On 26 April 2011 20:22, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
It appears that nobody appears to actually follow this rule (including the "New York Times"), but I find the nuance interesting. I imagine one would perform better than the other during fundraising; perhaps there's hard data on that.
This varies between local dialects of English. The word "charity" is much more freely applied to anything tax-deductible in the UK than it is in Australia or (as far as I can tell) the US, for example. I wouldn't sweat it hugely.
- d.