| Here is a new and enlarged edition of the desk book of guidelinescompiled for those who write and edit The New York Times. Many ofthe entries that have been added concern language usage rather thanprinting style--so many, indeed, that the title of the book has beenchanged to add the word usage and thus more accurately describe thecontents. ~ Style," as it is used in the title, is not literary style; it is a set ofrules or guides intended to assure consistency of spelling, capitaliza-tion, punctuation and abbreviation in printing the written word. Thereis little difference between a Martini and a martini, but unless thereis a style rule the word may be capitalized in one instance and lower-cased in another. Such untidiness must be avoided, in matters smallor large, because it detracts from even the best of writing. Rules areespecially needed when many very different people write and edit apublication that has an identity of its own. For examples of the styleguidelines in this self-indexing book, see these alphabetical entries:abbreviations; Bishop; capitalization; comma; company andcorporation names; Mr., Mrs. and Miss; numbers; President,president; years, decades, centuries. |
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