Timeline for versus (vs.): how to properly use this word in data analysis

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Nov 22 at 10:54	comment	added	Nick Cox		As some members here object to minor edits that bump a thread but don't add to the main arguments, I will add as an extra comment that depth below surface is a natural vertical axis also in archaeology.
May 15, 2020 at 7:57	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 4.0	edited body
May 14, 2020 at 22:57	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 16 characters in body
May 14, 2020 at 20:52	comment	added	gung - Reinstate Monica		To be clear, despite my somewhat skeptical comment above, I think this is a very good answer & I upvoted it long ago.
May 14, 2020 at 20:33	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 4.0	added 27 characters in body
Apr 12, 2018 at 14:45	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 879 characters in body
Jan 8, 2016 at 13:25	history	rollback	Nick Cox		Rollback to Revision 2
Jan 8, 2016 at 13:24	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 175 characters in body
Apr 18, 2015 at 15:43	history	edited	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 18 characters in body
Apr 16, 2015 at 21:22	comment	added	gung - Reinstate Monica		TBH, I think 'versus' is ambiguous. I probably say "X vs. Y" as much or more than the opposite. "Against" is more consistently aligned with Y on X. To be safe, people should probably always have axis labels and figure captions, etc.
Apr 16, 2015 at 13:08	vote	accept	yuk
Apr 15, 2015 at 19:33	comment	added	yuk		I found that dot after vs is used in American English in opposite to British English.
Apr 15, 2015 at 17:46	history	answered	Nick Cox	CC BY-SA 3.0