[Forum] RE: Suspended hyphen help

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't asking whether a hyphen should follow "traditionally" (as in "...both traditionally- and self-published works"). I know that's wrong. I was asking if, because no hyphen does follow "traditionally," yet one follows "self," the sentence could work. Anyway I don't

[Forum] Suspended hyphen help

Hello all, I was wondering if I can use the suspended hyphen in this way: "...in both [b]traditionally and self-published[/b] works." I want to say "in both traditionally published and self-published works." If it is incorrect, can you think of any instance where the suspended hyphen con

[Forum] Refer to companies as "it" to "they" or "who"?

What is the CMS style for referring to companies? For example: This was largely at the expense of Google, who has traditionally had a tight grip or is it better to reword like this: This was largely at the expense of Google, a company that has traditionally had a tight grip And should "it"

[Forum] RE: Parenthetical Translations

You can put the translation in brackets. That traditionally indicates an editorial insertion.

[Forum] RE: Punctuating an e-mail salutation

Despite the predominant usage of a comma after "Thanks" and "Thank you" followed by a person's name below it, I still think that traditionally and professionally each of these should be followed by a period. Any naysayers?

[Forum] RE: Punctuation with Run-in Quotations

Traditionally new speakers begin a new graf, but in this case, providing the context makes clear what's going on, I think this is fine. Wouldn't touch it.

[Forum] RE: Do we need a comma here?

Well, if Pynchon gets away with it, go right ahead. But yes, I should have added, either way, you should use the comma.  Even if "came" is not a traditionally recognized speech/dialogue tag, it's being used as one.

[Forum] RE: Suspended hyphen help

There is a hesitation wrt the adverb. I'd prefer: "in both traditionally published and self-published works." but you won't get many complaints either way.

[Forum] RE: Suspended hyphen help

"... in both traditionally and self-published works" works too.

[Forum] RE: Punctuation before "for example"

I may be missing something, but your example sentence seems as if it fits the [i]Manual[/i]'s guidelines in 6.51: "Expressions of the type [i]that is[/i] are traditionally followed by a comma. They are best preceded by an em dash or a semicolon rather than a comma, or the entire phrase they introduc