Fine Points of Dashes Make a Buzz

Steve Fesenmaier shared This NYTimes Story on the new 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, published this month.

It has been 10 years since the last edition of the manual, which is published by the University of Chicago Press.

The new one is the most significant revision since the 12th edition in 1969. It is the first edition, for instance, to address electronic publishing seriously. It also has the manual’s first chapter on grammar and usage, written by Bryan A. Garner, with instructions on whether it is all right to use “and” and “but” at the beginning of a sentence. “And” has been O.K. since Chaucer’s time, Mr. Garner said.

August 7, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Brian says:
    August 8, 2003 at 2:59 am

    Errors in the Manual
    Slate has a piece on errors and inconsistencies in the new Chicago Manual of Style. http://slate.msn.com/id/2086628

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