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E Source style guide and word list

Andy Read, Joy Herbers

August 12, 2022

Originally published May 2, 2022

Welcome to the E Source style guide (PDF) and word list (PDF). We created these resources to help E Source employees write clear and consistent content across the E Source website.

We use the Chicago Manual of Style as our default style guide. We adapt certain rules to better suit E Source voice, which is how we’ve created the E Source style guide. And we use Merriam-Webster as our default dictionary, which is how we determine how to treat certain words and phrases in the E Source word list.

We invite you to use and adapt these resources as needed. All we ask is that you credit E Source. Although the E Source style guide and word list are freely available online, they haven’t been written with public or external use in mind. Note that we’ve removed internal E Source hyperlinks from these versions.

Thanks to the Mailchimp Content Style Guide and the University of Oxford Style Guide for content and design inspiration.

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About the author

Andy Read

Andy Read helps make sure Research and Advisory content is clear, consistent, and useful for utility professionals. He works closely with writers through editing and one‑on‑one coa...

Joy Herbers

Joy Herbers researches, writes, and edits reports across all E Source services. As the company’s content strategist, she leads enterprise-wide content strategy initiatives. Be...