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Phrases Gone Astray
Modifying phrases should usually be adjacent to what they are describing. When such a phrase pops up in an unlikely part of the sentence, the effect ranges from clunkiness to confusion to unintended comedy. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/misplaced-phrases/
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Tricky Little Things
Tiny as they are, misplaced commas form an outsize blot on a sentence. In the spectrum of grammatical lapses, they seem particularly amateurish. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/26/too-many-commas/
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International Style
By coincidence, the timing of our stylebook revisions dovetailed with the rebranding of our global editions as The International New York Times. As part of that integration, our colleagues in Paris, London and Hong Kong have made a Herculean effort to adopt our stylebook and largely eliminate the variations and exceptions The Herald Tribune had […]
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More Style Choices
In our recent stylebook revisions, we have accepted as standard a few forms that until now were still treated as colloquial or informal. In some cases, these changes just formalize what we had already been doing in practice. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/more-style-choices/
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New Warnings for Old Problems
The stylebook revision gave us an opportunity to take aim at some perennial usage problems, nagging missteps that are staples of After Deadline. We’ve added a handful of new warnings in hopes of cutting down on these repeat offenses. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/05/new-warnings-for-old-problems-2/
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A Note to Readers
The stylebook revision gave us an opportunity to take aim at some perennial usage problems, nagging missteps that are staples of After Deadline. We’ve added a handful of new warnings in hopes of cutting down on these repeat offenses. After Deadline http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/new-warnings-for-old-problems/