"Cliff Notes to the Post's 'Deadlock' series," reads a Slate headline. You'll find "Cliff Notes" on 14,214 Web pages, according to AltaVista. I used Cliffs Notes as much as anybody, but apparently only I (and the authors of a pitiful 5,382 Web pages) remembered seeing an "s" in "Cliffs." I wish this didn't bother me so much.
Thursday, February 15, 2001
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My managing editor insists on "CliffsNotes"--without the space. I think this is silly, because it stems from the design of the Cliffs Notes logo--and the way Cliffs Notes likes to refer to itself.
As a (rather submissive) copy editor, should I feel humiliated every time I delete the space?
It appears to be a consistent name change, so no problem there.
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