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INDEX
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[Numbers in parentheses refer to rules; italic indicates exact
terminology; bold indicates chapter heading]
A
Abbreviations and letter symbols (9.1-9.63)......................147-170
Addresses:
Correspondence (16.3, 16.9-16.16).......................217, 219-220
Ordinals (12.10).................................................185
signatures, lists of names (9.37, 16.3).....................152, 217
street (9.16-9.19, 13.6)................................149-150, 191
article, section (9.39)............................................153
Calendar divisions (9.44-9.46, 13.5)..........................154, 191
Closed up, with periods (9.7)......................................147
College degrees (9.32, 9.35-9.36).............................152, 153
Comma before and after (8.39)......................................131
Company, etc. (9.25)...............................................150
Not abbreviated (9.26)...........................................151
Congressional terms (9.30, 9.41-9.43, 13.11)..............152-154, 191
Dates (9.44-9.47, 13.5).......................................154, 191
et al., etc. (3.53, 8.59)......................................33, 133
Figure, not abbreviated (9.40).....................................153
Foreign countries (9.11)...........................................148
Geographic terms (9.9-9.15)....................................148-149
Land descriptions (9.20-9.22, 13.9)...........................150, 191
Latin (9.63, 11.3)............................................168, 177
Lists (9.61-9.63)..............................................158-170
Measures, weights, etc. (9.5, 9.50-9.59)..................147, 155-157
Metric (9.56-9.57).............................................156-157
Money (9.60, 12.9k)...........................................157, 184
Foreign..........................................................236
Numerals used with (9.5, 9.51, 13.4).....................147, 155, 191
Organized bodies (9.8).............................................148
Parts of publications (9.38-9.40, 13.10)......................153, 191
Period used (8.103-8.114)......................................139-140
Not used (8.115-8.123)...........................................141
Preparing copy (2.21-2.24)..........................................11
Provinces, etc. (9.15).............................................149
Senator, Representative (9.30).....................................152
States (9.12-9.13).............................................148-149
Tabular work (13.4-13.13)......................................191-192
Territories and possessions (9.14).................................149
Time zones (9.47)..................................................154
Titles, civil and military (9.29)..................................151
U.S.:
Before Government or Government organization (9.9, 3.7).....148, 191
As adjective (9.10, 13.7).................................148, 191
Vessels (9.27, 11.6)..........................................151, 177
able, words ending in (5.11)..........................................70
Accents:
Anglicized and foreign words (5.3-5.4)...........................67-68
Geographic names (5.20-5.21)........................................72
List (10.18-10.19).............................................174-176
Acronyms, coined words and symbols (9.48)............................155
Plurals (8.11, 8.13)...............................................127
Adjectives:
Capitalization (3.5-3.6)............................................33
Nationalities......................................................233
Adverbs:
Ending in ly (6.20).................................................78
Advice to authors and editors (1.1-1.23).............................1-6
Agricultural weights and measures....................................240
Allmark (2.103-2.104, 2.112, 2.117)...............................19, 20
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)........................2, 3
Ampersand (&):
Comma omitted before (8.56)........................................133
Firm names (9.25)..................................................150
Index entries (15.27)..............................................214
Anglicized foreign words (5.3-5.4)....................................67
anyone, any one (6.12)................................................76
Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18)...........................125-128
Abbreviations (8.11-8.12)..........................................127
Authentic form in names to be followed (8.6).......................126
Coined plurals (8.11)..............................................127
Contractions (8.11)................................................127
Possessive (8.3-8.8, 8.10).....................................125-126
Pronouns (8.8-8.9).................................................126
Spelled-out words (8.13)...........................................127
Appellations (3.31)...................................................29
appendix:
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Footnote numbering (15.2)..........................................211
Part of book (2.3m).................................................10
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Plural form (5.10)..................................................69
Area:
Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
Metric equivalents.................................................239
article:
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Capitalization (3.11-3.12, 3.49)................................25, 33
Caps and small caps (9.39).........................................153
Not abbreviated (9.40).............................................153
Assembly:
Legislative.........................................................50
United Nations (3.17)...........................................26, 60
association (9.25)...............................................37, 150
Asterisk(s):
Ellipses (8.77)....................................................136
Footnote reference (13.68-13.69, 15.13-15.14, 15.17)..........198, 212
Astronomical:
Bodies, capitalization (3.30).......................................29
Time (12.9b).......................................................182
Astrophysical abbreviations (9.59)...................................157
Atomic numbers, etc. (10.16).........................................173
B
Backstrips, run down (2.20)...........................................11
Base lines and meridians.............................................227
basin.................................................................48
B.C. (9.61, 12.9c)..............................................158, 183
Bible, etc. (3.33)................................................29, 38
Bibliography:
Footnote numbering (15.2)..........................................211
Government publications (1.22).......................................2
Part of book (2.31).................................................10
References (2.130, 8.29, 8.58)............................22, 130, 133
Bill style (2.41).....................................................14
Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.16)................................2
Board on Geographic Names (5.20, 5.21)................................72
Boldface:
Page numbers, contents (15.30).....................................214
Punctuation (8.150)................................................145
Braces:
Equations (10.14)....................................................172
Brackets (8.19-8.22).............................................128-129
Dates abbreviated in (9.45)........................................154
Emphasis added, etc. (8.19)........................................128
Equations (8.21, 10.14).......................................129, 172
Headnotes (13.88-13.89)............................................200
More than one paragraph (8.22).....................................129
Type (8.150).......................................................145
Bylines in parentheses (8.101).......................................139
C
Calendar divisions:
Abbreviations (9.44-9.46, 13.5)...............................154, 191
Capitalization (3.23)...............................................28
called, so-called (8.128)............................................142
Capacity:
Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
Metric equivalents.................................................239
Capitalization rules (3.1-3.57)....................................23-34
Addresses, salutations, and signatures (3.55, 16.2)............34, 217
Articles, definite (3.11-3.12)......................................25
Calendar divisions (3.23)...........................................28
Common nouns and adjectives (3.5-3.9)............................23-24
Continued (13.37)..................................................195
Countries, domains (3.19-3.20)......................................27
Fanciful appellations (3.31)........................................29
Firm names..........................................................46
First words (3.42-3.45)..........................................31-32
Heads, center and side (3.46-3.54)...............................32-33
Historic and documentary work (3.57)................................34
Historic events (3.24)..............................................28
Holidays, etc. (3.24)...............................................28
Interjections (3.56)................................................34
Organized bodies (3.17-3.18).....................................26-27
Particles (3.13-3.16)............................................25-26
Proper names (3.2)..................................................23
Derivatives (3.3, 3.4)............................................23
Religious terms (3.33)...........................................29-30
Scientific names (3.26-3.30)........................................29
Soil names (3.29)...................................................29
Titles:
Persons (3.34-3.37)............................................30-31
Publications, etc. (3.38-3.41)
31
Trade names and trademarks (3.25)...................................28
Capitalization examples............................................35-62
Capitals, foreign....................................................228
Caps and small caps:
Abbreviation (9.61)................................................158
article, section (9.39)............................................153
Capitalization, in heads (3.46, 3.49, 3.51-3.54)................32, 33
Congressional work.................................................297
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (9.37, 16.3).............152, 217
Figure (2.71, 8.112)...........................................16, 140
Heads spaced with regular justification spaces (2.50)...............14
Note (8.107, 13.53)...........................................139, 197
Quotation marks in (11.10).........................................178
Use of in hearings (8.19)..........................................128
Vessel names (11.6)................................................177
Celsius (9.53, 9.62)............................................155, 164
Centerheads. (See Heads, center and side.)
