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Style Guidance from American Psychological Association

I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works. The home page for that topic is http://www.apastyle.org/ , and they have some useful style information on line at
http://www.apastyle.org/previoustips.html .
I especially like the latter source because it agrees in general with the things I've said here about hyphenation.
  

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[nq:1]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works. org / , ... [/nq] Yes, but some of the rest of it is pretty out-there.

  • [nq:1]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works.
  • org / , ...
  • [/nq] Yes, but some of the rest of it is pretty out-there.
  • ): PROBLEMATIC: Subjects were asked about their homosexuality.
  • PREFERRED: Subjects were asked about the experience of being a lesbian or a gay man.
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[nq:1]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works. The home page for that topic is http://www.apastyle.org/ , ... . I especially like the latter source because it agrees in general with the things I've said here about hyphenation.[/nq]
Yes, but some of the rest of it is pr
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[nq:2]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance ... in general with the things I've said here about hyphenation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, but some of the rest of it is pretty out-there. This, for example, is from their guidance on avoiding ... Bias in Language" should be retitled "Avoiding Bias from the Perspective of the Experience Being Straight People
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Thus spake Ross Howard:
[nq:1]And finally (for now, anyway when I get more time I'll explore the site in more depth; it's a ... is a better way to communicate with research subjects rather than other physchologists than the now-virtually-universal "have ***"?[/nq]
Surely even lesbian *** (the least penetrative of any variey except cybersex) can be termed sexual intercourse: something (comm
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[nq:1]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance works. The home page for that topic is http://www.apastyle.org/ , ... . I especially like the latter source because it agrees in general with the things I've said here about hyphenation.[/nq]
So let's see what it has to say about
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[nq:2]I've recently learned that the American Psychological Association publishes style-guidance ... in general with the things I've said here about hyphenation.[/nq]
[nq:1]Yes, but some of the rest of it is pretty out-there. This, for example, is from their guidance on avoiding ... man. Comment: Changes sentence construction to avoid use of the term "homosexuality". Why use one word when nine
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[nq:1]How many people does it take to be "a lesbian or a gay man," anyway?[/nq]
Well, I am a lesbian man.
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[nq:1]General Principle 1 Do not use a hyphen unless it serves a purpose. If a compound adjective cannot be misread or, as with many psychological terms, its meaning is established, a hyphen is not necessary. I maybe a quarter-agree[/nq]
a-quarter-agree?
[nq:1]with this.[/nq]
Rather, I obviously agree that a hyphen should not be used unless it serves a purpose, but I disagre
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[nq:1]Words that could be misunderstood re-pair (pair again) re-form (form again) un-ionized 'Re-pair' is so obviously open to misinterpretation that I honestly don't think I'd use it. As to 'un-ionized', if the context is clearly chemical, misinterpretation is hardly possible.[/nq]
Misinterpretation of the unhyphenated form, you mean (but did not say). No more than mistaking 'anion' for a mis
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[nq:1]So you(Gerald Smyth) take it upon yourself to effectively reverse the APA recommendations on two substantial points. I realize that ... adherence to political correctness, may be somewhat unreliable; but do you really think you are qualified to reverse their recommendations?[/nq]
Hey, anybody at all is just as qualified to make recommendations on English style than a bunch of psychologis
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[nq:2]So you(Gerald Smyth) take it upon yourself to effectively reverse ... you really think you are qualified to reverse their recommendations?[/nq]
[nq:1]Hey, anybody at all is just as qualified to make recommendations on English style than a bunch of psychologists, surely.[/nq]
As, I think I would've written there.
You may well be right. But let's wait and see whether Mr Smyth himse

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