[Taxacom] Family names, usage.

[Richard Zander]

Usage. Usage. Usage. 

Legislating usage is doomed. Some editors are insisting on plural verbs
with family names. Editors determine usage. Period.

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Richard H. Zander 
Voice: 314-577-0276
Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA
richard.zander at mobot.org
Web sites: http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/resbot/
and http://www.mobot.org/plantscience/bfna/bfnamenu.htm

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