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The new 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style is being released this month. It includes such interesting topics as:
Among the major changes in the new manual:
¶Capital letters. The old manual recommended using small capitals in some cases, like AM and PM. But it is difficult for writers on a word processor to switch from regular size capitals to smaller. "In the new edition we now prefer lower case a.m. and p.m., with periods in between," Ms. Samen said, "and we are saying small caps are an alternative."
¶Ordinal numbers. The Manual used to prefer 3d and 2d, but it is now O.K. to use 2nd and 3rd, "like the rest of the world," Ms. Samen pointed out.
¶Dates. Previous editions recommended the British style: 1 July 2003. Now one can write them "the way everybody does it in real life," Ms. Samen said: July 1, 2003.
The new 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style is being released this month. It includes such interesting topics as:
Among the major changes in the new manual:
¶Capital letters. The old manual recommended using small capitals in some cases, like AM and PM. But it is difficult for writers on a word processor to switch from regular size capitals to smaller. "In the new edition we now prefer lower case a.m. and p.m., with periods in between," Ms. Samen said, "and we are saying small caps are an alternative."
¶Ordinal numbers. The Manual used to prefer 3d and 2d, but it is now O.K. to use 2nd and 3rd, "like the rest of the world," Ms. Samen pointed out.
¶Dates. Previous editions recommended the British style: 1 July 2003. Now one can write them "the way everybody does it in real life," Ms. Samen said: July 1, 2003.
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