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Re: Plant names redux

Title: Re: [GWL] Plant names redux
I agree totally with Duane and was particularly interested in this part:

But if I am talking more conversationally, I write "eremurus", lower case and not italicized, using it as if it were a "common" name. While this violates the rules, I consider a lower case, unitalicized name better than the folk name of foxtail lily. I am straddling the issue.

I wrestled with that one for a long time and came to the same conclusion. Also, the point about newspapers is dead on—at least when it comes to Gannett. I’ve begged editors to do it my way a dozen times, but they have their own rules (which resemble no established practice I’ve seen).


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