8 : Names and Terms
- Introduction
- Personal Names
- English Names
- Non-English Names
- Titles and Offices
- 8.21 Capitalization: the general rule
- 8.22 Exceptions to the general rule
- 8.23 Titles used in apposition
- 8.24 Text use
- 8.25 Civil titles
- 8.26 Titles of sovereigns and other rulers
- 8.27 Military titles
- 8.28 Quasi-military titles
- 8.29 Religious titles
- 8.30 Corporate and organizational titles
- 8.31 Academic titles
- 8.32 Other academic designations
- 8.33 Civic and academic honors
- 8.34 Titles of nobility
- 8.35 Terms of respect
- Epithets, Kinship Names, and Personifications
- 8.36 Epithets, or nicknames
- 8.37 Temporary epithets
- 8.38 Epithets as names of characters
- 8.39 Kinship names
- 8.40 Personification
- Ethnic, Socioeconomic, and Other Groups
- Names of Places
- Parts of the World
- 8.47 Continents, countries, cities, oceans, and such
- 8.48 Points of the compass
- 8.49 Regional terms
- 8.50 Patterns and variations
- 8.51 Popular names
- 8.52 Generic terms
- 8.53 “Greater”
- 8.54 Real and metaphorical names
- Political Divisions
- Topographical Divisions
- Public Places and Major Structures
- Words Derived from Proper Names
- Names of Organizations
- Governmental and Judicial Bodies
- 8.66 Overview
- 8.67 Legislative and deliberative
- 8.68 Administrative
- 8.69 Judicial
- 8.70 Lowercased entities
- Political and Economic Organizations and Movements
- Institutions and Companies
- Associations and Conferences
- Historical and Cultural Terms
- Periods
- 8.77 Numerical designations
- 8.78 Descriptive designations
- 8.79 Traditional names
- 8.80 Cultural periods
- Events
- Cultural Movements and Styles
- Acts, Treaties, and Government Programs
- Legal Cases
- Awards
- Oaths and Pledges
- Academic Subjects, Courses of Study, and Lecture Series
- Calendar and Time Designations
- Religious Names and Terms
- Deities and Revered Persons
- Religious Groups
- 8.103 What to capitalize
- 8.104 Major religions
- 8.105 Denominations, sects, orders, and religious movements
- 8.106 Church
- 8.107 Generic versus religious terms
- 8.108 Religious jurisdictions
- 8.109 Buildings
- 8.110 Councils, synods, and the like
- Religious Writings
- 8.111 Scriptures
- 8.112 Other terms
- 8.113 Books of the Bible
- 8.114 Sections of the Bible
- 8.115 Prayers, creeds, and such
- Religious Events, Concepts, Services, and Objects
- Military Terms
- Forces and Troops
- Wars, Revolutions, Battles, and Campaigns
- Military Awards
- Ships, Trains, Aircraft, and Spacecraft
- Scientific Terminology
- Scientific Names of Plants and Animals
- 8.127 Overview
- 8.128 Genus and specific epithet
- 8.129 Abbreviation of genus name
- 8.130 Subspecies and varieties
- 8.131 Unspecified species and varieties
- 8.132 Author names
- 8.133 Plant hybrids
- 8.134 Higher divisions
- 8.135 English derivatives
- Vernacular Names of Plants and Animals
- 8.136 Common names
- 8.137 Domestic animals and horticultural categories
- 8.138 Horticultural cultivars
- Genetic Terms
- Geological Terms
- Astronomical Terms
- 8.146 Overview
- 8.147 Celestial bodies
- 8.148 Catalog names
- 8.149 Earth
- 8.150 Sun and moon
- 8.151 Descriptive terms
- Medical Terms
- Physical and Chemical Terms
- Brand Names and Trademarks
- Titles of Works
- Capitalization, Hyphenation, and Punctuation
- 8.164 Overview
- 8.165 Capitalization
- 8.166 Sentence style
- 8.167 Headline style
- 8.168 Hyphenated compounds in titles
- 8.169 Hyphenation: the simple rule
- 8.170 Hyphenation: the more traditional rules
- 8.171 Quotations as titles
- 8.172 Quoted titles: font and capitalization
- 8.173 Subtitles
- 8.174 Permissible changes to quoted titles
- 8.175 Punctuation in quoted titles
- 8.176 Punctuation vis-à-vis surrounding text
- 8.177 Double titles
- Books and Periodicals
- 8.178 Freestanding publications
- 8.179 Full and shortened titles
- 8.180 Initial “the” in periodical titles
- 8.181 What to italicize
- 8.182 When not to italicize
- 8.183 Titles as singular nouns
- 8.184 Terms within titles
- 8.185 Title not interchangeable with subject
- 8.186 Series and editions
- Articles in Periodicals and Parts of a Book
- 8.187 Articles
- 8.188 Collected works
- 8.189 Parts of a book
- 8.190 Numbered chapters, parts, and so on
- Poems and Plays
- Unpublished Works
- Movies, Television, and Radio
- Electronic Sources
- Musical Works
- 8.201 Overview
- 8.202 Operas, songs, and the like
- 8.203 Instrumental works
- 8.204 Opus
- 8.205 Recordings
- Paintings, Graphic Art, and Sculpture
- Notices and Mottoes