Chair (3.32)......................................................29, 40
Chairman (3.35)...................................................30, 40
chapter:
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Alignment, in contents (15.28).....................................214
Capitalization (3.9)............................................24, 40
Chemical:
Elements:
Abbreviations (10.16)............................................173
Atomic numbers, etc. (10.16)
173
Compounding (6.43)................................................82
List (10.16).....................................................173
Numerals (6.43, 10.16).......................................82, 173
Symbols (10.16)..................................................173
Formulas (6.44, 12.15).........................................82, 186
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Symbols:
Preparing copy (2.33-2.34)........................................13
Set in roman (10.16).............................................173
church (3.33).....................................................29, 40
and state (3.19)................................................27, 40
Ciphers:
Leaderwork (14.7-14.8).............................................208
Numerals (12.9d)...................................................183
Tabular work (13.29-13.36).....................................194-195
Citations:
Abbreviations (9.42, 9.43, 9.45)...............................153-154
Biblical, etc. (8.28)..............................................130
Italic (11.3, 11.8)...........................................177, 178
Punctuation (8.96, 8.97)...........................................138
Civil and military titles:
Abbreviations (9.29-9.37)......................................151-153
Capitalization (3.34-3.37).......................................30-31
Plurals (5.8).......................................................68
coast (3.22)......................................................28, 40
Code (3.38).......................................................31, 40
Colon (8.23-8.33)................................................129-130
Affecting use of numerals (12.8)...................................182
After salutations (8.25, 16.15)...............................129, 220
Biblical and bibliographic citations (8.28, 8.29, 12.7).......130, 182
Capitalization following (3.42, 3.44, 8.24, 8.25)..........31, 32, 129
Ratio (8.31, 8.32).................................................130
Subentries (8.27, 14.15)......................................129, 208
Colony (3.19).....................................................27, 41
Combining forms (6.29-6.35)........................................80-81
Comma (8.34-8.49)................................................130-132
Chemical formulas (6.44)............................................82
Compound sentences (8.43)..........................................131
Omitted (8.50-8.59)............................................132-133
Semicolon, used with (8.145).......................................144
commandant (9.30)....................................................152
Commander in Chief (3.35).............................................30
Compounding (6.40)..................................................82
Plural (5.8)........................................................68
Commission (3.17).................................................26, 41
Committee.............................................................41
Company:
Abbreviation (9.25-9.26).......................................150-151
Ampersand with (9.25)..............................................150
List................................................................46
Compass directions:
Abbreviations (9.50)...............................................155
Capitalization (3.22)...............................................28
Compound words (6.14)...............................................77
Land description (9.21)............................................150
Compounding examples (7.1-7.14)...................................85-124
Compounding rules (6.1-6.52).......................................75-84
Chemical terms (6.42-6.44)..........................................82
Civil and military titles (6.40-6.41)...............................82
Fractions (6.38, 12.26-12.28)..................................81, 188
General rules (6.4-6.7)..........................................75-76
Improvised compounds (6.46-6.52)....................................83
Numerical compounds (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)......................81-82, 184
Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms (6.29-6.35)..............80-81
Short prefixes (6.7)..............................................76
Scientific and technical terms (6.42-6.45)..........................82
Solid compounds (6.8-6.14).......................................76-77
Unit modifiers (6.15-6.28).......................................77-80
Units of measurement (6.45).........................................82
Congressional:
Abbreviations (9.41-9.43, 13.11)..........................153-154, 191
Capitalization (3.17)...............................................26
Ordinals (12.10-12.13).............................................185
Congressional Record.............................................257-296
Addresses and signatures...........................................267
Call of the House..................................................266
Capitalization.....................................................258
Caps and small caps................................................261
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union........264, 281
Credits............................................................268
Extensions of Remarks.........................................270, 284
Extracts...........................................................269
Figures............................................................259
Forms of titles....................................................266
General rules......................................................257
Index..............................................................288
Miscellaneous......................................................260
Parentheses and brackets...........................................263
Poetry.............................................................268
Proceedings:
House............................................................279
Senate...........................................................271
Punctuation........................................................262
Speech heads.......................................................270
Tabular matter.....................................................259
Voting:
House and Committee of the Whole.................................264
Pairs............................................................266
Yeas and nays....................................................265
Congressional work:
Back title.........................................................309
Cover and title pages.........................................307, 308
Reports and hearings...............................................297
Consonants:
a, an, before (5.16-5.19)...........................................72
Doubled (5.14, 5.15)............................................71, 72
Hyphen, to avoid tripling (6.7).....................................76
Contents (15.20-15.30)...........................................212-214
Part of book (2.3i, 2.12).......................................10, 11
Type (15.28-15.30).................................................214
Contractions: Apostrophe to indicate (8.11, 8.12)....................127
Copy
(see also Preparing copy):
Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.16)..............................2
Corrections marked (1.20-1.21).......................................2
Covers to be indicated (1.14)........................................2
Fold-ins, avoid use of (1.15)........................................2
Folioing looseleaf or perforated work (1.13).........................1
Follow Style Manual (1.1)............................................1
Footnote references (1.8)............................................1
Illustrations:
Instructions (1.9).................................................1
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Position (1.9).....................................................1
Separate sheets (1.9)..............................................1
Legible (1.3)........................................................1
Numbering (1.4)......................................................1
Paper stock (1.17)...................................................2
Paragraph, begin with (1.5)..........................................1
Proofreader's marks (1.23)...........................................4
Proper names, signatures, etc., plainly marked (1.6).................1
Reprint, in duplicate (1.4)..........................................1
Style sheets furnished (1.12)........................................1
Trim size (1.12, 1.18)............................................1, 2
Typewritten, one side only (1.4).....................................1
Corrections:
Author's (1.20-1.21).................................................2
Proofreading (2.79-2.80)............................................17
Counties and geographic divisions................................243-256
Cover: Kind, to be indicated (1.14, 2.5)...........................2, 10
Crown (3.35)......................................................30, 43
D
Dagger (13.69, 15.14)...........................................198, 212
Dash (8.60-8.75).................................................133-135
Em dash (8.60-8.70)............................................133-134
En dash (8.72-8.75)................................................135
Figures, letters, or figures and letters (8.72-8.73,
9.8, 12.7)...........................................135, 148, 182
Not to be used for and (8.75)................................... 135
Not to be used for to (8.74, 13.111)........................135, 202
Proportion (8.32)..................................................130
Date columns. (See Tabular work.)
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.1-16.28)................217-224
Dates:
Abbreviations (9.44-9.45, 13.5)...............................154, 191
A.D., B.C. (8.52, 12.9c)......................................132, 183
Commas with (8.49, 8.52, 12.9c)...............................132, 183
En dash (8.73-8.75, 12.9c)....................................135, 183
Ordinals in (12.10, 12.19)....................................185, 186
Roman numerals (12.29).............................................189
Tabular work (13.5)................................................191
Days:
Abbreviations (9.46)...............................................154
Holidays, etc. (3.24)...............................................28
Decimals:
Alignment (2.27, 13.31)........................................12, 195
Ciphers with (13.29-13.33).........................................194
Comma omitted (8.54)...............................................133
Used with numerals (12.9d).........................................183
Decorations, medals, etc..............................................43
Decree:
Executive.......................................................43, 45
Royal (3.38)................................................31, 43, 56
Degree mark:
Repeated (10.6)....................................................171
Spacing (12.9f)....................................................183
With figures (9.50-9.51, 9.53, 10.6, 12.9f)..............155, 171, 183
Degrees
(scholastic, etc.):
Abbreviations (9.32, 9.33, 9.35-9.36)..............................152
Closed up (9.7)..................................................147
Capitalization (9.36)..............................................152
Sequence of (9.35).................................................152
Deity, words denoting (3.33)......................................29, 43
Derivatives:
Compounds (6.6).....................................................75
Proper names (3.3-3.4)..............................................23
Scientific names (3.26-3.29)........................................29
Devil, etc. (3.33)....................................................29
diseases and related terms............................................44
do. (ditto):
Leaderwork (14.4, 14.6).......................................207, 208
Tabular work (13.41-13.50).........................................196
dollar:
Abbreviation (9.60)................................................157
Leaderwork (14.7-14.8).............................................208
Mark (9.60, 12.9k)............................................157, 184
Repeated (10.6)..................................................171
Tabular work (13.51-13.56).........................................197
Dr.(9.29, 9.33).................................................151, 152
Not used with other titles (9.33)..................................152
E
Earth (3.30)......................................................29, 45
Editorial marks (illustration).........................................4
Editors and authors, suggestions (1.1-1.23)..........................1-5
Ellipses (8.77-8.82).................................................136
Emphasis, italic not used (11.2)
177
Emphasis added, etc. (11.4)..........................................177
Equations (10.8-10.15)...............................................172
Esq.: Abbreviation (9.32, 9.33, 9.37)...........................152, 153
etc., et cetera (2.28)................................................12
et seq. (11.3).......................................................177
Even space after sentences (2.49)
14
everyone, every one (6.12).........................................76-77
Exclamation point (8.83-8.85)....................................136-137
Extracts:
Footnotes (15.8)...................................................211
Quotation marks omitted (2.24)
11
F
Fahrenheit (9.53)....................................................155
False title (2.3b).....................................................9
FIC & punc. (2.38)..........................................13, 257, 297
figure (2.71, 3.9)................................................16, 24
Not abbreviated (9.40).............................................153
Period not used at end (8.112)
140
Figures. (See Numerals.)
