Someone wrote in [community profile] rpanons 2012-09-17 10:00 pm (UTC)

>no longer in use

That's not actually accurate. It's (generally) no longer in use in newspapers, magazines, and other serial publications. It is still in use in a lot of academic publications, depending on the discipline.

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