<blockquote>After Deadline examines questions of grammar, usage and style encountered by writers and editors of The Times. It is adapted from a weekly newsroom critique overseen by Philip B. Corbett, the associate managing editor for standards, who is also in charge of The Times’s style manual.” <strong>Source:</strong> <a href="http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/" target="_blank">After Deadline Blog</a></blockquote>

<blockquote>As careful as we try to be with words, sometimes our eyes glaze over and our brains freeze when we encounter numbers. Just pausing for an extra moment over a number — does this figure make sense? — might be enough to save us from some unfortunate corrections.” <strong>Source:</strong> <a href="http://afterdeadline.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/13/trouble-with-numbers/" target="_blank">Philip B. Corbett</a></blockquote>