OK, everybody, how about block paragraphs, instead of an  indented 
first line?  Is this also a remnant from a typewriter era?  Depending 
on context, I still indent.

Thanks for any info.

Andrea


On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Miller, Mev wrote:


> As a copyeditor....

>

> Periods & commas always go inside the quotation marks (both single and

> double)

>

> !, ? and other marks may go outside the quotation marks depending on 

> the

> usage...and of course, I suppose all of this depends on what style

> manual you're using (Chicago, APA -- for education -- etc.)

>

> Also, no more double-spaces between sentences - that's an old 

> typewriter

> thing. With the use of computers, single-spaces are now preferred. As

> someone mentioned, old habits die hard!

>

> Mev

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On

> Behalf Of sandy lynch

> Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 3:34 PM

> To: The Workplace Literacy Discussion List

> Subject: [Workplace 486] Re: USA, U.S. or US?

>

>

> I think the answer to your first question is "Yes." All three

> abbreviations for the United States are in rampant use. I believe

> grammarians would say U.S. or U.S.A. is technically correct. But with

> computer-speak, all bets are off.

>

> As to quotation marks used with other punctuation, this seems to 

> mystify

> many. I always hark back to "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk

> Jr. and E.B. White. On quotations, Mr. Strunk says, "Typographical 

> usage

> dictates that the comma be inside the marks, though logically it often

> seems not to belong there."

>

> I'm not a spacing expert, but I'd say authors who still use double

> spaces at the end of sentences, etc. were taught to so  years ago in

> typing class, and old habits die hard. I only double space when it 

> looks

> like I need to.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> P.S. The chapter by E.B. White in "Elements of Style" is one of the 

> best

> guides to clear writing ever.

>

>

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> ________________________________

>> Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 10:16:28 -0700

>> From: tknilsso at gmail.com

>> To: workplace at nifl.gov

>> Subject: [Workplace 485] USA, U.S. or US?

>>

>> Dear workplace readers,

>> Greetings from Edmonton Canada (-17C and 35 centimeters of snow).

>> I have three questions for y'all (related to spelling & formatting):

>> First, what is the "appropriate acronym" for the United States of

> America - USA, U.S. or US? The latter reads like "us" (the objective

> form of we) and not like "United States", thus it confuses me. My

> students keep writing US instead of - what I learned - U.S. Advice?

> Recommendations? References that discuss this issue? Unless my eyes

> betray me, I haven't found any guidance in my dictionaries or

> styleguides.

>> Second, what are the guidelines for using quotation marks, i.e. " and

> '. I know that for a quotation-within-quotation, we should use the

> single quotation mark, i.e. ' - should the quotation mark preceed

> commas, semi-colon, quotation marks, end points (dots) etc.?

>> Third, why do some authors <still> use double-spaces (i.e. touch the

> spacebar on the keyboard twice before starting a new sentence). I

> understand that the double-spacing rule originated from the day(s) of

> ordinary typewriters, but I have noted on several occasions that double

> spacing is continued to be used. Are there any hard-and-fast-rules for

> when to switch between single spacing and double spacing?

>> Thanks in advance!

>> Tomas Nilsson

>

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