Resources for writers
Welcome to the St John Ambulance writing guidelines - a set of
resources for writers and editors to help you use words in the St
John Ambulance style.You can download the
writing guidelines in full, or browse individual sections
on this site.
Some people find reading and writing easy; others find it very
difficult. We hope that these tools will help both the keen and the
reluctant writer, and that the materials St John Ambulance produces
are fit for both the keen and the reluctant reader.
These tools are not meant to replace a decent dictionary and
grammar guide. These resources are essential and should be within
every writer's reach.
We will add to or amend these tools from time to time: updated
tools will appear on the members website and the brand resource
website.
Contents
- Vision, mission and values:
the most up-to-date text about the purpose of the organisation
- Key messages and Quick text: important facts and standard ways
of describing St John Ambulance, to help get the message
across
- Tone of voice: how St John
Ambulance should sound as an organisation
- The A-Z of St John Ambulance
style: our house rules on just about everything to do with
the written word: from abbreviations to zany language
- Quick tips: a quick guide to
punctuation and a list of difficult words
- Controversy corner: some
grammatical issues cause passionate debate. Where does St John
Ambulance stand on the problems dividing writers?
- Other resources:
dictionaries, grammar books and websites.
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First published in 2007 by
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