Quiz: Whose style do you choose?

You can tell a lot about a publication from its style guide - but can you identify the publications behind these 10 style guide entries? They are taken from five guides available online: those of the Guardian, the Times, the Telegraph and Reuters, plus the 1928 "Style-book of the Manchester Guardian". CP Scott or Simon Heffer? It's up to you to work it out ...

  1. 1. adultery requires one party to be married. Anything else is merely fornication.

  2. 2. birdwatchers Also known as birders, not "twitchers"; they go birdwatching or birding, not "twitching".

  3. 3. Jesus Christ Be careful using Christ because it is a theological term for Messiah, a title non-Christians would not give him. The combination Jesus Christ is so well know that in most general stories, we can use it on first reference and Jesus after that. Christ on second reference should be limited to strictly Christian theological contexts (see Christ). Using Jesus Christ would not be appropriate in a story about Jewish views of Jesus. In a story about Muslims discussing him, use Jesus Christ only if they do. In no case should we refer to him only as Christ on second reference in general stories or in headlines.

  4. 4. Führer (not Fuehrer)

  5. 5. fuck Do not describe this as "a good, honest old-fashioned Anglo-Saxon word" because, first, there is no such thing as an Anglo-Saxon word (they spoke Old English) and, more important, its first recorded use dates from 1278. See swearwords.

  6. 6. huntsman Each hunt has one, usually a paid hunt servant. Other people who hunt with the aid of hounds (never dogs) are members of the hunt or the field. Shooting is not classed as hunting. Use wildfowling, rough shooting, game shooting, stalking, etc as appropriate.

  7. 7. maintain Use this word with care. As a verb of saying it can, like claim, suggest reporters are sceptical about the statement quoted.

  8. 8. Peterhouse, the Cambridge college, never takes College after the name. Neither does Christ Church, Oxford; nor do any Oxford or Cambridge colleges ending with Hall, eg, Lady Margaret Hall. Nor do, eg, Queen Mary and Royal Holloway at the University of London. See Cambridge, University of; London, University of; Oxford, University of.

  9. 9. The possessive case Use the 's wherever possible. Singular Jones, Jones's; plural, Joneses, Joneses'. Other examples:- Three weeks' vacation, an hour's work, Smith's and Robinson's families. Where the s is silent it should be omitted, as in conscience' sake.

  10. 10. Wales Avoid the word "principality", and do not use as a unit of measurement ("50 times the size of Wales").

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