Letting Go of the Words

Interlude

Creating an Organic Style Guide

As you create your web content, you and your colleagues may have questions about grammar, spelling, punctuation, and writing style.

Organic = start small and let it grow as issues and questions arise.

Use a style guide to keep the site consistent

At any given time, some aspects of every language are in transition. For example, many words come into English with a hyphen, like “e-mail,” and over time lose the hyphen. But different people and different organizations are at different places in the transition. Some still use the hyphen; others don’t. To have a consistent web site, you have to decide where ...