Chris, Thanks so much for that very funny Onion article about our odd obsession with students' use of proper APA rules as opposed to the quality and substance of their writing. Provided some very needed LOLs.
Joan [email protected] > I am perennially fascinated/horrified by the interest questions pertaining > to APA style seem to generate. They just seem to me to be of about the > same level of scholarly import as are, say, fights over whether the toilet > paper should go over or under the roll. > > Sure, students need to be familiar with stylistic issues, but the details > of any stylistic prescription rank so far below, well, just about > everything else, from an intellectual perspective... The level of drill > and perfection required by some astonishes me. (Full disclosure: I was > once an APA style maven, but then I started writing for journals that > required other styles, and I gradually realized what a wasteful and > arbitrary matter most of it is.) > > I think this Onion piece puts things nicely in perspective (and notice > that APA isn't even a "player"). > > http://www.theonion.com/articles/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago,30806/ > > Discussion? Retribution? > > Chris > ----- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 > Canada > > [email protected] > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=22742 > or send a blank email to > leave-22742-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=22745 or send a blank email to leave-22745-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
