The Comma Queen and
the Internet’s Copy Chief on What Matters to a Copyeditor
Mary Norris and Benjamin Dreyer Talk Grammar and Style
May 1, 2019
"The term “house style” refers to mechanics: use of italics or quotes for titles, adherence to the serial comma, how to handle numerals consistently. For example, it’s house style at The New Yorker to write out round numbers, but increasingly we have come to regard all numbers as round—or so it would seem. Numerals jump off the page; numbers written as words lie on the page and don’t interrupt the flow. New Yorker house style is for readers who have the leisure to savor what they read."
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