Firm names. (See Company.)
First words capitalized (3.42-3.45)................................31-32
Flush heads. (See Heads, center and side.)
``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38)..................................13
Fold-ins, oversize, avoided (1.15).....................................2
Footnotes, indexes, contents, and outlines (15.1-15.31)..........211-216
Leaderwork (14.11-14.13)...........................................208
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References:
Comma not used (8.50, 15.19)................................132, 212
Follow punctuation (15.18).......................................212
Footnote added (2.97).............................................18
Eliminated (2.110g).............................................18
Run across (1.8, 13.71).......................................1, 198
Sequence (15.14).................................................212
Superior figures (13.67, 15.12).............................198, 212
Tabular work (13.66-13.85).....................................198-199
Text (15.1-15.19)..............................................211-212
Foreign:
Countries:
Abbreviations (9.11).............................................148
Capitals of..................................................228-232
Heads of state...................................................228
Money............................................................236
Abbreviations (9.60)......................................157, 236
Nationalities....................................................233
Weights and measures...............................................239
Metric (9.56-9.57)..........................................156-157,
239-240
Words:
Accents (5.3, 5.4)............................................67, 68
Compounding (6.24)................................................79
Italic (11.2)....................................................177
Foreword (2.3f)........................................................9
Fort..................................................................47
Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
State name with (9.12).............................................148
Fractions (12.26-12.28)..............................................188
Comma omitted (8.54, 12.9e, 12.27).......................133, 183, 188
Hyphen in (6.38-6.39)...........................................81, 82
Land descriptions (9.20-9.22)......................................150
Piece and em (12.27)...............................................188
Spelled out (6.38, 12.26)......................................81, 188
Tabular work (13.86-13.87).........................................200
Alignment (13.63)................................................198
Franking privilege (2.129)............................................21
Frontispiece (2.3a)....................................................9
ful, words ending in (5.9)............................................69
G
General instructions (2.1-2.130)....................................7-22
Germany, West, etc. (3.21, 3.22)..............................27, 28, 61
Gospel, etc. (3.33)...............................................29, 48
Government(s) (3.8, 3.20).....................................24, 27, 48
Departments, capitalization (3.17)..................................26
Foreign............................................................228
Governor (3.35)...................................................30, 48
Grades, market........................................................51
Gravity terms (9.53).............................................155-156
Guide meridians......................................................227
H
Halftitle:
Imprint (2.118).....................................................20
Part of book (2.3j).................................................10
H-bomb, H-hour (6.51).............................................48, 83
Heads, center and side:
Capitalization (3.46-3.54).......................................32-33
Tabular work (13.25-13.27).....................................193-194
Heads of state, foreign..............................................228
Holidays, etc. (3.24).............................................28, 49
Holy Scriptures, etc. (3.33)......................................29, 49
Honorable, etc. (9.31)...............................................152
House.................................................................49
Hyphen
(see also Compounding
rules):
Chemical formulas (6.43, 6.44)
82
Civil and military titles (5.8, 6.40-6.41)......................68, 82
Compass directions (6.14)...........................................77
Division at end of line (8.87).....................................137
Fractions (12.26, 12.28)...........................................188
Numerical compounds (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)......................81-82, 184
Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms (6.7, 6.29-6.35).....76, 80-81
Scientific terms (6.42-6.44)........................................82
Unit modifiers (6.15-6.28).......................................77-80
Not used when meaning is clear (6.16).............................77
Numerical (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)...........................81-82, 184...
I
ibid, id. (11.3).....................................................177
ible, words ending in (5.11)..........................................70
Illustrations:
Makeup (2.3i, 2.12, 2.18).......................................10, 11
Separate sheets (1.9)................................................1
Imprints (2.115-2.120).............................................20-21
Signature marks (1.16, 2.101, 2.112)..........................2, 19-20
Improvised compounds (6.46-6.52)..................................... 83
Inches, picas converted to...........................................241
Indentions (see also
Overruns) (2.60-2.66)............................................15-16
Datelines, addresses and signatures (16.5-16.28)...............217-224
Do. (13.41-13.50)..................................................196
Extracts (2.24).....................................................11
Footnote tables (13.84)............................................199
Paragraphs (2.60-2.66)...........................................15-16
Index (15.20-15.30)..............................................212-214
Entries (15.27)....................................................214
Part of book (2.3n).................................................10
Plural form (5.10)..................................................69
Roman numerals (15.22).............................................213
See, see also (11.11, 15.20)..................................178, 212
Inferior figures and letters:
Chemical elements (6.43)............................................82
Chemical formulas (10.16, 11.12, 12.15)..................173, 179, 186
Equations (10.8)...................................................172
Italic (10.8, 11.12)..........................................172, 179
Precede superiors (10.15)..........................................172
Preparing (2.33)....................................................13
infra:
Italic (11.3)......................................................177
Not abbreviated (9.49).............................................155
Integral sign (10.14)................................................172
Interjections:
Capitalization (3.56)...............................................34
Exclamation point (8.83-8.85)......................................136
Introduction (2.3f)....................................................9
ise, ize, yze (5.12)..................................................71
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Italic (11.1-11.15)..............................................177-179
Aircraft (11.6)....................................................177
ante, post, etc. (11.3)............................................177
Continued from (11.11).............................................178
Credit line (8.66).................................................134
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.5-16.26)..............217-222
Emphasis (11.2)....................................................177
Equations (10.7-10.8, 11.12-
11.13)..................................................171-172, 179
``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38)................................13
Foreign words, etc. (11.2-11.3)....................................177
Inferior letters (10.8, 11.12)................................172, 179
infra, supra (11.3)................................................177
Italic supplied, etc. (11.4).......................................177
Legal cases (11.8).................................................178
Legends (2.73, 11.14)..........................................16, 179
nth degree (11.12).................................................179
Paragraphs and sections, indicating (11.15)........................179
Provided, Resolved, etc. (3.45, 11.11).........................32, 178
To be followed (11.5)............................................177
Publications, titles of (11.2).....................................177
Salutations (8.25, 16.14).....................................129, 220
Scientific names (11.9-11.10)......................................178
See, see also (11.11, 15.20)..................................178, 212
Symbols (2.73, 11.12-11.14)....................................16, 179
Tabular work (13.95-13.96).........................................201
Units of quantity (13.123, 14.14).............................205, 208
v. (11.8)..........................................................178
Vessels (11.6-11.7, 13.95)...............................177, 178, 201
x dollars (11.12)..................................................179
ize, ise, yze (5.12)..................................................71
J
Journals (2.2).......................................................7-9
Jr., Sr.:
Abbreviation (9.32, 9.34)..........................................152
Index entries (15.27)..............................................214
Punctuation (8.39, 9.34)......................................131, 152
Type (9.37, 16.3).............................................152, 217
K
King (3.34).......................................................30, 50
known as (8.128).....................................................142
L
Land area abbreviations (9.56).......................................156
Land descriptions (9.20-9.22, 12.9f)............................150, 183
latitude, longitude:
Abbreviated (9.51, 13.9)......................................155, 191
Division at end of line (9.52).....................................155
Spaces omitted (9.51, 12.9f)..................................155, 183
law (3.40)........................................................31, 50
Leaders:
Abbreviation before (8.123, 13.13)............................141, 192
Leaderwork (14.1)..................................................207
Tabular work (13.97-13.101)........................................201
Leaderwork
(see also Tabular work) (14.1-14.20).............................
