Timeline for To what extent should I follow "style rules" in academic writing?
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| Jan 2, 2017 at 15:37 | comment | added | BioGeo | @DanRomik That's true, but it refers to "such" style rules, so either the question needs clarification what other rules are requested or we should concentrate to such rules. As I reread the answer though, I agree that it's not so much off the point of the question (but just a little). | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 12:15 | comment | added | Dan Romik | @BioGeo actually the question is about whether style rules in general should be followed. The abbreviations at the beiginning of a sentence business was only used as a motivating example. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 10:12 | comment | added | BioGeo | Still, the question is not about using in general an acronym (which in most cases has to be spelled out once at the first encounter), but rather about starting - or indeed not starting - a sentence with an abbreviation. | |
| Jan 2, 2017 at 8:59 | comment | added | Pont | @PeteL.Clark the OED has "Rocket 7. Brit. slang (orig. Mil.). A severe reprimand. Freq. in to give (or get) a rocket." Definitely not a common usage, though. | |
| Jan 1, 2017 at 22:32 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | What is your field? (And less important: what does "you get a rocket" mean? I searched for this and found only memegenerator.net/instance/56214003) | |
| Jan 1, 2017 at 19:58 | history | answered | MMacD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |