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This article tells us little about Nafta. Also, it's written 'NAFTA'.
by edblarney 10y ago
This article tells us little about Nafta.
Also, it's written 'NAFTA'.
- pbh101 10y agoNot sure if it is aberrant for the NYT, but many British publications' style guides (The Economist, for one) dictate using this form for acronyms which are pronounced as words, as opposed to initialisms. So 'FBI' vs. 'Nafta'.
- sctb 10y agoThis is reasonably well-known thing for the NYT, see the FAQ regarding acronyms: http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/faqs-on-style-2/?_r=0 http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/faqs-on-st....
- chimeracoder 10y ago> Also, it's written 'NAFTA'. The NYT style guide dictates that acronyms of five letters or more be capitalized as proper nouns (ie, first character capitalized, with the rest lowercase).
- r00fus 10y agoSeems very confusing and muddling to me, despite the appeal to "consistency". Sounds like 20th century style guide, not aligned with the need for specificity in the Internet age.
- chimeracoder 10y ago> Sounds like 20th century style guide, not aligned with the need for specificity in the Internet age. Ironic that you say that! The AP styleguide (which is not the NYT style guide, though they are similar) now recommends that "Internet" be lowercased (ie, no longer treated as a proper noun).