{"id":4351,"date":"2017-03-23T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2017-03-23T14:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T14:01:20","slug":"i-finally-purchased-the-chicago-manual-of-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=4351","title":{"rendered":"I Finally Purchased the Chicago Manual of Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How much it will help my writing is yet to be determined and I probably should not admit to it publicly, but I finally took the plunge and purchased\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0226104206\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0226104206&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gentipoftheda-20&amp;linkId=0b85ebd171f6fa93f158cf2a062b48b4\" target=\"_blank\">The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition<\/a><\/em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=gentipoftheda-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0226104206\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.\u00a0I have a reasonably firm grasp of the English language and grammar, but a printed reference will be nice to have.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think the typical genealogist needs to have it. I also don&#8217;t think a genealogist&#8217;s analysis of a problem is invalid if a few comma splices have been sprinkled in their argument. If their argument falls due to a few grammar errors, then it was not that strong of an argument in the first place. I&#8217;ve probably spliced a few commas myself upon occasion. But there are times when I do want to know \u00a0the &#8220;correct&#8221; way to do something and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0226104206\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0226104206&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gentipoftheda-20&amp;linkId=0b85ebd171f6fa93f158cf2a062b48b4\" target=\"_blank\">TCMoS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>is<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=gentipoftheda-20&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0226104206\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0one place to find out. And my personal preference is to have a printed book over an electronic resource.<\/p>\n<p>This doesn&#8217;t replace\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1H8sTPT\">Evidence Explained<\/a><\/em>&#8211;not by a long shot.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1H8sTPT\">Evidence Explained<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>has templates for the citation of genealogical references not covered in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0226104206\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0226104206&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gentipoftheda-20&amp;linkId=0b85ebd171f6fa93f158cf2a062b48b4\" target=\"_blank\">TCMoS<\/a><\/em>. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1H8sTPT\">Evidence<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1H8sTPT\">Explained<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>also has a nice discussion of the research process and evidence analysis and, in the discussion of specific citations, provides a broad background on the specific item being discussed.<\/p>\n<p>So watch out comma splices, I&#8217;m getting prepared!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much it will help my writing is yet to be determined and I probably should not admit to it publicly, but I finally took the plunge and purchased\u00a0The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition.\u00a0I have a reasonably firm grasp of the English language and grammar, but a printed reference will be nice to have. 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