207-209.................................................................
Bearoff (14.2).....................................................207
Clears (14.9)......................................................208
Columns (14.3).....................................................207
Continued heads (14.5).............................................208
Definition (14.1)..................................................207
Do. (14.6).........................................................208
Dollar mark and ciphers (14.7-14.8)................................208
Double up (14.19)..................................................209
Examples (14.15-14.20).........................................208-209
Flush items and subheads (14.9-14.10)..............................208
Footnotes (14.11-14.13)............................................208
Units of quantity (14.14)..........................................208
Leading and spacing (2.48-2.49)....................................14-15
Leading:
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.4)......................217
Extracts (2.54-2.57)..............................................15
Footnotes (2.58)..................................................15
Legends (2.59)....................................................15
Line of stars (8.79).............................................136
page, section, etc., over figure columns (15.21).................213
Tabular work:
Boxheads (13.18)...............................................192
Centerheads (13.25)............................................193
Footnotes (13.66)..............................................198
Spacing:
Abbreviations with points (9.6)................................. 147
ac, space after in small-cap heads (3.47).........................32
ampersand (9.7)..................................................147
article, section (9.39)..........................................153
Citations (8.28).................................................130
Clock time (8.26, 12.9b)....................................129, 182
Colon (8.22-8.33)............................................129-130
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.4)......................217
Degrees:
College (9.7, 9.32-9.33, 9.35-9.36).......................147, 152
Ellipses (8.76)..................................................135
Line of stars (8.79)...........................................136
Footnote references (15.12)......................................212
Between references (8.50, 15.19)..........................132, 212
Symbols (13.69, 15.13)....................................198, 212
Footnotes, two or more (2.19)
11
Heads, center, side (2.50)........................................14
Initials, personal name (9.7)................................... 147
Letters or figures in parentheses (2.40, 8.94)...............13, 138
Mathematical signs (10.3)........................................171
Particles (3.48)..................................................32
Question mark (8.124)............................................142
Quotation marks (8.127)..........................................142
Section mark (10.6)..............................................171
Symbols with figures (10.6)......................................171
Legal cases:
Capitalization (3.11)...............................................25
Italic (11.8)......................................................178
Legends
(2.67-2.73)...........................................................
16......................................................................
Italic symbols (2.73, 11.14)...................................16, 179
Leading (2.59)......................................................15
Makeup (2.68, 2.72, 2.96f)......................................16, 18
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Punctuation (2.70, 8.112)......................................16, 140
Type (2.69).........................................................16
Legislative bodies, foreign..........................................228
Letter of transmittal (2.3e)...........................................9
Looseleaf work, ``blue'' folios marked (1.13)..........................1
ly, words ending in (6.20)............................................78
M
M., Mlle., etc. (9.29)...............................................151
Magnification symbol (10.3)..........................................171
Magnitudes (9.59)....................................................157
Makeup (2.3-2.19)...................................................9-11
Backstrips, run down (2.20).........................................11
Facing pages (2.7)..................................................10
Fold-ins to be avoided (1.15)........................................2
Footnotes:
Leaderwork (14.11-14.13).........................................208
Tabular work (2.98)...............................................18
References repeated (2.13, 13.70)..........................11, 198
Sample.........................................................208
Text (15.9-15.11)................................................212
Illustrations (2.67-2.73)...........................................16
Parts of book (2.3)..................................................9
Roman numerals (2.4)................................................10
Running heads and folios (2.10-2.11)................................10
Signature marks, imprints, etc. (2.103, 2.115-2.128).............19-21
Signatures, jobs over 4 pages (1.16).................................2
Avoid over 2 blank pages (1.16)....................................2
Sink (2.8)..........................................................10
Title pages (2.5)...................................................10
Widow lines (2.6)...................................................10
Market grades (3.25)..............................................28, 59
Mathematical equations (10.8-10.15)..................................172
Signs (10.2, 10.18)...........................................171, 174
Measurement:
Abbreviations (9.56-9.58)......................................156-157
Metric equivalents.................................................240
Numerals (12.9j)...................................................184
Medals, decorations, etc..............................................43
Meridians and base lines.............................................227
Messrs. (9.29).......................................................151
Meteorology signs/symbols (10.18)....................................174
Metric:
Abbreviations (9.56-9.57)......................................156-157
Equivalents........................................................239
Military:
Dates (8.52, 12.9c)...........................................132, 183
Installations, State name with (9.12)..........................148-149
Time (12.9b, 12.14)...........................................182, 185
Titles:
Abbreviations (9.29).............................................151
Capitalization (3.35).............................................30
Units, ordinals used (12.10).......................................185
million, etc.:
Roman numerals (12.29).............................................189
Use of figures with (12.24)........................................187
minute:
Abbreviation (9.58)................................................157
Latitude, longitude (9.51-9.52, 12.9f)........................155, 183
Time (12.9b, 12.9n)...........................................182, 184
Astronomical (9.59, 12.9b)..................................157, 182
Money:
Abbreviations and symbols (9.60, 12.9k).......................157, 184
Decimals (12.9k)...................................................184
Foreign............................................................236
Abbreviations and symbols........................................236
Fractions (12.26-12.28)............................................188
Months:
Abbreviations (9.44-9.45, 13.5)...........................................................154, 191
mo (9.58)........................................................157
Punctuation (8.52, 8.74, 8.75, 12.9c)....................132, 135, 183
Moon (3.30).......................................................29, 52
Signs (10.18)......................................................174
Mount.................................................................48
Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Mr., Mrs.:
Abbreviation, when used (9.29).....................................151
Type (9.37, 16.3).........................................152-153, 217
With other abbreviations (9.33)....................................152
Mr. Chairman, etc. (3.37).............................................31
N
Nation, etc. (3.19, 3.20).........................................27, 51
Natives:
Foreign countries..............................................233-235
States (U.S.) (5.23-5.24)...........................................73
Nature (3.32).........................................................29
Navy, Naval, etc. (3.17)..........................................26, 52
Near East (3.21)..................................................27, 52
Newspapers:
Capitalization (3.38)...............................................31
Datelines (16.8)...................................................218
Italic not used (11.2).............................................177
No., Nos. (9.38).....................................................153
Not abbreviated (13.22)............................................193
Note (8.107, 13.53).............................................139, 197
Nouns:
Capitalization (3.5-3.10, 3.49)..............................23-25, 33
Compounding (6.8-6.11)..............................................76
Nationalities, foreign.........................................233-235
Plural forms (5.5-5.10)..........................................68-69
States, natives of (5.23)...........................................73
nth degree (11.12)...................................................179
Number:
Abbreviation. (See No.)
