Subversive, Ch 4
The topic of Chapter 4.
What is "the difficult author"?
Chapter 6 introduces these two different capitalization styles. One favors sparse use and the other more upper case.
What are up and Down Style?
In the style of Disney theme parks.
What is Disneyesque?
arabic numeral
What is not capitalized?
Vietnam
What is Vietnamese?
Saller suggests that an editor does this the moment they perceive difficulty. Sorry, Gen Z--it's it's Old school!
Which is contact the writer by phone?
A person's title or office is capitalized in what situation?
What is when it directly precedes a personal name and is part of the name?
In the style of philosopher Aristotle.
What is Aristotelian?
tropic of cancer
What is capitalized?
Michigan
What is Michiganite (or Michigander)?
In Chapter 4, Saller offers advice for when an editor should argue. She notes that even these people "can be right sometime."
Who are "jerks"?
Nicknames are capitalized when used as part of or in place of a proper name. This is another term used in the Copyeditor's Handbook for a nickname.
What is epithet?
In the style of Plato.
What is platonic?
the big apple
What is capitalized?
Bangladesh
What are Bangladeshi(s)?
TRIPLE PLAY
Saller sugggests in the section "Care to the NTH" that there are which three watchwords (values to embrace when working with a writer).
What are transparency, carefulness, and flexibility?
The short part of names like De Quincey, van Gogh, etc are referred to by this term (almost at a molecular level).
What is particle?
DAILY DOUBLE
In the style of philosopher Jean Paul Sartre.
What is Sartrean?
What is all caps?
Glasgow
What is Glaswegians?
Saller makes numerous references to this Latin term, which is a response to a query meaning "leave as is."
What is stet?
What are terms derived from personal names?
In the style of theorist Michel Foucault
What is Foucauldian?
south texas
What is capitalize Texas but not south?
Liverpool
What are Liverpudlians?