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HANDBOOK OF
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HANDBOOK OF
STYLE
and
USAGE
2017 EDITION
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant;
if what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains undone…
—Confucius
Contents
Sources of ADB Style ……………………………………………………………………………………..
ix
Clear Writing …………………………………………………………………………………………………. x
Abbreviations………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
When and How to Abbreviate ……………………………………………………………………. 1
Abbreviations List ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2
Abbreviations That Should Be Treated as Names of Organizations ………………… 2
Abbreviations That Should Not Be Spelled Out ……………………………………………. 3
ADB Abbreviations …………………………………………………………………………………… 4
ADB Member Names ……………………………………………………………………………….. 4
Ampersands in Abbreviations ……………………………………………………………………. 4
Articles and Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………… 5
Boxes …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Capitalization ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Education Degrees ………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Figures …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Five-Year Plans ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Footnotes ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Governments ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Headings and Titles …………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Non-English Terms …………………………………………………………………………………… 8
Plurals ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Possessives ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Punctuation …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
Quarters …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Special Drawing Rights …………………………………………………………………………….. 11
Tables ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
Technical Assistance ………………………………………………………………………………… 12
Two-Letter Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………….. 12
ADB Member Names ……………………………………………………………………………………… 13
Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
Lists ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 13
Plural Names ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 14
Adjectives……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
Nouns Used as Adjectives ………………………………………………………………………… 14
“Sector” ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
Appendixes …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
Citing in Text …………………………………………………………………………………………… 16
Headings ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 16
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