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majorbabs	Post subject: Editing 101 Question Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:44 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	My AP stylebook does not give any space to the acronyms WWI and WWII, but does spell out World War I, World War II. Does that mean that those acronyms are not to be used as second reference? What's the TCE policy on this? Thanks.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:03 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by majorbabs: My AP stylebook does not give any space to the acronyms WWI and WWII, but does spell out World War I, World War II. Does that mean that those acronyms are not to be used as second reference? What's the TCE policy on this? Thanks.<hr></blockquote><p>"WW I" and "WW II" (with spaces) are acceptable in headlines, I suppose., but never in text.
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redpenman	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:58 pm
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 65	We frown on using it in heds. You can get away with it in some circumstances, but you have to make a pretty good case.
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nstockdale	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:59 pm
Joined: Sat Feb 01, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 281 Location: Dallas	Exactly who would be confused by WWI and WWII? Seems perfectly acceptable to me -- as does the omission of the space.
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:51 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Nicole Stockdale: Exactly who would be confused by WWI and WWII? Seems perfectly acceptable to me -- as does the omission of the space.<hr></blockquote><p>Babs asked for the TCE policy.<p>[ July 25, 2004: Message edited by: blanp ]</p>
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:15 am
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Nicole Stockdale: Exactly who would be confused by WWI and WWII? Seems perfectly acceptable to me -- as does the omission of the space.<hr></blockquote><p>I was asked the other day if World War I started in 1932. That seems to me a good indication about whether or not people get confused.
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jjmoney62	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 9:13 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 3135 Location: Albuquerque, N.M. USA	Good thing it doesn't come up a lot anymore.
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majorbabs	Post subject: Re: Editing 101 Question Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2004 12:51 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 744 Location: HuskerLand	I think a number of people would get confused about WWI and WWII, if they were used as other than a second reference. My question was whether TCEs approved of using them at all.<p> I think the answer's been clear. Thanks to all.
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