Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Updated Mechanics Rules
Thanks to DE for sending along the Chicago Manual's updated rules. US, not U.S., a single rule for ellipses, capped Internet but lowercased website, etc., etc. Only two of them irk me--breaking URLs before the slash rather than after, and using apostrophe and s after Xerxes to show possession. Is nothing sacred?
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I give up on possessive apostrophes on names ending in "s". I was informed by our marketing person yesterday that ALL names ending in "s" do NOT get a possessive "s".
Here I was thinking it was just Greeks and Biblical characters....
In my grad program and at school, we are confined to MLA rules. While browsing for their latest edition (7th) I came across all the others. A bit confusing to have so many authorities, no?
M--Your marketing person is following a rule that exists only in his or her mind.
E--That's what authorities do--set themselves up to counter existing authorities.
Robert and I always relied on Strunk and White. I find it a morass - Chicago, Terrabian, MLA . . . I feel badly for students trying to find an answer.
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