Citations

[David Graddol]

Jim Wilce <jim.wilce at NAU.EDU> wrote:

> I hope this isn't perceived as adding great burdens to those of you who are
> good enough to cite useful sources on this list, but incomplete citations
> are a frustration to me.  In fact, just citing the initials of authors'
> first names is sometimes a problem.  If it's not too much to ask, could we
> make a practice of sending complete citations?

As a matter of interest, what is incomplete about a citation which gives
an author's initials rather than spelling out first names?

David