July 25, 2003

For the 15th Time, Look It Up

By PETER MONAGHAN

'The Chicago Manual of Style' enters the 21st century

In writing about the time of day, the lowercase form, p.m. -- with periods -- now is preferred to the small-capitals form pm, without periods.

The month-day-year form, as in August 15, 2003, now wins out over the form 15 August 2003.

And when using letters to represent shapes, as in "an L-shaped room," there's no need anymore to use sans-serif type for the letter, as in "L-shaped."

Small matters those

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