[Air-l] pox on APA style
Douglas Eyman
eymand at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 20 12:04:19 PDT 2006
Barry,
I completely agree on this point -- I usually use (and contribute to journals
that require) a modified APA style that includes the first name.
And a pox on anything as a subject line always gets my attention :)
Doug
Barry Wellman wrote:
> Someone has praised APA style over MLA.
>
> As MLA is about the only style I haven't used, I can't comment.
>
> But I hate the first initial fixation of APA. It dehumanizes people to be
> reduced to B. Wellman from Barry Wellman. Not only that, it is often
> confusing. For example, my wife and I were once forced to publish a paper
> APA style as B.S. Wellman and B.S. Wellman. (It did end any debate over
> priorities, though.)
>
> Barry Wellman
>
> Just thought I'd divert us from the current rash of pontifications on this
> list.
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