation, but doubly so, and then some, when a woman's name is at stake. An index lists entries such as, among others, pen name preferred to nom de plume, people misused for persons, and per cent, use of.
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