On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 22:11:20 -0500 James Mahaffy <mahaffy@mtcnet.net>
writes:
> Folks,
>
> I am working at home so can not go through a bunch of journals, but
> do
> any of you know if I should use lowercase (jfm) or uppercase (JFM)
> to
> refer to myself in some notes. I called an english colleague and he
> said uppercase, but english prof's don't always use scientific
> style.
> Somehow I like the look of the lowercase better.
> --
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I have checked Turabian, 4th ed., 1973; University of Chicago Manual,
1947; APA Publication Manual, 1980; MLA Style Manual, 1985. None
authorize the use of initials alone in footnotes, etc. After the first
occurrence, they allow the surname without given name or initials. There
may have been a change in more recent material, but I do not expect it.
The only place I have seen initials has been in papers with multiple
authors in a phrase like "one of us (ABC) ...," always with caps. The
only exception I can imagine would be a German's DvE, for von is not
capitailzed.
Dave
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