Quote from: RogueLeader on June 19, 2007, 03:39:09 PMMLA is much better than APA....and Chicago Manual of Style better than both of those.
MLA is much better than APA.
Quote from: SARMedTech on June 19, 2007, 09:10:47 AMQuote from: lordmonar on March 21, 2007, 05:32:38 AMQuote from: SarDragon on March 21, 2007, 05:10:10 AMOh, no, we have to talk about common sense again.Internally, on official paper correspondence, the grade abbreviations, as defined in the CAP reg, should be used whenever practical. Conputer generated forms may not comply because somebody got lazy and didn't think about the difference between data stored in a computer, and the paper form. Computer data storage uses the shortest practical abbreviation to minimize the number of bits and bytes in a program, and in data storage.Externally, it may be necessary to adhere to an external set of rules that provides some better consistency among the different abbreviations.Bottom line - it's a situational thing. Do your best to follow the reg when you can, but maintain some flexibility when the situation doesn't allow strict compliance.Concur!It's called communications. You adjust the deliver of your message to the conditions and the listener. Outside communications needs to conform to the standards of the receiver. The media uses APA as their standard so we should use that as well.What is stupid is that we don't just change our regulation to APA as well.Just to further confuse things, AP style and APA style are not the same. AP is the documentation and notation style used by the Associated Press. APA is the style manual published by the American Psychological Association for use in a great deal of scientific research literature.MLA is much better than APA.
Quote from: lordmonar on March 21, 2007, 05:32:38 AMQuote from: SarDragon on March 21, 2007, 05:10:10 AMOh, no, we have to talk about common sense again.Internally, on official paper correspondence, the grade abbreviations, as defined in the CAP reg, should be used whenever practical. Conputer generated forms may not comply because somebody got lazy and didn't think about the difference between data stored in a computer, and the paper form. Computer data storage uses the shortest practical abbreviation to minimize the number of bits and bytes in a program, and in data storage.Externally, it may be necessary to adhere to an external set of rules that provides some better consistency among the different abbreviations.Bottom line - it's a situational thing. Do your best to follow the reg when you can, but maintain some flexibility when the situation doesn't allow strict compliance.Concur!It's called communications. You adjust the deliver of your message to the conditions and the listener. Outside communications needs to conform to the standards of the receiver. The media uses APA as their standard so we should use that as well.What is stupid is that we don't just change our regulation to APA as well.Just to further confuse things, AP style and APA style are not the same. AP is the documentation and notation style used by the Associated Press. APA is the style manual published by the American Psychological Association for use in a great deal of scientific research literature.
Quote from: SarDragon on March 21, 2007, 05:10:10 AMOh, no, we have to talk about common sense again.Internally, on official paper correspondence, the grade abbreviations, as defined in the CAP reg, should be used whenever practical. Conputer generated forms may not comply because somebody got lazy and didn't think about the difference between data stored in a computer, and the paper form. Computer data storage uses the shortest practical abbreviation to minimize the number of bits and bytes in a program, and in data storage.Externally, it may be necessary to adhere to an external set of rules that provides some better consistency among the different abbreviations.Bottom line - it's a situational thing. Do your best to follow the reg when you can, but maintain some flexibility when the situation doesn't allow strict compliance.Concur!It's called communications. You adjust the deliver of your message to the conditions and the listener. Outside communications needs to conform to the standards of the receiver. The media uses APA as their standard so we should use that as well.What is stupid is that we don't just change our regulation to APA as well.
Oh, no, we have to talk about common sense again.Internally, on official paper correspondence, the grade abbreviations, as defined in the CAP reg, should be used whenever practical. Conputer generated forms may not comply because somebody got lazy and didn't think about the difference between data stored in a computer, and the paper form. Computer data storage uses the shortest practical abbreviation to minimize the number of bits and bytes in a program, and in data storage.Externally, it may be necessary to adhere to an external set of rules that provides some better consistency among the different abbreviations.Bottom line - it's a situational thing. Do your best to follow the reg when you can, but maintain some flexibility when the situation doesn't allow strict compliance.
Well, the Chicago Manual of Style is in at least its 14th Edition, and has been around since 1906.
Quote from: SarDragon on June 19, 2007, 10:44:20 PMWell, the Chicago Manual of Style is in at least its 14th Edition, and has been around since 1906. For those of you may want to find this style manual, its official name is the University of Chicago Style Manual and I think its now in its 17th or 18th edition.
(The Army uses all 3-character rank abbreviations until you get to the general officer ranks due to the fact that there are only 3-characters allowed in the SIDPERS system).
Maybe because it's regulated. Attention to detail and all.
I probably deserve to be smacked for not only bringing this thread back up, but also for asking this question. Why do some find it horrible to not properly abbreviate rank? What is the problem fir 1LT being in place instead of 1st Lt.? Everyone gets the idea that the person is a first lieutenant. But why are so many people irritated by something so small?
As far as the abbreviation thing, it is something the AF did to differentiate itself from the Army.
That is one reason I have been very disappointed with the phasing out of branch insignia on the ACU's. I am sorry, but a captain in the infantry is very different that a captain in the medical corps.