Acronym Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! =====Pronunciation-dependent style and periods===== Nevertheless, some influential [[style guide]]s, many of them [[American English|American]], still require periods in certain instances. For example, ''[[The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage]]'' recommends following each segment with a period when the letters are pronounced individually, as in "[[KGB|K.G.B.]]", but not when pronounced as a word, as in "[[NATO]]".<ref name = "NY Times">{{Cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/07/opinion/secret-obsessions-at-the-top.html |access-date=October 10, 2015 |title=Secret Obsessions at the Top |first=Nicholas D. |last=Kristoff |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 7, 2004 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150528024321/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/07/opinion/secret-obsessions-at-the-top.html |archive-date=May 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> The logic of this style is that the pronunciation is reflected graphically by the punctuation scheme. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page