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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Ampersand in Titles
Hello. I have been looking at scholarly journals' titles; I am intrigued with the ampersand usage. Do you know any rule or convention regarding it in titles? I have noticed that
- the ampersand is commonly used in journals' covers but not necessarily in titles appearing within text (one example: Language Problems and Language Planning, whose cover shows Language Problems & Language Planning but whose information at https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/lplp/main includes no ampersand)
- the ampersand may be excluded from the journal's URL (one example: http://www.sciencetechnologystudies.org/, the address of a journal called Science & Technology Studies)
I am worried about consistency. If a journal's name has an ampersand, should it be expressed by an 'and' in the corresponding URL? Or would be better to omit it, like in the example above?
I do not like to use '&' and 'and' interchangeably in a piece of writing. Am I the only one who cares about it?
Thank you very much.
- the ampersand is commonly used in journals' covers but not necessarily in titles appearing within text (one example: Language Problems and Language Planning, whose cover shows Language Problems & Language Planning but whose information at https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/lplp/main includes no ampersand)
- the ampersand may be excluded from the journal's URL (one example: http://www.sciencetechnologystudies.org/, the address of a journal called Science & Technology Studies)
I am worried about consistency. If a journal's name has an ampersand, should it be expressed by an 'and' in the corresponding URL? Or would be better to omit it, like in the example above?
I do not like to use '&' and 'and' interchangeably in a piece of writing. Am I the only one who cares about it?
Thank you very much.
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Refer to the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you. The Chicago Manual of Style says to use the official name. For LPLP , the official name has "and," even though the cover of the journal use "&" Some people make it easy for you.
- Refer to the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you.
- The Chicago Manual of Style says to use the official name.
- For LPLP , the official name has "and," even though the cover of the journal use "&" Some people make it easy for you.
- AT&T is the first four-characters in the name of that hapless corporation.
- " Some people make it hard.
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Refer to the manual of style you've chosen or had thrust upon you.
The Chicago Manual of Style says to use the official name. For LPLP, the official name has "and," even though the cover of the journal use "&"
Some people make it easy for you. AT&T is the first four-characters in the name of that hapless corporation. For the current version, you wouldn't write "A
The Chicago Manual of Style says to use the official name. For LPLP, the official name has "and," even though the cover of the journal use "&"
Some people make it easy for you. AT&T is the first four-characters in the name of that hapless corporation. For the current version, you wouldn't write "A
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