[Forum] RE: Capitalization of battles

[quote='emmes' pid='1825' dateline='1294932368'] I see your point, but....When referring collectively to New York City and Panama City, I believe it is correct to write, "I've visited the cities of New York and Panama" not "I've visited the Cities of New York and Panama." See the following refere

[Forum] RE: Is major league hyphenated

You can hyphenate if you really want to and you are not hyphenating a trademark, like American Major League baseball. But I wouldn't unless there is some way of misreading without a hyphen, which seems unlikely. Short answer: probably does not need a hyphen, definitely not if capped.

[Forum] Expansion of vs Expansion in

Hey, everyone! Sorry I've been away so long. It's been a rough summer for me - I've been out of it for quite a while. I've got a new project - nonfiction. Subject - tarot. This sentence is hanging me up. (The author wants to keep the capitals on major arcana.) [color=#FF0000]"The third

[Forum] RE: Capitalization of battles

I see your point, but....When referring collectively to New York City and Panama City, I believe it is correct to write, "I've visited the cities of New York and Panama" not "I've visited the Cities of New York and Panama." See the following reference: "We don't capitalize words such as city, s

[Forum] Order of academic degrees, adding a military title, abbreviation of Sergeant Major

Am I right that CMOS does not address the issue of proper order for listing someone's academic degrees after his or her name? And that there are conflicting opinions about it elsewhere? I am working on a list of contributors and a list of authors. My inkling is to put the highest-ranking degree f

[Forum] RE: Between or among?

This is the best distinction I've found regarding these two terms. [i]The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style[/i] [b]between and among[/b] When exactly two entities are specified, the word [i]between[/i] should be used, as in [i]The choice between [not "among"] good and e

[Forum] RE: Citing a publication with more than one publishing site

14.135 actually just goes a little bit further on the issue (it's usually the HQ, as Lin mentioned): "The place to be included is the one that usually appears on the title page but sometimes on the copyright page of the book cited—the city where the publisher’s main editorial offices are located.

[Forum] RE: Military titles, e.g., Major General

I suspect it defers, like it does in most cases, to [i]Merriam-Webster Dictionary[/i]. [url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20general]Major General | Definition of Major General by Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com)[/url] [url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brig

[Forum] RE: the term tenderloin when referring to a district

Other cities use it to, New York, San Francisco, etc.

[Forum] RE: area or areas?

It depends. Is this one region that contains these three cities? Or is it three different regions, each of them identified by the city that it contains?