Chemical elements (10.16)..........................................173
Mark (10.18, 15.15)...........................................174, 212
Numerals (12.1-12.29)............................................181-190
Age (12.9a)........................................................182
Beginning a sentence (12.16).......................................186
Related numerals (12.25).........................................188
Chemical elements (6.43, 10.16)................................82, 173
Chemical formulas (6.44, 12.15)................................82, 186
Clock time (9.54, 12.9b)......................................156, 182
Colon affecting use (12.8).........................................182
Compound (6.36-6.39).............................................81-82
Dates. (See Dates.)
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Decimals (12.9d)...................................................183
Degrees (12.9f)....................................................183
Equations (10.8-10.15).............................................172
Expressed in figures (12.4-12.15)..............................181-186
Formal writing (12.19).............................................186
Fractions. (See Fractions.)
Hearings, etc. (12.17).............................................186
Indefinite expressions (12.22).....................................187
Land descriptions (9.21)...........................................150
Large numbers (12.20, 12.24).......................................187
Market quotations (12.9h)..........................................183
Measurement and time (12.9a-12.9o).............................182-184
In relation to other figures (12.6)..............................182
Money (9.60, 12.9k)...........................................157, 184
Ordinals.
(See Ordinals.)
Percentage (12.9l).................................................184
Proportion or ratio (12.9m)........................................184
Punctuation (8.48, 12.14).....................................132, 185
Roman. (See Roman numerals.)
Serial (12.7)......................................................182
Single:
10 or more (12.4)................................................181
Under 10 (12.23).................................................187
Unit of measurement, etc. (12.6).................................182
Spelled out (12.16-12.25)......................................186-188
Tabular work (13.102)..............................................201
Time (12.9n).......................................................184
Unit modifiers (6.23, 6.36-6.37, 6.39, 12.9o)..........79, 81, 82, 184
With abbreviations (9.5, 13.4)................................147, 191
O
O, Oh:
Capitalization (3.56)...............................................34
Exclamation point (8.84, 8.85).................................136-137
o, words ending in (5.5)..............................................68
Occident, etc. (3.21, 3.22).......................................27, 53
o'clock (9.55, 12.9b)...........................................156, 182
Office (3.17).....................................................26, 53
Ohio, abbreviation (9.13)............................................149
op. cit. (11.3)......................................................177
Order (3.38)..................................................31, 45, 53
Ordered (3.45, 11.11)............................................32, 178
Ordinals (12.10-12.13, 13.102)..................................185, 201
Beginning with 10th (12.10)........................................185
In relation to other ordinals or numerals (12.11)..................185
Leaderwork (12.13).................................................185
Military units (12.10).............................................185
Street address (12.13, 13.6)..................................185, 191
Tabular work (12.13, 13.102)..................................185, 201
Orient, etc. (3.21, 3.22).....................................27, 28, 53
Outlines:
Indentions (15.31).................................................214
Numbering sequence (15.31).........................................214
Overruns
(see also Indentions):
Addresses, datelines, and signatures (16.5, 16.27)............217, 224
Center, side heads (2.65-2.66)..................................... 16
Hanging indentions (2.62-2.63)......................................15
Indexes (15.23-15.25)..............................................213
Leaderwork (14.4)..................................................207
Paragraphs (2.60-2.61)..............................................15
Tabular work (13.90-13.94).........................................200
Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).....................200
P
Pact (3.38).......................................................31, 54
page (3.9)............................................................24
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Numbers (2.4, 15.22, 15.30)...............................10, 213, 214
Paper stock, kind specified (1.17).....................................2
paragraph (3.9).......................................................24
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Paragraphs:
Brackets, more than one paragraph (8.22)...........................129
Indention (2.60-2.61)...............................................15
Overruns (2.62-2.63)..............................................15
Italic letters indicating (11.15)..................................179
Numbering sequence (8.108).........................................139
Parentheses (8.91-8.102).........................................137-139
Abbreviations in (9.2).............................................147
Citations or references (9.45)...................................154
Congressional (9.41-9.43)....................................153-154
Latitude, longitude (9.51).......................................155
Parts of publications (9.38).....................................153
Steamships, railroads (9.27).....................................151
Alignment in tables (13.59, 13.63).................................198
Byline (8.101).....................................................139
Chemical formulas (6.44)............................................82
Clauses (8.92).....................................................137
Column numbers or letters (13.23)..................................193
Enclose letters or figures (8.94)..................................138
Closed up (8.94, 8.98)...........................................138
Equations (10.14)..................................................172
Explanatory word (8.93)............................................137
More than one paragraph (8.102)................................... 139
Not part of main statement (8.91)................................. 137
Paragraph sequence (8.108).........................................139
Type (8.150).......................................................145
Verifying numbers (8.95, 12.18)...............................138, 186
With punctuation (8.96-8.102)..................................138-139
part (3.9)........................................................24, 54
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Particles (3.13-3.16)..............................................25-26
Parts of books:
Abbreviations (9.38-9.40)..........................................153
Capitalization (3.9, 3.38, 3.39)................................24, 31
Makeup (2.3).........................................................9
Quotation marks (8.129)............................................142
percent (5.2).........................................................66
Mark (10.18, 15.15)...........................................174, 212
Use of figures (12.9l).............................................184
Period (8.103-8.123).............................................139-141
Abbreviations (8.111, 9.6-9.7)................................140, 147
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Omitted (8.115-8.123, 9.3, 13.13, 15.23)..........141, 147, 192, 213
After article, section, etc. (8.113)...............................140
Boxheads (8.115)...................................................141
Decimals (8.109, 12.9d, 13.29-13.32).................140, 183, 194-195
Declarative sentence (8.103).......................................139
Ellipses (8.76, 8.78)..........................................135-136
Explanatory matter within parentheses (8.122)......................141
Indirect question (8.104)..........................................139
In lieu of parentheses (8.105).....................................139
Inside-outside quotation marks (8.141-8.142).......................144
Legends (2.70, 8.112)..........................................16, 140
Letters used as names (8.117)......................................141
Metric abbreviations (9.56-9.57)...............................156-157
Middle initial not abbreviation (8.118)............................141
Multiplication (8.114).............................................140
Overruns, in indexes (15.23).......................................213
Roman numerals (8.120).............................................141
Run-in sideheads (8.107)...........................................139
Short name not abbreviation (8.119, 9.23).....................141, 150
Symbols (8.115)....................................................141
To indicate thousands (8.110)......................................140
Words and incomplete statements (8.121)............................141
Periodicals, titles of:
Capitalization (3.38)...............................................31
Italic not used (11.2).............................................177
Makeup (2.2, 2.3)..................................................7-9
Personal names:
Abbreviations followed (8.119, 9.23)..........................141, 150
Initials set with space (9.7)......................................147
Particles (3.13-3.16)............................................25-26
Variations (8.119, 9.23)......................................141, 150
Personification (3.32)................................................29
Physical divisions of United States................................. 226
Physics, signs and symbols (10.16)...................................173
Physiographic terms..................................................225
Pica conversion table................................................241
Pickup matter (2.31)..................................................12
Correcting (2.45)...................................................14
place.................................................................54
Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
plate (3.9).......................................................24, 54
Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Numbers aligned (15.28)............................................214
Plurals:
Apostrophe to indicate (8.3, 8.7, 8.11)........................125-127
Coined (8.11)......................................................127
Common noun as part of proper name (3.8)............................24
Compound words (5.6-5.8)............................................68
Irregular (5.10)....................................................69
Latin names (3.28)..................................................29
Letters and figures (8.11).........................................127
Nouns ending in ful (5.9)...........................................69
Nouns ending in o (5.5).............................................68
Words used as words (8.13).........................................127
Poetry:
Alignment and indention (8.134)....................................143
Capitalization of titles (3.39).....................................31
Credit line (8.66).................................................134
Quotation marks (3.39, 8.134)..................................31, 143
point.............................................................48, 54
Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Political parties (3.17)..........................................26, 54
Adherents (3.18).............................................26-27, 54
port..................................................................54
Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Possessions (U.S.):
Abbreviations (9.12, 9.13).....................................148-149
Not abbreviated (9.14)...........................................149
Political divisions. (See Counties.)
