On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
When we discussed double-FAs before, we were thinking of two unrelated topics - perhaps picking related pairs would be a good way forward, instead? Articles on two linked people, two battles, two chemical elements, two animals, two cities...
The trouble with this approach is what to do with groups that do not neatly divide into two. For example, it would be bizarre to feature two of the three Cappadocian Fathers (say, to feature Gregory of Nazianzus and Basil the Great, but to leave off Gregory of Nyssa). Featuring one of the three wouldn't be peculiar in the slightest, but to feature two would be.
This isn't necessarily a huge problem, but it's worth considering whether presenting things in pairs might have the potential to mislead.