The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World’s Most Authoritative News Organiza

　　你想過嗎？tweet是動詞還是名詞？寫作時，該直接寫”Does the White House tweet?”或是必須寫成” Does the White House post on Twitter?” 動詞“text”也可以當名詞嗎？

 

　　不論你寫的是短篇小說、商業計畫、讀書報告或新聞報導，寫作時，拼音、文法甚至是標點符號，該怎麼使用才正確，對許多人來說是個棘手的難題。但現在，寫作者可以輕鬆地找到答案了！2015年出版第五版的《The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage》，是作家與世界上最權威的新聞機構採用的寫作指南。除了指引一般寫作問題外，本書還解答寫者在網路時代使用各式書寫平台時可能會遇到的問題，諸如：

 

　　如何在社交媒體上編寫訊息內容？

　　何時該使用”transgender”這個字？如何區別”same-sex marriage“與”gay marriage”的使用方式？

 

　　對寫作者來說，本書是本兼具實用與趣味的必備寫作參考書。(文/博客來編譯)

The premier source for journalists, now revised and updated for 2015.

Does the White House tweet?
Or does the White House post on Twitter?
Can ＂text＂ be a verb and also a noun?
When should you link?
For anyone who writes--short stories or business plans, book reports or news articles--knotty choices of spelling, grammar, punctuation and meaning lurk in every line: Lay or lie? Who or whom? That or which? Is Band-Aid still a trademark? It’s enough to send you in search of a Martini. (Or is that a martini?) Now everyone can find answers to these and thousands of other questions in the handy alphabetical guide used by the writers and editors of the world’s most authoritative news organization.

The guidelines to hyphenation, punctuation, capitalization and spelling are crisp and compact, created for instant reference in the rush of daily deadlines. The 2015 edition is a revised and condensed version of the classic guide, updated with solutions to problems that plague writers in the Internet age:
- How to cite links and blogs
- How to handle tweets, hashtags and other social-media content
- How to use current terms like ＂transgender,＂ or to choose thoughtfully between ＂same-sex marriage＂ and ＂gay marriage＂

With wry wit, the authors have created an essential and entertaining reference tool.

ALLAN M. SIEGAL and WILLIAM G. CONNOLLY both joined The Times in the 1960s and served for decades in a variety of top editing roles. Since their retirement, a team of current Times editors has overhauled the style guide for today’s readers and writers.