Well, before I read Paul's research, I would have thought that your teacher was crazy. I did take one journalism class in college and never heard of that protocol, but from what Paul has shown us, I guess there is legitimacy in it.
It's amazing what people in "the business" know and practice that we lay people are clueless about. And if you are in a particular business, nothing grates on your nerves more than when the masses, who obviously have no way of knowing any better, do it differently. Not to open up old wounds, but this follows that whole argument I made several months back about two spacing after periods being obsolete in the graphic design industry. Most people outside that world still adhere to the old ways.
Well, now I have a bit of new trivia to add to my Trivial Pursuit playing skills. What does the word "lede" mean? I know! I know!!
Lynn
