Activity for Kelly Tessena Keck
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| Edit | Post #6386 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #6164 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #5521 | Initial revision | — | about 5 years ago |
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A: Am I correctly referencing chapters which belong to the same book? In Chicago style, "chapter" is lowercased, even if it is used as a title. (An example from the Chicago Manual of Style Q&A page: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS\FAQ/Capitalization/Capitalization10.html) APA style also suggests lowercasing "chapter." The Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scie... (more) |
— | about 12 years ago |
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A: Is it okay to call the reader's target audience stupid? I don't think calling users as a general group stupid is appropriate in a development book. It would be appropriate in places where developers or customer-service reps vent to each other and try to top each other's "who's had to help the biggest idiot?" stories. It's also not really relevant to the ... (more) |
— | about 12 years ago |
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A: Is it overkill to follow style-guides for technical writing? I don't think following a style guide is overkill. It's really helpful to have an authoritative answer to things like whether to use e-mail or email and not have to look them up a dozen times or argue over them with other people. However, CMOS is probably too detailed for your needs, and I certainly ... (more) |
— | over 12 years ago |