Telegraph style book: Gg
Gaddafi
Gandhi
gale: The wind must reach 39 mph to qualify. Avoid 'gale-force winds'. Strong gales begin at 47 mph, storms at 64 mph and hurricanes at 73 mph
garda: Irish police. Just say police unless quoting an official spokesman
Gauloises
Le Gavroche: Not La
gay: Not homosexual. 'Openly gay' is banned unless in a historical context (the first openly gay MP). Gay is an adjective, not a noun – two gay men
gelatin: No final e
Geldof, Bob: Is an honorary knight so should not be called 'Sir'
general election: Lower case
General Synod: Upper case
Gentleman's Relish
genuine: Do not overuse this already rather exhausted word
Georgian: George I came to the throne in 1714, George IV died in 1830
Generation X: People born 1965-1980
Generation Z: People born 1995-c.2010
Gielgud, Sir John
gilets jaunes
gypsy: Not gipsy
glasnost
GM food: At second reference for genetically modified food
GNP: Gross national product at first mention, then GNP, but always explain
gobbledegook
Goldsmiths College: No apostrophe
goodness sake or goodness' sake: Are both correct
Gore-Tex
gotten: Is rotten and banned (unless a direct quote). 'Get' and 'got' are also inelegant and should be rewritten
governor: lower case for US state governors. Avoid references to gubernatorial elections, say election for governor instead
governors-general: In the plural
Graceland
graffiti
graft: Means hard work, not fraud
grams: Not grammes
Grand Prix: The plural is Grands Prix
Grand Slam: Capped up
Great Britain: See United Kingdom
the green belt: l/c and with a space
greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect
Grossman, Loyd
GSK: Formerly known as GlaxoSmithKline
guerrilla
gunwale: No h
guillotine motion: Explain that it limits debate
Guildhall (in London) not the Guildhall
The Gulf: not Iranian, Persian or Arabian Gulf
guns: Not weapons or firearms. In a military context, guns are artillery
Guns N' Roses: Only one apostrophe
Gurkha
Guy's and St Thomas': Hospital trust and hospitals
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