RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?

Subject: RE: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?
From: Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- nuot -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L (techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:45:14 +0000

At the Post, it was probably for the same reason that they omit the Oxford comma: to save column inches.

As for Honeywell... maybe the high cost of ink?

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From: Marguerite
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 3:37 PM
To: Michael Wyland
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Subject: Re: Washington Post style guide from 1970s?

In the late 60s and early 70s, at least, Honeywell did the same. Never could quite figure out why.

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