Re: Cleaning House

Philip & Le Khanh wrote:

> David Woolley wrote:
> 
>> In most other fields of endeavour, it is just understood
>  > as part of the general rules of style.  E.g. a newspaper
>  > might italicise ship names, but it would have a key saying
>  > that that was what it was doing.
> 
> With the first part of this assertion, I agree 100%; but the
> first part is in conflict with the second part, and I cannot
> think of a single newspaper that glosses "house style" for
> the benefit of the first-time reader.  If one is /really/

That was a typo of mine.  I meant to say "but it would *never* have a key".

Received on Sunday, 6 May 2007 11:05:04 UTC