EIA Writing Style Guide

EIA Writing Style Guide

EIA Writing Style Guide

January 2024

U.S. Energy Information Administration Office of Stakeholder Outreach and Communications

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Acknowledgment

The Office of Stakeholder Outreach and Communications extends our deep gratitude to the EIA Writing Style Guide Working Group for their hard work and collaboration on this project. The success of this revised guide would not have been possible without their professional and thoughtful input.

EIA Writing Style Guide Workgroup Jeff Barron Tyson Brown

Owen Comstock Ali Coyle

Mickey Francis Matt French Sarah Grady

Tim Hess Slade Johnson Brett Marohl

Senior Editor Christinne Govereau

Editors Heather McDaniel

Julia Torres

Contents

Introduction to the EIA Writing Style Guide

5

Chapter 1: Writing Clearly

8

Chapter 2: Neutrality

18

Chapter 3: Common Grammatical Errors

21

Chapter 4: Word Usage

26

Chapter 5: Capitalization

33

Chapter 6: Numbers

37

Chapter 7: Puncutation

47

Chapter 8: Abbreviations and Units

55

Chapter 9: List and Bullets

61

Chapter 10: Formatting Reports, Tables and Graphs

63

Appendix A: Scientific Writing at EIA

77

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Introduction to the EIA Writing Style Guide

This style guide is an update of the edition released in December 2020.

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