Possessives and apostrophes. (See Apostrophes and
possessives.)
post (11.3)..........................................................177
Post Office...........................................................54
Box, as part of address.............................................54
Directory of Post Offices (5.20)....................................72
ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1).................................132, 217
Preface (2.3g, 2.12)...............................................10-11
Prefixes (6.7, 6.29-6.35)......................................76, 80-81
Metric (9.56)......................................................156
Preliminary pages (2.3-2.4).........................................9-10
Roman numerals for (2.4)............................................10
Preparing copy:
Abbreviations:
Spelled out (2.43)................................................14
Bill style (2.41)...................................................14
Capitalization (2.25, 2.35).....................................12, 13
Copy kept clean (2.46)..............................................14
Cut-in notes (2.32).................................................12
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (2.26).........................12
Addresses (16.9-16.16).......................................219-220
Datelines (16.5-16.8)........................................217-218
Signatures (16.17-16.26).....................................220-222
Decimals (2.27).....................................................12
et cetera, etc. (2.28)..............................................12
Extracts (2.24).....................................................11
Figures (2.38, 2.40)................................................13
``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38-2.40).......................... 13
Folioing and stamping (2.29)........................................12
Footnotes and reference marks:
Tabular work (13.66-13.85)...................................198-199
Text (15.1-15.19)............................................211-212
Heads (2.30, 3.46-3.54)......................................12, 32-33
Instructions to be followed (2.42)..................................14
Italic (2.26, 2.38).............................................12, 13
Pickup (2.31).......................................................12
Plurals (2.36, 8.13)...........................................13, 127
Punctuation followed (2.38-2.41).................................13-14
Sidenotes (2.32)....................................................12
Signs, symbols, etc. (2.33-2.34)....................................13
Type to indicate shape (2.35-2.37)..................................13
Type. (See Type.)
Prepositions (3.49)...................................................33
In compound nouns (6.47)............................................83
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Pronouns:
Compounding (6.12, 6.13)........................................76, 77
Possessive (8.8-8.9)...............................................126
Proofreader's marks (1.23).............................................4
Proofreading (2.74-2.87)...........................................16-17
Proofs:
Clean (2.46)........................................................14
Department (1.19-1.21)...............................................2
Proportion (8.32, 12.9m)........................................130, 184
Provided, etc.:
Capitalization following (3.45).....................................32
Italic (3.45, 11.11)...........................................32, 178
Province (3.19)...................................................27, 54
Not abbreviated (9.15).............................................149
Public Law, etc. (3.38)...........................................31, 54
Not abbreviated (9.41, 9.43)..................................153, 154
Publications. (See Periodicals.)
Punctuation (8.1-8.150)..........................................125-145
Abbreviations:
Omitted (8.126, 9.3, 13.13)............................142, 147, 192
When used (8.39, 9.6).......................................131, 147
Apostrophe (8.3-8.18)..........................................125-128
Brackets (8.19-8.22)...........................................128-129
Colon (8.23-8.33)..............................................129-130
Comma (8.34-8.59)..............................................130-133
Before and after abbreviations (8.39)............................131
Omitted (8.50-8.59)..........................................132-133
Used (8.34-8.49).............................................130-132
Dash (em) (8.60-8.70)..........................................133-134
Not used (8.69-8.70).............................................134
Used (8.60-8.68).............................................133-134
(See also Tabular work.)
Dash (en) (8.72-8.75)..............................................135
Not used (8.74-8.75).............................................135
Used (8.72-8.73).................................................135
Ellipses (8.76-8.82)...........................................135-136
Exclamation point (8.83-8.84)......................................136
Function (8.1, 8.2)................................................125
Hyphen (8.86-8.90).................................................137
Compounding (6.1-6.52).........................................75-83
Legends (2.70, 8.112)..........................................16, 140
Numerals (12.14)...................................................185
Parentheses (8.91-8.102).......................................137-139
Period (8.103-8.123)...........................................139-141
Omitted (8.115-8.123)............................................141
Used (8.103-8.114)...........................................139-140
Question mark (8.124-8.126)........................................142
Quotation marks (8.127-8.144)..................................142-144
Not used (8.134-8.144).......................................143-144
Used (8.127-8.133)...........................................142-143
Semicolon (8.145-8.148)........................................144-145
Single (8.124, 8.149).........................................142, 145
Q
Quantity. (See Units of quantity.)
quart (9.58).........................................................157
Metric equivalent..................................................239
quasi, ex, self (6.34)................................................81
Queen (3.35)..........................................................30
Queries:
Department must answer (1.21)....................................... 2
Not to be set (2.47)................................................14
Proofreading (2.75-2.77)............................................16
Question mark (8.124-8.126)..........................................142
Closed up (8.126)..................................................142
Direct query (8.45, 8.124)....................................132, 142
Doubt (8.125, 8.126)...............................................142
With quotation marks (8.141, 8.144)................................144
Quotation marks (8.127-8.144)....................................142-144
Addresses, books, etc. (8.129).....................................142
Called, so-called, etc. (8.128)....................................142
Direct quotations (8.127)..........................................142
Display initial with (8.140).......................................144
Double, single, double (8.144).....................................144
Entitled, marked, etc. (8.128).....................................142
Extracts, omitted (2.24, 8.138)................................11, 143
Indirect quotations (8.139)........................................144
Letters within a letter (8.131)....................................143
Complete letter (8.137)..........................................143
Misnomers, slang, etc. (8.132).....................................143
More than one paragraph (8.130)................................... 143
Poetry, alignment (8.134)..........................................143
Precede footnote references (8.143)................................144
Punctuation with (8.47, 8.141, 8.142).........................132, 144
Scientific names (11.10)...........................................178
Spacing (8.133, 8.144)........................................143, 144
Vessels (11.7, 11.8)...............................................178
Quotations:
Capitalization (3.42, 3.43).....................................31, 32
Comma before (8.35)................................................130
Ellipses (8.76-8.82)...........................................135-136
R
Railroads, abbreviated (9.27, 13.8).............................151, 191
Reference marks. (See Footnotes and references.)
