The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, 5th Edition: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative News Organization

<b>The premier source for journalists, now revised and updated for 2015.</b><br><br> Does the White House tweet?<br> Or does the White House post on Twitter?<br> Can &quot;text&quot; be a verb and also a noun?<br> When should you link? <br> 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: <i>Lay</i> or <i>lie</i>? <i>Who</i> or <i>whom</i>? <i>That</i> or <i>which</i>? Is <i>Band-Aid</i> still a trademark? It's enough to send you in search of a <i>Martini</i>. (Or is that a <i>martini</i>?) 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.<br><br> 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:<br> · How to cite links and blogs<br> · How to handle tweets, hashtags and other social-media content<br> · How to use current terms like &quot;transgender,&quot; or to choose thoughtfully between &quot;same-sex marriage&quot; and &quot;gay marriage&quot;<br><br> With wry wit, the authors have created an essential and entertaining reference tool. <b> </b><br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>