RE: Style Guide standards: APA or the Chicago Manual of Style?

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

Make your life easier. Go with APA

1) He's the President, so he has the gold
2) He's got a doctorate, which means he thinks he knows everything
3) He has to deal with his girlfriend, and if it comes between you or her,
no contest.
4) It's just a guide...it's not the 15 commandments.

Pick a different windmill.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Swisher [mailto:PeteS -at- bmgi -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 12:35 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Style Guide standards: APA or the Chicago Manual of Style?

Your help is needed!

The company I am contracting at has not yet defined their writing style.
Think it a simple task, I was in the process of writing a style guide
for them. They asked me to hold off. Apparently, there is a big
political hoo ha about the undefined style guide around here. There are
two factions:

One side, including the president who has a doctorate in Physics and a
junior salesperson whose girlfriend is a "writer", believe in the APA. 

The other side, including me and the HR manager whose friend is a
"writer", believe in the Chicago Manual of Style.

>From the archives, I've found the Chicago Manual of Style to be
preferred by this group. However, I couldn't find any other facts to
back it up. Could anyone help?

I didn't realize this would be such a big deal!


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