[Forum] RE: Interrupted dialogue with initials

Here's another option. Initials require no periods when someone has come to be known by initials alone (JFK, LBJ, etc.). Mary Jane is MJ. However, formal manuscripts probably need the periods.

[Forum] RE: Drop cap with initials?

I'd say either keep them both or drop them both. There is some support for dropping them both here. http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch10/ch10_sec004.html Use periods for initials standing for given names: E. B. White; do not use periods for an entire name replaced by initials: JFK.

[Forum] Spaces with Initials

Do we put one space after a persons first and middle initials (as exampled below) when a surname follows? H. G. Swanson J. D. Pedersen But if we have just three initials (say, F.D.R.), we'd omit the spaces, correct? And what about a company name--no spaces between the the "J." and the "C,

[Forum] RE: Initials for name

But if you're following Chicago, you also want a space between the initials: O. J. Simpson.

[Forum] RE: Spaces with Initials

Grumps, see [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch10/ch10_sec012.html]CMOS 10.12: Initials in personal names[/url]. CMOS actually includes spaces for three initials when periods are used. No spaces are used when periods are omitted. For company names, just go with however the company list

[Forum] Do you ital the initials of a publication?

My understanding is that you should always ital the names of journals, for example: "The [i]New England Journal of Medicine[/i] (NEJM) is read by many physicians." After the first instance, if you were to use the initials of the journal, would you ital the initials? (i.e., is "[i]NEJM[/i] has bee

[Forum] RE: No First Name

Hi, mariehmer, welcome. I'm assuming initials are given for the authors' first names on the title page? In a bibliography, you can leave the names as they appear on the title page. In other words, if the names appear with just initials on the title page, you can style them with just initials i

[Forum] Spaces in Company's Name

Our employees in our company P.D. Quick & Co. (fictitious name) have always, but never formally, omitted the space between the two initials. We have a new hire who has been adding a space between the initials. The name is not trademarked but our company logo is. I haven't found any rules regardin

[Forum] Interrupted dialogue with initials

As I understand it, you do not "double" the period when ending a sentence with a person's initials: e.g., If you want to find out who caused the problem, you'll have to speak to A.D. For a fiction manuscript, if the speaker trails off at the end of dialogue ending with a person's initials, how wo

[Forum] RE: Initials for name

You're correct. Also see [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch10/ch10_sec012.html]CMOS 10.12: Initials in personal names[/url]. More examples are in [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch08/ch08_sec004.html]CMOS 8.4[/url].