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Re: Style question

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 08:01:23 -0500, you wrote:

>GWL: There is no such thing as a botanical name; they are all scientific names. You do not call the scientific term for a deer (Odocoileus spp.), an animal name, do you? And except for some publications like The New York Times, scientific names are in italics if the surrounding text is roman and in roman if the surrounding text is italic. P.L.


Oh good.  Maybe I'll follow the NY Times' example.  :)
If it's good enough for the NY Times.... 

Pat 


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