AMA Style Insider https://amastyleinsider.com Official blog of the AMA Manual of Style Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:23:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.4 https://amastyleinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/small-style-square.png AMA Style Insider https://amastyleinsider.com 32 32 114737285 The Devil’s in the (Formatting) Details https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/11/07/the-devils-in-the-formatting-details/ https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/11/07/the-devils-in-the-formatting-details/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2019 22:23:51 +0000 https://amastyleinsider.com/?p=1205 When I was completing my thesis during graduate school, one of my most frustrated moments came right at the end of the process while preparing my final manuscript for submission. The school required thesis manuscripts to have a uniform title … Continue reading →

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]]> https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/10/25/resources-for-references/feed/ 0 1189 102 Things Journal Publishers Do https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/10/10/102-things-journal-publishers-do/ https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/10/10/102-things-journal-publishers-do/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2019 21:23:30 +0000 https://amastyleinsider.com/?p=1185 I recently came across an interesting post on The Scholarly Kitchen titled Focusing on Value — 102 Things Journal Publishers Do. Originally posted in 2012, it’s been updated every couple years as journal publishing changes and becomes more complex. Working … Continue reading →

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]]> https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/09/12/how-many-is-they/feed/ 0 1170 Follow Instructions! https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/08/26/follow-instructions/ https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/08/26/follow-instructions/#comments Mon, 26 Aug 2019 19:07:57 +0000 https://amastyleinsider.com/?p=1158 It was my first day of high school, and the bell had just rung announcing first period. There I sat in Mrs Ruth’s earth science class at a desk on the opposite side of the room from the blackboard, but … Continue reading →

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]]> https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/08/26/follow-instructions/feed/ 3 1158 Unconfusing “The Confusables” https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/05/17/unconfusing-the-confusables/ https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/05/17/unconfusing-the-confusables/#respond Fri, 17 May 2019 19:45:16 +0000 http://amastyleinsider.com/?p=1133 I was recently gifted a copy of Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, a book by Random House Copy Chief Benjamin Dreyer. It is one of the latest in a line of modern guides on editing … Continue reading →

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]]> https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/05/03/talk-to-me/feed/ 0 1123 Race and Ethnicity https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/04/11/race-and-ethnicity/ https://amastyleinsider.com/2019/04/11/race-and-ethnicity/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 18:59:20 +0000 http://amastyleinsider.com/?p=1120 One of my favorite chapters in the AMA Manual of Style is about inclusive language, particularly the section about race/ethnicity (11.10.2). Race/ethnicity is a complicated topic because these categories have cultural and biological implications. In scientific research, it is important … Continue reading →

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