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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure, or page numbers. See also glossary of key terms, pp. 823–40.

• Wade-Giles system, 10.100, 10.103, 18.76, table 10.2
• wars, 8.81, 8.121–22
• we, you, they, 5.51
• Web pages and sites
  • definition of, p. 839
  • of electronic journals, 1.171, 1.174–76
  • information needed for, 17.237
  • markup for publications on, p. 823
  • for photographic permissions, 4.92
  • preprints on, 1.173
  • for processing permissions requests, 4.88
  • public documents on, 17.332, 17.335, 17.356
  • titles of, 8.199
  • See also hypertext links; online sources; URLs
• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 17.315
• well, 5.93, 5.192, 6.29
• West, western, and such, 8.48–50
• what, 5.56–58, 5.60–61, 5.63
• whether, 6.53
• which
  • appropriate use of, 5.56–63, 5.202
  • comma with, 6.38
  • preposition with, 5.162
  • vs. that, 5.202
• who, whom, whose, 5.56–58, 5.60–63, 5.162
• why, 5.192
• widows (lines), 3.11–12, p. 839. See also orphans (lines)
• will and would, 5.118, 5.121, 5.140
• wills, documentation of, 17.220
• with, 5.190
• word division
  • of abbreviations, 7.42
  • of compounds, 7.37
  • in foreign languages, 10.13; Arabic, 10.99; classical Greek, 10.139–42; French, 10.37–40; German, 10.46–48; Hebrew, 10.113; Italian, 10.56–58; Latin, 10.61–64; Polish, 10.69; Russian, 10.123–28; Spanish, 10.80–82
  • of gerunds, 7.38
  • hyphens in, 5.92–93, 6.81
  • of numbers, 7.41
  • pronunciation as basis for, 7.35
  • proofreading for correct, 3.7
  • of proper nouns, 7.40
  • resources on, 7.33
  • in run-in lists, 7.43
  • of two-letter word endings, 7.39
  • typographic considerations in, 7.45
  • of URLs and e-mail addresses, 6.17, 7.44, 17.11
  • after vowel, 7.36
  • words not appropriate for, 7.34
• words
  • coinages, 5.33, 7.14, 8.64
  • derived from names, 5.67, 8.2, 8.64–65, 8.97, 10.29
  • emphasizing particular, 7.49–50, 7.57–59, 11.70, 16.52
  • hyphens in spelled-out, 6.82
  • introductory, punctuation of, 6.25, 6.27–29
  • italicized on first use, 7.55, 7.57
  • marking spacing changes between, 3.25–26
  • missing or illegible, 11.66–67
  • missing or omitted, 6.95
  • “scare quotes” for, 7.58, 10.53
  • scholarly, 7.55, 15.45–46
  • table alignment and, 13.38, tables 13.10, 13.11
  • used as words (e.g., the term zero), 7.62
  • See also foreign words; historical and cultural terms; and specific areas (e.g., chemical terminology)
• word usage
  • bias-free, 5.43, 5.51, 5.203–6
  • dialect and, 5.31, 5.200
  • grammar vs., 5.198
  • prepositions, list of, 5.209
  • in Standard Written English, 5.199, 5.201
  • troublesome words, list of, 5.202
• working papers, academic, 17.217
• works, titles of. See titles of works
• works cited, 16.75, fig. 16.15. See also bibliographies; reference lists
• works made for hire
  • authorship of, 4.9–12, 4.23
  • categories of, 4.10
  • contributors’ chapters as, 4.52
  • copyright and, 4.9–12, 4.23
  • employer as author of, 4.9
  • illustrations as, 4.67, 12.45
  • works ineligible as, 4.11
• works on demand, 4.60
• world, parts of, 8.47–54. See also place-names
• World Bank, 17.355
• World Trade Organization, 17.355
• World Wide Web, pp. 839–40
• WYSIWYG, p. 840