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Subject:Re: Punctuation Question From:Julia Land <jltw -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Sat, 7 Jun 1997 12:38:33 -0500
Jeff wrote:
>
> I was under the impression that a sentence containing an appositive
> would be under the rules of restrictive or non-restictive appositives,
> such as...
>
> 'Refer to the section, "Installing a Customer," for more information'
>
> ...would be incorrect, given that more than one section was included,
> and parenthetically removing the section title renders the sentence
> inaccurate.
>
> My correction to this would be...
>
> 'Refer to the section "Installing a Customer" for more information'
>
> In my corrections of this sentence, I have been accused of "lack of
> experience."
>
> I cite, as example, any published reference material regarding this
> matter, e.g. The Chicago Manual of Style.
>
Jeff,
You are right and CMS supports you. Who says you are wrong? What sources
do they cite?
Is this a turf war? You show them the support in CMS and all they say is
you are inexperienced. Sounds like something is missing to me.
Julia Land
jalnd -at- earthlink -dot- net
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