
Some specific "do's" and "don'ts" when writing for me:
a) All quotations of other writers should be in double quotes, as so: "It was many and many a year ago..."
b) When referring to a word or phrase or sentence, always use single quotes, as so: 'Arcata' has six letters.
c) To highlight a word or phrase or sentence, use double quotes or Italics, as so: The sentence "Arcata is north of Berkeley" is made up of five words. Or, The sentence Arcata is north of Berkeley is made up of five words.
d) In text, footnotes, and bibliographies, the titles of articles or chapters in books must be put in double quotes, as so: Quine's paper, "On What There Is," has been cited over five thousand times since it was published.
e) In text, footnotes, and bibliographies, the titles/names of books and journals must be written in Italics, as so: Quine's book, The Roots of Reference, contains an elaboration of his thinking on semantic ascent.
a) Footnotes and endnotes must be constructed in the following way: Name of author (last name first, then first name, then middle initial/name (if given)), title of paper/essay or book, name of publishing company (including city of publication), copyright date, page number(s). Example of book reference: Pynchon, Thomas, Against the Day. New York: The Penguin Press, 2006. Pages 478-479. Example of a paper published in a journal: Kment, Boris, "Counter-factuals and Explanation," in Mind, Vol. 115, No. 458, April 2006, pages 261-310. (With journals, no need to give the city.)
b) In bibliographies, the same information is given, except that the page numbers are not given.
c) In footnotes and endnotes, if you cite the same work two times in a row (or three or four...), instead of giving the same information as in the first note, simply write the word "Ibid." (without the quotes) and then the specific page number.
