The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage：The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper（英文原版）

图书标准信息

• 作者 Allan M. Siegal 著
• 出版社 Crown Publishing Group
• 出版时间 2002-01
• ISBN 9780812963892
• 定价 204.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 384页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Isthedeejayawannabe?
OrdoestheD.J.justwanttobe?
Whenisheavencapitalized?
Doyoustandinlineoronline?

Foranyonewhowrites—shortstoriesorbusinessplans,bookreportsornewsarticles—knottychoicesofspelling,grammar,punctuation,andmeaninglurkineveryline:Layorlie?Whoorwhom?Noneisornoneare?IsTouch-Toneatrademark?HowaboutDay-Glo?It’senoughtosendyouinsearchofaMartini.(Oristhatamartini?)Noweveryonecanfindanswerstotheseandthousandsofotherquestionsinthehandyalphabeticalguideusedbythewritersandeditorsoftheworld’smostauthoritativenewspaper.

Theguidelinestohyphenation,punctuation,capitalization,andspellingarecrispandcompact,createdforinstantreferenceintherushofdailydeadlines.Thisrevisedandexpandededitionisupdatedwithsolutionstothetantalizingproblemsthatplaguewritersinthenewcentury:

*Howtoexpresstheequalityofthesexeswithoutusingself-consciousdeviceslike“heorshe.”
*HowtochoosethoughtfullybetweenAfrican-Americanandblack;HispanicandLatino;AmericanIndianandNativeAmerican.
*Howtotranslatethevocabularyofe-mailandcyberspaceandcopewiththeeccentricitiesofInternetcompanynamesandwebsiteaddresses.

Withwrywit,theauthors,whohavemorethanseventy-fiveyearsofcombinednewsroomexperienceattheNewYorkTimes,havecreatedanessentialandentertainingreferencetool.

【作者简介】

ALLANM.SIEGALjoinedtheNewYorkTimesin1960.HehasoverseenusageandstyleattheTimessince1977.Afterworkingasaneditorontheforeigndeskandheadingthenewsdesk,hebecameanassistantmanagingeditorin1986.WILLIAMG.CONNOLLYjoinedtheTimesin1966andhasheldeditingpostsontheforeign,national,andmetropolitandesks,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine,ScienceTimes,TheWeekinReview,andtheRealEstatesection.Hebecameasenioreditorin1987.