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Nancy Marie
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Post Number:
1774
Registered: 08-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 07:09 pm: |   |
Hi everyone,
Here's the question what is the proper format for using dates in a manuscript. I know that in API and UPI you just put the date in numerical characters, i.e. 1972. But in book writing do you spell out the date, i.e. nineteen hundred and seventy-two, or do you follow the API/UPI style?
The reason I ask is that I know there is a difference in the way numbers are used between book writing and API/UPI formats. In API/UPI format numbers are spelled out until you reach the number ten, and then you use a numerical character after that. In books all numbers are spelled out, and I need to know if that includes dates as well.
Thanks for any help you guys can give me.
blessings, Kitty |
Jennifer Lynn
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Post Number:
1279
Registered: 03-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 09:50 pm: | |
I think it all depends on the house you are writing for. If they've got style sheets, then check those out. I tend to write out my numbers if its part of the narrative, but if it's for a heading (like the date) then I leave them numerical.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help Kitty.
Jenn
Jennifer Lynn
www.jenniferlynn.ca |
LaurieAnne
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Post Number:
1532
Registered: 12-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, June 18, 2004 - 10:49 pm: | |
Ditto what Jenn said.
LaurieAnne
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Nancy Marie
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Post Number:
1775
Registered: 08-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 06:25 am: | |
Thanks for the help.
Kitty |
William R. Park, Sr.
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Post Number:
26
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 08:45 am: | |
Nancy. I had a newspaper editor edit one of my novels and discovered that newspaper people are taught a different set of writing rules as those of book authors. Because of limited space, different rules apply. When I questioned him on several of his corrections, he agreed that his editing style was different and agreed with my words as they stood. |
Nancy Marie
Unity Member
Post Number:
1777
Registered: 08-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004 - 06:01 pm: | |
Hi William,
That's exactly how I learned the API/UPI styles through a newspaper job, and my editor for my manuscripts, now, is also my old editor at the newspaper. (we remained good friends even after I quit.)
Anyhow, she's the one who brought up the question, but now I think I know the answer.
blessings, Kitty |
Gary D. Kessler
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Post Number:
3
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004 - 10:31 pm: | |
In case you still wonder, the standard for book publishing for both humanities books (covered by the Chicago Manual of Style, 9.33) and scientific books (covered by the American Psychological Association Publication Manual, APA, 3.42.e) would be Arabic numbers: 1972. The exception would be if you could not avoid having the date begin the sentence, in which case it would be written out: nineteen seventy-two.
www.editsbooks.com |
Emily Veinglory
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4
Registered: 07-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 07:43 am: | |
I think it would be pretty rare to but a year in words. |
Frederick A. Babb
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14
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 06:07 am: | |
Sometimes the reference goes back to just the last two numbers. Example: It was the summer of '72 when I first..... |
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