An inordinate fondness for abbreviation

[Karstad-Schueler]

Geoff Read wrote:

>  It is not some rule of law that A GENUS NAME MAY
> NOT BE WRITTEN OUT IN FULL MORE THAN ONCE IN A PAPER. Or is it?

* I thought the 'rule' was that the generic name was to be written out
the first time it appeared in each* paragraph,* unless there was no
possiblilty of ambiguity or confusion.

fred schueler.
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