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| Title: | The Joy of Lex |
| Notice: | A Notes File even your grammar could love |
| Moderator: | THEBAY::SYSTEM |
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| Created: | Fri Feb 28 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1192 |
| Total number of notes: | 42769 |
857.0. ""U.S.News & World Report" stylebook" by TECA17::DYSERT (Barry - Custom Software Development) Thu Jan 10 1991 17:59
From the January 14 issue of "U.S.News & World Report", page 4 (I have
delimited with ticks (`') what the text italicizes)...
The dawning of the new year seems a good time to update house
rules on spelling, abbreviation and other fundamentals of
language. So with this issue, the Sixth Edition of the
"U.S.News & World Report Stylebook for Writers and Editors"
goes into effect.
The new rules grew out of 16 months of debate. Staffers
argued over whether to use Postal Service abbreviations for
states (we will use them only in complete mailing addresses),
when to capitalize the `p' in `president' (only when the word
is used before a name as a title) and how to spell
`employee/employe' (this word, the subject of numerous reader
inquiries over the years, will now end with a double `e').
Other changes: From now on, no apostrophe will appear in
plural abbreviations such as `S&Ls' and `HMOs'; `company,
corporation, senator, representative' and `governor' will be
used with names and Medicare and Medicaid will be
capitalized.
We are continually amazed at how thoroughly many readers
analyze `U.S. News', and we are always grateful to those who
take the time to express their thoughts. We are aware that
style is much more art than science, and we hope readers will
notice the effects of the new rules only insofar as they make
reading `U.S. News' easier and more rewarding.
Those interested can order a copy of the new manual by
sending a check or money order for $9.95, plus $2.45 for
shipping and handling, to:
Stylebook
U.S.News & World Report
2400 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1196.
Please allow four to six weeks for delivery. A portion of the
proceeds will be donated to a campaign for literacy.
(This note has also been posted to GRAMMAR.)
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| 857.1 | ersatz style | ODIXIE::LAMBKE | Transient Ischemic Attack | Thu Jan 10 1991 18:31 | 5 |
| I'd like to see the stylebook for USA Today. I'll bet it's short!
Does it bug you that USA Today always uses "USA" instead of "American"
or "US"? E.g., "...events in El Salvador, a USA helicopter was shot
down..."
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| 857.2 | | JIT081::DIAMOND | This note is illegal tender. | Fri Jan 11 1991 01:14 | 6 |
| > Does it bug you that USA Today always uses "USA" instead of "American"
> or "US"? E.g., "...events in El Salvador, a USA helicopter was shot
> down..."
Distract, yes. Bug, no. It's technically more correct than the
more common words which tend to suggest that USA = America.
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| 857.3 | no | TLE::RANDALL | Where's the snow? | Fri Jan 11 1991 14:58 | 7 |
| re: .1
No, it doesn't bug me at all. It sounded a little odd at first,
but "American" is wrong and there are other united states of
<geography_unit>.
--bonnie
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