<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>amastyleinsider</title>
	<atom:link href="http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com</link>
	<description>Official blog of the AMA Manual of Style</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:39:11 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='blog.amamanualofstyle.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>amastyleinsider</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/osd.xml" title="amastyleinsider" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Significant and Significance</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/05/08/significant-and-significance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/05/08/significant-and-significance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[statistics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If there is any doubt about whether significant/significance refers to statistical significance, clinical significance, or simply something “important” or “noteworthy,” choose another word or include a modifier that removes any ambiguity for the reader. The AMA Manual of Style (§20.9, Glossary of Statistical Terms, pp 893-894 in print) includes definitions for statistical significance (the testing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=559&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/05/08/significant-and-significance/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Questions From Users of the Manual</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/23/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-21/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/23/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-21/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[frequently asked questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[footnotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyphen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[references]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tables and figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: Would you hyphenate “white coat hypertension”? A: We would follow the latest edition of Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary. The 11th edition recommends inclusion of a hyphen: white-coat hypertension. Q: If 2 footnote symbols appear next to each other in a table, should any punctuation be introduced between them? A: Yes. As with the policy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=557&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/23/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-21/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Option, Alternative, Alternate</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/08/option-alternative-alternate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/08/option-alternative-alternate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alternate means “one after the other,” whereas alternative means “one instead of the other”1—and option and alternative are essentially the same thing. Easy peasy, no? Well, no. At least not quite. Although few writers would incorrectly use alternative in place of alternate in the sense of “one after the other,” there are subtle differences between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=555&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/04/08/option-alternative-alternate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Questions From Users of the Manual</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/27/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-20/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/27/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[frequently asked questions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abbreviations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plurals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: I have sometimes seen myalgia written in its plural form, myalgias. I would no sooner write myalgias than I would write bone losses.  What is your opinion on this? A: I took a look at both Webster&#8217;s 11th and Dorland&#8217;s, our principal dictionaries, and both of them define myalgia as &#8220;pain in a muscle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=552&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/27/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-20/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Quiz Bowl: Author-Editor Relationship</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/12/quiz-bowl-author-editor-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/12/quiz-bowl-author-editor-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[editing process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quizzes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[author interaction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quiz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been some famous, even notorious, author-editor relationships: Charles Dickens and Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish. This month’s quiz takes us on a tour of some of these fruitful and fractious relationships as a means of exploring effective ways for editors to handle issues with authors. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=550&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/03/12/quiz-bowl-author-editor-relationship/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Aegis</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/19/aegis/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/19/aegis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Recognizing that the genetic contribution to health disparities is likely to be relatively limited is not the only reason to question the wisdom of promoting genetic research under the aegis of health disparities.”1 “In several examples published under the aegis of the [Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality], the benefit side rests on the data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=546&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/19/aegis/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Questions From Users of the Manual</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/11/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-19/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/11/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q: What is the difference between &#8220;percent&#8221; and &#8220;percentage&#8221;? A: We regard &#8220;percent&#8221; as being a unit (equivalent to &#8220;kilograms&#8221;) and &#8220;percentage&#8221; as being a description of something that is measured in percent (equivalent to &#8220;weight&#8221;). As a rule of thumb, this would mean that &#8220;percent&#8221; (or the percent sign) would usually be used after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=541&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/02/11/questions-from-users-of-the-manual-19/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Emergency, Emergent, Urgent</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/23/emergency-emergent-urgent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/23/emergency-emergent-urgent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=538</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I was editing a manuscript on patients undergoing surgery for brain tumors, I came across the sentence, “Patients who required emergency care were admitted to the hospital and classified as needing emergent or urgent surgery.” As I reread the sentence, the terms emergency, emergent, and urgent started to swim before my eyes, each backstroking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=538&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/23/emergency-emergent-urgent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Quiz Bowl: Creating Tables and Figures</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/17/quiz-bowl-creating-tables-and-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/17/quiz-bowl-creating-tables-and-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[quizzes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[editing process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sins of the author]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tables and figures]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been editing and suddenly experienced déjà-vu? You know, that feeling that you’ve read the material before. And I don’t mean several weeks or even days ago. I mean really recently. Don’t worry. You’re probably not suffering from posttraumatic editing syndrome. Often authors duplicate material by presenting it in both table and text [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=532&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/17/quiz-bowl-creating-tables-and-figures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://amastyleinsider.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/figure.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Figure</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ex Libris: Grammar Girl’s 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know</title>
		<link>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/08/ex-libris-grammar-girls-101-words-every-high-school-graduate-needs-to-know/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/08/ex-libris-grammar-girls-101-words-every-high-school-graduate-needs-to-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>amastyleinsider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ex libris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/?p=529</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month’s Ex Libris column reviewed Grammar Girl’s 101 Misused Words You’ll Never Confuse Again, the first in a series of 4 titles in the 101 Words series by Grammar Girl alter ego Mignon Fogarty (http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/). This month’s column reviews Grammar Girl’s 101 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know. Just as Grammar Girl [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.amamanualofstyle.com&#038;blog=20804782&#038;post=529&#038;subd=amastyleinsider&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blog.amamanualofstyle.com/2013/01/08/ex-libris-grammar-girls-101-words-every-high-school-graduate-needs-to-know/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/4a3ee628cfeb2202f688cfda667270c4?s=96&#38;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs0.wp.com%2Fi%2Fmu.gif&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">amastyleinsider</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
