This is Chicago Manual of Style, I'm pretty sure (I don't have one
here). The rule is not to repeat the hundreds digit if it's the same on
both ends of the range. I think, then, that 244-247 should become 244-47
(not 244-7). Makes it very hard to search for page ranges replacing
hyphen with en dash. I suspect (based on when I began seeing this) that
CMS changed this style around 2000.
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type
www.pegtype.com
On 9/5/2012 11:15 AM, Rick Quatro wrote:
Hi Framers,
This is more of a curiosity than anything. I was browsing the index in a
book last night and I noticed that at the end of page ranges, common numbers
are suppressed. For example 244-7 instead of 244-247 and 138-41 instead of
138-141. Is this simply to save space, or is there some kind of style
recommendation for this? Thanks for any insight.
Rick
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-283-5045
[email protected]
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