WFP style guide

This World Food Programme (WFP) editorial style guide sets out the writing conventions used in WFP documents and advises on usage. It is intended as a resource for authors writing in English and for authors who want their documents to conform to WFP writing conventions.

The aim is to help authors to produce clear, consistent, readable texts that are accessible to an audience that varies enormously in language and culture.

Writers should bear in mind that many of those who read WFP documents in English are not mother-tongue users of English. Many English documents are translated into the other official ...

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