A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I
ie
no full points
iMac, iPod
immune to
not immune from
impostor
not imposter
impracticable
impossible, it cannot be done impractical possible in theory but not workable at the moment
income tax
index
plural indexes, except for scientific and economic indices
indispensable
not indispensible
industrial tribunals
have not existed since 1998, when they became employment tribunals
infer/imply
to infer is to deduce something from evidence; to imply is to hint at something (and wait for someone to infer it)
infinite
without limit; does not mean very large
initials
no spaces or points, whether businesses or individuals, eg WH Smith, PCR Tufnell
Inland Revenue
the Revenue on second reference
inner city
noun two words, adjective hyphen: inner-city blues
inquiry
not enquiry
insisted
overused, especially in political stories; just use said
install, instalment
instil, instilled, instilling
followed by into
insure
against risk assure life ensure make certain
internet
net, web, world wide web, website, chatroom, homepage all lc
introducing people
Never use the following construction to introduce a speaker or a subject: “School standards minister David Miliband said … "
Instead, use the definite article and commas to separate the job from the name, like this: “The school standards minister, David Miliband, said … " (there is only one person with this specific post).
Commas are not used if the description is more general and could apply to more than one person, like this: “The education minister David Miliband said … " (there are several education ministers); or like this: “The former school standards minister Estelle Morris said … ” (there have been several).
Another example: “Jonathan Glancey, the Guardian's architecture critic, gave his verdict … " is correct; “The architecture critic Jonathan Glancey gave his verdict … " is fine as well.
into
but on to
invariable, invariably
unchanging; often used wrongly to mean hardly ever changing
ironically
Avoid when what you mean is strangely, coincidentally, paradoxically or amusingly
Isa
individual savings account, but no need to spell it out
-ise
not -ize at end of word, eg maximise, synthesise (exception: capsize)
no full points
iMac, iPod
immune to
not immune from
impostor
not imposter
impracticable
impossible, it cannot be done impractical possible in theory but not workable at the moment
income tax
index
plural indexes, except for scientific and economic indices
indispensable
not indispensible
industrial tribunals
have not existed since 1998, when they became employment tribunals
infer/imply
to infer is to deduce something from evidence; to imply is to hint at something (and wait for someone to infer it)
infinite
without limit; does not mean very large
initials
no spaces or points, whether businesses or individuals, eg WH Smith, PCR Tufnell
Inland Revenue
the Revenue on second reference
inner city
noun two words, adjective hyphen: inner-city blues
inquiry
not enquiry
insisted
overused, especially in political stories; just use said
install, instalment
instil, instilled, instilling
followed by into
insure
against risk assure life ensure make certain
internet
net, web, world wide web, website, chatroom, homepage all lc
introducing people
Never use the following construction to introduce a speaker or a subject: “School standards minister David Miliband said … "
Instead, use the definite article and commas to separate the job from the name, like this: “The school standards minister, David Miliband, said … " (there is only one person with this specific post).
Commas are not used if the description is more general and could apply to more than one person, like this: “The education minister David Miliband said … " (there are several education ministers); or like this: “The former school standards minister Estelle Morris said … ” (there have been several).
Another example: “Jonathan Glancey, the Guardian's architecture critic, gave his verdict … " is correct; “The architecture critic Jonathan Glancey gave his verdict … " is fine as well.
into
but on to
invariable, invariably
unchanging; often used wrongly to mean hardly ever changing
ironically
Avoid when what you mean is strangely, coincidentally, paradoxically or amusingly
Isa
individual savings account, but no need to spell it out
-ise
not -ize at end of word, eg maximise, synthesise (exception: capsize)
