Timeline for In a written work, is it better to reference people by their first or last name?
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| Feb 11, 2013 at 7:23 | comment | added | ShreevatsaR | > it would be confusing to read "Wright handed the letter to Wright..." -- compare: "Read wrote Wright that both Read [R2] and Wright [W3] were wrong. So Read and Wright wrote a joint erratum [RW1] to set things right. This may be wrong since Wright asserts that Wright wrote Read first." ashutoshmehra.net/blog/2009/03/read-wrote-wright :-) | |
| Dec 15, 2010 at 19:44 | comment | added | Jon Purdy | @Martha: Actually, that reminds me, I do need to do my trash and recycling. Thanks. | |
| Dec 15, 2010 at 18:48 | comment | added | Marthaª | @Jon Purdy, now you just need to take the trash out, and you'll have become somebody as well. :) | |
| Dec 14, 2010 at 23:28 | comment | added | Jon Purdy | I have become an example! | |
| Dec 14, 2010 at 20:26 | comment | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | @Martha: You're right that the rules are different for spoken. However I wouldn't say it's dead last. It depends on the circumstances. | |
| Dec 14, 2010 at 16:44 | comment | added | Marthaª | Note that the progression you list is correct for written works only. In spoken usage, an unadorned last name like Purdy falls dead last in the formality spectrum: even your own mother can't really use that unless she wants to insult you. | |
| Dec 14, 2010 at 15:39 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
sorry, couldn't resist
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| Dec 14, 2010 at 14:47 | history | answered | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |