Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infi.net> > Ah! Thank you. I, however, am not a "technogeek" but am a human being, > and come from a universe where acronyms are a rare thing. And, as I own my > own law practice, my refusal to accept acronyms will continue, no matter > the penetration you Byzantine Bureaucrats make. > > Convenience has nothing to do with it. Clarity is everything. Spell EVERY > word out and avoid unconventional spelling. The modern academic footnote > style is an enemy to clarity, so I refuse to use it: see the epexigetical > footnotes and the like in my two books for examples. Epexigetical? for shame, using a word as obscure as that is. Its just as bad as using an acronym. :) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html