discuss: proposed outline: Author Guide
Subject:
Re: proposed outline: Author Guide
From:
Tabatha Marshall ####@####.####
Date:
8 Jul 2003 22:57:30 -0000
Message-Id: <1057705249.10492.34.camel@mysticchild>
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:24, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 09:24:00PM +0000, Martin WHEELER wrote:
> > British and British-influenced authors will always use OED spellings;
> > Hart's Rules (ISBN 0-19-212983-X); and Judith Butcher's Copy-Editing
> > (ISBN 0-521-25638-0).
> > Likewise the Chicago Manual of Style will always be used by American and
> > American-influenced authors.
Actually, Strunk & White's Elements of Style is pretty handy, and free
online at bartelby.com. I have CMS, but it's the size of my oven - it's
easier to go bartelby!
> Unless you're Canadian and then you'll probably use some combination of
> both. If you're lucky it will be a consistent combination. ;)
Having done most of my growing up in Canada, I can honestly say that in
school we're taught to spell everything the "British" way...(like words
ending in "or": flavour, neighbourhood, colour).
> When in doubt I default to an American dictionary because it usually uses
> shorter words.
Merriam Webster online (m-w.com) is a staple, I almost always have it
open in a browser when I'm working on my book. It's not necessarily the
most comprehensive, but it's just so darn convenient!
Tab
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