The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper (Revised and Expanded Edition)
Allan M. Siegal, William G. Connolly
Language: English
Pages: 385
ISBN: 2:00239912
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Is the deejay a wannabe?
Or does the D.J. just want to be?
When is heaven capitalized?
Do you stand in line or on line?
For anyone who writes--short stories or business plans, book reports or news articles--knotty choices of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and meaning lurk in every line: Lay or lie? Who or whom? None is or none are? Is Touch-Tone a trademark? How about Day-Glo? It's enough to send you in search of a Martini. (Or is that a martini?) Now everyone can find answers to these and thousands of other questions in the handy alphabetical guide used by the writers and editors of the world's most authoritative newspaper.
The guidelines to hyphenation, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling are crisp and compact, created for instant reference in the rush of daily deadlines. This revised and expanded edition is updated with solutions to the tantalizing problems that plague writers in the new century:
How to express the equality of the sexes without using self-conscious devices like "he or she."
How to choose thoughtfully between African-American and black; Hispanic and Latino; American Indian and Native American.
How to translate the vocabulary of e-mail and cyberspace and cope with the eccentricities of Internet company names and website addresses.
With wry wit, the authors, who have more than seventy-five years of combined newsroom experience at the New York Times, have created an essential and entertaining reference tool.
archliberal, arch-Protestant and arch-Republican. Also see ultra(-). archaeology. Also: archaeological; archaeologist. Archbishop Dale B. Lam of Hartford, Archbishop Lam, the archbishop. Or: the archbishop of Hartford, Dale B. Lam. The Most Rev. is used before the name of the Anglican prelate who is the archbishop of Canterbury. Also see bishop; Canterbury, archbishop of; Most Rev., Rt. Rev.; Rev.; Very Rev. archetype. architecture. Styles and schools are listed separately. Also see arts
measure of the speed of data transmission, has largely been replaced by bits per second. Bavarian cream (the dessert). Bay Area (the San Francisco region). Bayreuth (in Germany). BBC for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Spell out the name unless the context is clear. B.C. As an abbreviation for before Christ, it follows the year or the century: The town was founded in 73 B.C.; the town dates from the second century B.C. But A.D., for anno Domini, or in the year of the [or our] Lord, is
more than once wresting whole chapters back from digital oblivion. The manual owes its structure to Lewis Jordan, news editor of The Times, who died in 1983. As editor of the 1962 and 1976 editions, he left his mark on numerous entries, but his central legacy was the self-indexing format, since adopted by many other news organizations for their stylebooks. Two contributors to this edition defy submersion in the “too numerous” category. Barbara Oliver, now research editor of The St. Petersburg
chocolate drink is cocoa, made from cacao beans. Coca-Cola, Coke are trademarks. co-chair. Use co-chairman or co-chairwoman instead. For a general reference, try coleader. c.o.d. for cash on delivery or collect on delivery. code of conduct. The phrase has a specialized meaning in the United States military. It is the name of a document that governs the behavior of troops in the face of the 72 codes enemy or in captivity. For other sets of rules (about dating, for example), use code of behavior
Anyell, high commissioner to Nigeria; High Commissioner Anyell; the high commissioner; Mr. (or Ms., Mrs. or Miss) Anyell. In diplomatic relations within the Commonwealth, high commissioners take the place of ambassadors. High Court. It is the name of a British court, among others. Do not use it as a variation for Supreme Court. Even in a narrow headline, Justices will do. 160 High Holy Days High Holy Days (Jewish; preferred to High Holidays): Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. high jinks. Not