Comments for Style Bites http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites A style guide for the editors of Serious Eats Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on fewer vs. less by akuban http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/23/fewer-vs-less/comment-page-1/#comment-7 akuban Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:46:17 +0000 http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/?p=112#comment-7 Brian: The style bites here are basically a hodgepodge of AP and Chicago Manual of Style rules—more weighted toward Chicago than AP, though, since I spent most of my copy-editing career using Chicago. I'm lucky in that most of the queue editors on Serious Eats have an innate sense of style that jibes with Chicago, and the Style Bites edicts only appear when things start to get a bit of line. My official policy would probably be: "Familiarize yourself with Chicago, then read Style Bites to see where SE deviates—or where problem areas often arise." Brian: The style bites here are basically a hodgepodge of AP and Chicago Manual of Style rules—more weighted toward Chicago than AP, though, since I spent most of my copy-editing career using Chicago.

I’m lucky in that most of the queue editors on Serious Eats have an innate sense of style that jibes with Chicago, and the Style Bites edicts only appear when things start to get a bit of line.

My official policy would probably be: “Familiarize yourself with Chicago, then read Style Bites to see where SE deviates—or where problem areas often arise.”

]]> Comment on fewer vs. less by Brian Preston-Campbe http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2009/02/23/fewer-vs-less/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Brian Preston-Campbe Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:12:34 +0000 http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/?p=112#comment-6 Adam -- how do your Style Bites relate to guidelines like AP? When I was in the final editing stages of my book, the editor sent me a Word doc with their style guidelines, many of them food and recipe specific. It taught me a lot about what to do for my everyday writing. Adam — how do your Style Bites relate to guidelines like AP? When I was in the final editing stages of my book, the editor sent me a Word doc with their style guidelines, many of them food and recipe specific. It taught me a lot about what to do for my everyday writing.

]]> Comment on filet vs. fillet by Michele http://www.adamkuban.com/stylebites/2008/07/02/filet-vs-fillet/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Michele Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:38:35 +0000 http://www.hatchback.net/stylebites/?p=61#comment-2 J'accuse! I question the use of "filet" for anything other than beef, of which it is a specific cut. Also, I would go further and note that "fillet" is also a verb, whereas "filet" is always a noun. So whether it's fish or beef or chicken, you are filleting it. J’accuse!

I question the use of “filet” for anything other than beef, of which it is a specific cut.

Also, I would go further and note that “fillet” is also a verb, whereas “filet” is always a noun. So whether it’s fish or beef or chicken, you are filleting it.

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