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...families of servicemen killed in action [June 4]. Your insistence on referring to the soldiers' last names in virtually all the accounts, however, was disturbing. The warm human qualities of the men killed-love of family, God or music-perhaps called for more subtlety than adherence to your editorial stylebook, which in this case was cold and harsh. Referring to the servicemen by their first names would have been a gentler act of respect. Jez Abbott, Hastings, England...
...families of servicemen killed in action [June 4]. Your insistence on referring to the soldiers' last names in virtually all the accounts, however, was disturbing. The warm human qualities of the men killed - love of family, God or music - perhaps called for more subtlety than adherence to your editorial stylebook, which in this case was cold and harsh. Referring to the servicemen by their first names would have been a gentler act of respect. Jez Abbott, HASTINGS, ENGLAND
...don’t know how copy editors remember them,” Gewen said. “It’s like there’s some kind of madrasah, and instead of learning the Koran they’re learning the stylebook...
...himself in a drunken e-mail: “No pannts? Yu gottta be kedding me, Gozzip Goo. I got mad pants.” To clarify: at the time of the incident in question, pants were present on Weaver’s person. However, the official Gossip Guy stylebook clearly states that pants worn around one’s head still qualify that person as pantsless...
...Miller-Boyett comedy stylebook, no joke is too broad, no character too outlandish, no plot twist too cloying. When a four-year-old in Full House is told she can be a batboy on the Little League team, you can bet she'll come downstairs wearing a Batman costume (and get a big laugh for it). On the morning of his wedding day, one of the three dads sneaks off to go skydiving (why not?). He gets stuck in a tree, falls into a truckload of tomatoes and arrives hours late for the awww-inspiring ceremony. A better response...