Timeline for Declaring short forms in an essay
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| Aug 10, 2013 at 13:16 | comment | added | Lauren-Clear-Monica-Ipsum | I vote for shortened titles rather than authors, because I will never ever remember the authors after I turn the page. | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 12:55 | comment | added | user5232 | @PhilipK For two authors "as Smith and Jones stated" would still be shorter than using the full title. For more than two authors "as Smith et al. stated" could be used. I personally prefer abbreviations to just be presented in parentheses after the full name without any additional text, e.g., "The Propaganda of Saints in the Middle Ages (Propaganda of Saints)", but that might only be common practice for initialisms. | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 5:55 | comment | added | Philip Kirkbride | That's a good idea, I'll leave the first sentence as is and then just refer to the author after that. Hopefully it's not an issue for the essay that has two authors. | |
| Aug 10, 2013 at 5:42 | history | answered | Dale Hartley Emery | CC BY-SA 3.0 |