region (3.9)......................................................24, 55
Ordinals (12.10)...................................................185
Regular, etc. (3.17)..............................................26, 55
Related numbers:
Group (12.5, 12.25)...........................................181, 188
Ordinals (12.10-12.12).............................................185
Religious terms (3.34)............................................30, 55
Report (3.38, 3.39)...............................................31, 55
With quotation marks (3.39, 8.129).............................31, 142
Reports and hearings.............................................297-312
Representative (3.18).............................................26, 55
Not abbreviated (9.30).............................................152
Reprint:
Dates (2.113-2.114).................................................20
Pickup (2.31).......................................................12
Set ``all roman (no italic),'' when to set italic (11.5)...........177
Signature marks (2.126).............................................21
Republic (3.19)...................................................27, 55
reservation (3.5).................................................23, 55
State name with (9.12).............................................148
Resolution (3.38).................................................31, 55
Abbreviation (9.42, 13.11)....................................153, 191
Resolved, etc. (3.45).................................................32
Italic (3.45, 11.11)...........................................32, 178
Reverend, etc. (9.31)................................................152
Revising (2.88-2.100)..............................................17-19
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Galley (2.88-2.91)...............................................17-18
Page (2.92-2.98).................................................18-19
Press (2.99-2.100)..................................................19
road..................................................................55
Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Roman numerals...................................................55, 189
Army corps (12.10).................................................185
Figure columns:
Indexes and contents (15.22).................................... 213
Tabular work (13.62).............................................198
List (12.29).......................................................189
Not preferred (12.3)...............................................181
Period:
Aligned in contents (15.28)......................................214
Not used after (8.115-8.123).................................... 141
Preliminary pages (2.4).............................................10
Royal titles (3.34, 3.35, 3.37)................................30-31, 50
Rules in tables (2.23, 13.3).....................................11, 191
Running heads:
Copy for, supplied (1.19)............................................2
Makeup (2.10-2.11)..................................................10
Period omitted (8.115).............................................141
S
Sales notices (2.121-2.122)...........................................21
Salutation:
Capitalization (3.55, 16.15)...................................34, 220
Colon after (8.25, 16.15).....................................129, 220
Italic (8.25, 16.14)..........................................129, 220
Scientific terms:
Abbreviations, punctuation omitted (9.3)...........................147
Capitalization (3.26-3.29)..........................................29
Compounding (6.42-6.45).............................................82
Italic (11.9-11.10, 13.95)....................................178, 201
Quotation marks with (11.10).......................................178
Set in roman (11.9)................................................178
Scriptures, etc. (3.33)...........................................29, 56
seaboard (3.22)...................................................28, 56
seal (16.27, 16.28)..................................................224
Seasons (3.23)........................................................28
2d, 3d, etc.:
Comma omitted before (8.39, 8.59, 9.32)..................131, 133, 152
Ordinals (12.10-12.11).............................................185
Type (9.32, 16.3).............................................152, 217
Secretary, etc. (3.35)............................................30, 56
General.............................................................56
No hyphen (6.40)..................................................82
Plural form (5.8).................................................68
section (3.9).....................................................24, 56
Abbreviation (9.38, 13.10)....................................153, 191
Not abbreviated (9.39)...........................................153
Caps and small caps (9.39).........................................153
Italic to indicate (11.15).........................................179
Roman, over figure column (15.21)..................................213
Section mark:
Footnote reference (15.14).........................................212
Space after (10.6).................................................171
See, see also:
Italic (11.11, 15.20).........................................178, 212
Roman (13.96)......................................................201
See footnote, etc. (15.4)............................................211
Self, ex, quasi (6.34)................................................81
Semicolon
(8.145-8.148)....................................................
144-145.................................................................
Avoid, where comma will suffice (8.148)............................145
Before summarizing matter (8.147)..................................145
Clauses containing commas (8.145)..................................144
Senator...............................................................56
Not abbreviated (9.30).............................................152
Serial:
Letter, italic (11.15).............................................179
Parentheses (8.94)...............................................138
Numbers:
Comma omitted (8.54, 12.14).................................133, 185
Figures used (12.7)..............................................182
Parentheses (8.94)...............................................138
session:
Abbreviation (9.41, 13.11)....................................153, 191
Ordinals (9.41, 13.11)........................................153, 191
Shape, letters used (2.35-2.37).......................................13
Plurals (8.11).....................................................127
Shilling mark, in fractions (12.27)................................. 188
Sign (10.18).......................................................174
Signature marks (2.101-2.112)......................................19-20
Signatures:
Abbreviations (9.24, 16.19)...................................150, 220
Capitalization (3.55, 16.2)....................................34, 217
Examples (16.17-16.26).........................................220-224
Preceded by dash (8.66, 16.17)................................134, 220
Preparation (2.26)..................................................12
Punctuation (16.23)................................................221
Quoted matter (16.25)..............................................222
signed (8.128) ......................................................142
In signatures (16.24)..........................................221-222
Signs and symbols (10.1-10.18)...................................171-176
Chemical:
Elements (6.43, 10.16).......................................82, 173
Formulas (6.44, 10.15, 12.15)...........................82, 172, 186
Coined words and symbols (8.11, 9.48).........................127, 155
Degree mark (9.50-9.51, 9.53, 10.4, 12.9f)...........155-156, 171, 183
Equations (10.8-10.15).............................................172
Footnote references (15.12-15.17)................................. 212
Sequence (15.14).................................................212
Foreign money (9.60)...............................................157
Italic letters (2.73, 10.7-10.8, 11.12-11.14).........16, 171-172, 179
Legends (2.73)......................................................16
List (10.18).......................................................174
Mathematical signs (10.2-10.3).....................................171
Preparing copy (2.33-2.34)..........................................13
Standardized (10.17)...............................................174
Symbol columns (13.115-13.116).................................202-203
, crossed with, magnification (10.3)......................171
Single punctuation (8.124, 8.149)...............................142, 145
Sink (2.8)............................................................10
Small caps:
etc., et al. (3.53).................................................33
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Heads spaced with regular justification spaces (2.50)...............14
Italic inferior letters (10.8).....................................172
Proper names (3.47-3.48)............................................32
Roman numerals (2.4, 15.22)....................................10, 213
seal (16.27-16.28).................................................224
v., in names of legal cases (11.8).................................178
Soil names (3.29).................................................29, 57
someone, some one (6.12)..............................................76
spelling
(5.1-5.26).........................................................
63-73...................................................................
Anglicized and foreign words (5.3-5.4)...........................67-68
Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18).........................125-128
cede, ceed, sede (5.13).............................................71
Doubled consonants (5.14-5.15)...................................71-72
Geographic names (5.20-5.21)........................................72
Idiomatic phrases (6.52)............................................83
Indefinite articles, use of (5.16-5.19).............................72
List (5.2)..........................................................63
Nationalities (5.22-5.24)...........................................73
Native American words (5.25)........................................73
Plural forms (5.5-5.10)..........................................68-69
Transliteration (5.26)..............................................73
square................................................................57
Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Stars. (See Ellipses.)
State, etc. (3.19)................................................27, 57
Staten Island (9.14).................................................149
States (3.6, 3.19, 3.21)......................................24, 27, 57
Abbreviations (9.12-9.13)......................................148-149
Counties...........................................................243
Natives of (5.23)...................................................73
station (3.6, 3.9)................................................24, 57
State abbreviation with (9.12).....................................148
Statutes, etc. (3.38).............................................31, 58
Abbreviations (9.43, 13.11)...................................154, 191
street................................................................57
Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Subentries (8.27, 13.90-13.91, 13.113, 14.15).........129, 200, 202, 208
Subheads:
Indexes and contents (15.29).......................................214
Leaderwork (14.10).................................................208
Suffixes (6.29-6.35)...............................................80-81
Summation sign (10.14)...............................................172
Sun (3.30)........................................................29, 58
Sign (10.18).......................................................174
Superior figures and letters:
Astrophysical matter (9.59)........................................157
Chemical elements (6.43)............................................82
Comma omitted (8.50)...............................................132
Equations (10.8)...................................................172
Follow inferiors (10.15).........................................172
Footnote references (13.67, 15.12, 15.17).....................198, 212
Italic letters (8.50, 10.8, 11.12).......................132, 172, 179
Preparing (2.33)....................................................13
Type (8.150).......................................................145
With punctuation (8.133)...........................................143
supra:
Italic (11.3)......................................................177
Not abbreviated (9.49).............................................155
Survey (3.17).....................................................26, 58
Symbols. (See Signs and symbols.)
T
table (3.9).......................................................24, 58
Table of contents. (See Contents.)
Tabular work
(see also Leaderwork) (13.1-13.124)..............................
191-206.................................................................
