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Old 03-30-2015, 12:08 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by RobertDDL View Post
‘’Twas Zeus’ will, wasn’t it?’
My daughter tells me that the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style has ditched this ancient tradition and calls instead for Zeus's ....

(I am not being provincial here. We are, after all, discussing US style.)

(And note that the Chicago Manual has also dropped the traditional full stops in the abbreviation for the United States, bringing us into conformity with -- yes! -- British style.)
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