[WEB4LIB] RE: "Style" guides

[Michael McCulley]

I always understood forward slash in text as "and/or," YMMV..

Best,
Michael

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Monday, August 16, 2004 5:52:49 PM 
 
>-----Original Message-----
>From: web4lib at webjunction.org 
>[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of K.G. Schneider
>Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 11:46 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: "Style" guides
>
>> This might be helpful
>> http://macfadden.mit.edu/webgroup/guidelines/index.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Ian Chan
>> Seattle Central Community College Library
>> http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/cclib/
>> 
>> 
>
>Last week I was razzed for using the term "virgule" (though it 
>was directed
>in-house, so geeze!) so I feel free to take a little poke at 
>the usage guide
>available several links away at: 
>
>http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/publications/housestyle.html
>
>"Aeronautics and Astronautics USE short form: 'Aero/Astro' rather than
>'Aero-Astro'"  
>
>Fain would I yield to local convention, but a v-- I mean, forward slash
>thingy means "or," not "and."
>
>But that aside (and not withstanding a period outside of a 
>comma), I thought
>this was very useful for Web writing:
>
>http://macfadden.mit.edu/webgroup/writing/index.html
>
>I particularly enjoyed:
>
>http://macfadden.mit.edu/webgroup/writing/examples2/fragments.html
>
>Once upon a time, as a second lieutenant, I worked with a chief whose
>formative years had included communicating via brief teletype 
>messages. He
>insisted that we write most of our correspondence that way. He 
>even *spoke*
>that way. Life by Morse code... even stranger than life by Boolean! 
>
>K.G. (has been waiting for years to use "fain") Schneider
>kgs at bluehighways.com