Abbreviations (13.4-13.13).........................................191
Bearoff (13.14-13.17)..............................................192
Leaderwork (14.2-14.4)...........................................207
Tables without rules (13.117, 13.120).......................203, 204
Boxheads (13.18-13.23).........................................192-193
Horizontal (13.19-13.21).........................................192
Centerheads, flush entries, and subentries (13.25-13.28).......193-194
Ciphers (13.29-13.36)..........................................194-195
Column numbers or letters (13.23)..................................193
Continued heads (13.37-13.38)..................................... 195
Dash instead of colon (13.26)......................................193
Dashes or rules (13.39-13.40)......................................195
To separate nonmoney groups (13.53)..............................197
Date column (13.28)................................................194
Decimals, alignment (13.29-13.36, 13.64)..................194-195, 198
Ditto (Do.) (13.41-13.50)..........................................196
Closing quotes (13.41)...........................................196
Dollar mark (13.51-13.56)..........................................197
Figure columns (13.57-13.65)...................................197-198
Decimals (13.29-13.32, 13.63-13.64).....................194-195, 198
Footnotes and references (13.66-13.85).........................198-199
Fractions (13.86-13.87)............................................200
Hairline rules (2.23)...............................................11
Headnotes (13.88-13.89, 13.104)...............................200, 202
Indentions and overruns (13.90-13.94)..............................200
Subentries (13.90-13.91).........................................200
Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).....................200
Italic (13.95-13.96)...............................................201
Leaders (13.97-13.101).............................................201
Leading:
Boxheads, solid in leaded tables (13.20).........................192
Notes (13.85)....................................................199
Makeup. (See Makeup.)
No. (13.22)........................................................193
None (13.33, 13.35, 13.45)....................................195, 196
Numerals (13.102)..................................................201
Reading columns (13.110-13.114)....................................202
Subentries (13.90-13.91, 13.113)..............................200, 202
Symbol columns (13.115-13.116).................................202-203
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Tables without rules (see also Leaderwork) (13.117-
13.120)......................................................203-204
Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).......................200
Tracing figures (13.107, 13.109)...................................202
Type (2.23, 13.3)..............................................11, 191
Units of quantity (13.121-13.123) .....................................................................205
Spacing (13.28)..................................................194
Years (13.28)......................................................194
Spacing (13.28)..................................................194
Technical terms. (See Scientific terms.)
Temperature, abbreviations (9.53)....................................155
terrace:
Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Territory, etc. (3.19)............................................27, 58
Text footnotes. (See Footnotes and references.)
The:
Part of speech (3.49)...............................................33
Title, part of (3.11-3.12, 9.31)...............................25, 152
Time:
Abbreviations (9.54, 9.55, 9.58, 9.59)........................156, 157
Astronomical (12.9b, 12.14)...................................182, 185
Capitalization......................................................58
Clock time (12.9n).................................................184
Military (12.9b, 12.14).......................................182, 185
Use of figures (9.59, 12.9b, 12.9n).......................157 182, 184
title (3.9).......................................................24, 58
Title page:
Back of (2.3d).......................................................9
Congressional....................................................309
Imprints, etc. (2.113-2.128).....................................20-21
Makeup (2.2, 2.3)..................................................7-9
Part of book (2.3c)..................................................9
Period omitted at ends of lines (8.115)............................141
U.S., not abbreviated (9.9)........................................148
Titles:
Acts (3.40).....................................................31, 35
Civil and military:
Abbreviations (9.25, 9.29-9.37)..............................150-152
Compound (6.40-6.41)..............................................82
Plurals (5.8).....................................................68
Common nouns (3.35).................................................30
Foreign books (3.41)................................................31
Heads of state.....................................................230
Legal cases (3.38, 11.8).......................................31, 178
Persons (3.34-3.37).............................................30, 31
Publications, papers, etc. (3.38-3.39, 8.129, 11.2).......31, 142, 177
Second person (3.37)................................................31
to:
En dash for (8.74, 12.9c, 12.9m, 13.111)............135, 183, 184, 202
To Whom It May Concern (8.25, 16.14)............................129, 220
Tracing figures. (See Tabular work.)
Trade names (3.25)....................................................28
Treasury, etc. (3.17).............................................26, 59
treaty (3.9, 3.38)............................................24, 31, 59
Tribunal (3.17)...................................................26, 60
tunnel................................................................60
Type:
Boldface, punctuation in (8.150)...................................145
Brackets (8.150)...................................................145
Illustrating shape and form (2.35-2.37)...........................13
Composition:
Correcting pickup (2.45)..........................................14
Proofs, clean (2.46)..............................................14
Dash (8.150)....................................................145...
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.2-16.3)...................217
Extracts (2.24, 8.138).........................................11, 143
Footnotes (15.5)...................................................211
Headnotes (2.14, 13.88)........................................11, 200
Heads, center and side (2.30).......................................12
Increase of text by using leads....................................241
Indexes and contents (15.20, 15.29)...........................212, 214
Italic (11.1-11.15)............................................177-179
Vessels (11.6-11.7)..........................................177-178
Jr., Sr. (9.37, 16.3).........................................152, 217
Leaderwork (14.1)..................................................207
Legends (2.69)......................................................16
Mr., Mrs., etc. (9.37, 16.3)..................................152, 217
Note (8.107, 13.53)...........................................139, 197
Parentheses (8.150)................................................145
Picas translated to inches.........................................241
Punctuation:
Boldface (8.150).................................................145
seal (16.27, 16.28)................................................224
Signature marks (2.101).............................................19
Special typefaces (1.12).............................................1
Tabular work (2.23, 13.3)......................................11, 191
Text (2.23).........................................................11
Words and ems to square inch...................................... 241
U
Under Secretary (see also Secretary)
60
Union
(3.19)............................................................
27, 60..................................................................
& in name (9.27)...................................................151
Comma omitted between name and number (8.53)....................132...
Unit modifiers. (See Compound words.)
United Nations (3.17).............................................26, 60
Units of quantity:
Leaderwork (14.14).................................................208
Numerals (12.6, 12.9)..............................................182
Tabular work (13.120, 13.121-13.123).......................204, 205...
U.S.:
Abbreviation (9.9-9.10, 13.7).................................148, 191
Closed up (9.7, 13.7).......................................147, 191
Spelled out (9.9-9.10)...........................................148
Useful tables
.................................................................
225-242.................................................................
Chemical elements (10.16)..........................................173
Foreign countries:
Capitals.........................................................228
Heads of state, etc..............................................228
Money............................................................236
Nationalities....................................................233
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Geologic terms.....................................................225
Meridians and base lines...........................................227
Metric tables......................................................239
Physiographic terms................................................225
Physical divisions...............................................226
Type tables........................................................241
Weights and measures...............................................240
V
v.:
Italic (11.8, 13.95)..........................................178, 201
Roman (11.8).......................................................178
van, von (3.13, 3.14, 3.16).......................................25, 26
Verbs:
and adverbs (6.9)...................................................76
Capitalization (3.49)...............................................33
Infinitive (3.49, 3.52)...........................................33
Improvised (6.48)...................................................83
Vessels:
Abbreviations (9.27)...............................................151
Italic (11.6, 13.95)..........................................177, 201
Quotation marks (11.7, 11.8).......................................178
Virgin Islands (9.12, 9.13).....................................148, 149
Municipalities.....................................................255
volume
(3.9).............................................................
24, 60..................................................................
Abbreviation (9.38, 9.58).....................................153, 157
Metric (9.56)...............................................156, 239
Vowels:
a, an, before (5.16-5.19)...........................................72
Hyphen, to avoid doubling (6.7).................................... 76
W
War (3.24)........................................................28, 61
ward (3.9)........................................................24, 61
Webster's Dictionary (5.1, 7.5)...................................63, 85
Weights:
Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
Atomic (10.16).....................................................173
Foreign countries..................................................240
Metric (9.56)......................................................156
Metric equivalents...............................................239
Numerals (12.9j)...................................................184
Widow lines (2.6).....................................................10
Word division (8.87).................................................137
Land descriptions (9.22)...........................................150
Latitude and longitude (9.52)......................................155
Words. (See Spelling.)
X Y Z
, crossed with, magnification (10.3)
171
yard (9.58)..........................................................157
Metric equivalent..................................................239
yze, ise, ize (5.12)..................................................71
Your Honor, etc. (3.37)...........................................31, 61
ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1).................................. 132, 217