Howdy All, Chris Faulkner here, a new member.
Speaking of commas and such, what style guide is the pre-emptive guide to use for authoring and editing? Have a Writer's day, Chris F ________________________________ From: Gary Schnabl <gschn...@swdetroit.com> To: auth...@user-faq.openoffice.org Sent: Thu, February 11, 2010 8:46:33 AM Subject: Re: [authors] Using Commas On 2/11/2010 11:38 AM, Sandeep Medikonda wrote: > Hi All, > > Do we use commas in a series of 3 or more things? I know the IBM Style Guide > and MSTP recommend it ... what is the normal convention here? > > > > > Regards, > Sandeep > Use the Oxford (Harvard) serial comma. Confer the Wikipedia on serial commas, if you need any help (which I doubt you do...). The newspapers generally do not follow that practice, which probably goes back to their time in the past in an attempt to save a character for their narrow columns. Ditto for narrow newspaper typefaces such as Times or Times New Roman. Gary -- Gary Schnabl Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, that is... Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.FreeForums.org> LinkedIn profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/garyschnabl> Elance profile <http://www.elance.com/php/profile/main/eolproviderprofile.php?userid=1892120&catid=100&edit=true&from=myelance>
