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Re: Middle Initial: period or no period?

Subject: Re: Middle Initial: period or no period?
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:24:56 -0500

On Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:12:30 -0500, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:

The latest (17th) edition says "The name of a living person should,
wherever possible, correspond to that personâs preferred usage."

I believe that's about people who make a point of using nonstandard
capitalization or punctuation, e.g. bell hooks. Is there anyone who
insists on no period after their middle initial? Even Jennifer 8. Lee
uses a period now.

Famous science-fiction fan Forry Ackerman's preference was Forrest J Ackerman, or occasionally Forrest J (no period) Ackerman. Other fans generally acceded to his request, biographies and style guides less so.

Then there is the poet e e cummings.
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