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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.

• Mac and Mc, alphabetizing, 18.71
• magazines
  • copyright notice in, 4.42
  • definition of, 17.150, 17.182
  • documentation, 17.149–50; dates, 17.183, 17.186; departments, 17.185; electronic, 17.187; headlines, 17.184; newspaper, 17.194
  • indexing names of, 18.49
• mailing addresses
  • abbreviations in, 15.35–36
  • author’s, 1.89
  • commas with, 6.47
  • numbers in, 9.55–57
  • publisher’s, 1.15, 1.121
  • See also e-mail addresses
• mailing lists, electronic, 17.236
• main headings
  • capitalization of, 18.10–11
  • choice of, 18.128
  • inversion of, 18.8, 18.55
  • noun or noun phrase for, 18.8
  • structure of, 18.7–8, 18.10
  • subentries vs., 18.129
• manuscript
  • length of, pp. 806–7, figs. A.4–6
  • use of term, 2.2
  • See also manuscript editing; manuscripts, author’s responsibilities
• manuscript collections
  • British, 17.353–54
  • documentation, 17.222–33; abbreviations, 17.227; basic elements, 17.222; dates, 17.225; depositories, 17.228; folios, page numbers, and such, 17.226; musical scores, 17.264; notes vs. bibliographies, 17.223; specific vs. generic titles, 17.224
  • letters in, 17.232
  • names of, 8.195
  • quotations from, 11.10
  • resource on, 17.222
  • See also letters (correspondence)
• manuscript editing, 2.47
  • author’s review and changes, 2.5–6, 2.55, 2.69, 2.73–75, 2.83, 2.86, 2.94
  • backups, conversion, and cleanup, 2.81–82, 2.92
  • bias-free language, 5.206
  • color of pencil or ink, 2.103
  • estimating time for, 2.49
  • marks used in, 2.93–102
  • mechanical, 2.51
  • online: author’s review of, 2.74, 2.83–86; backup, conversion, and cleanup, 2.81–82; changes in, 2.54; files for typesetter, 2.84, 2.87; formal markup languages, 2.91; generic marking or coding, 2.88–90; of notes, 2.61; proofreading type set from, 3.5; queries to author, 2.83–84; redlining, 2.83–84, fig. 2.2; style tags, 2.90; use of term, 2.2
  • paper-only: author’s review of, 2.73–74, 2.103; color of pencil or ink, 2.103; example of, fig. 2.3; marks used in, 2.93–102; mathematical copy, figs. 14.1–2; page numbering, 2.21; preparing manuscript for, 2.6, 2.92; proofreading type set from, 3.5; of quotations and previously published material, 2.60; of tables, 2.65
  • prerequisites for, 2.48
  • queries to author, 2.70–73, 2.83–84, 2.94
  • redlining, 2.83–84, fig. 2.2
  • resources on, 2.53
  • specific parts of works: bibliographies and reference lists, 2.64, 16.107; captions, 2.66; cross-references within text, 2.59; front matter, 2.67; illustrations, 2.66, 12.55; indexes, 2.68, 18.28–32, 18.135–37; mathematical copy, 14.1–2, 14.11, 14.60–66; musical examples, 12.63; notes, 2.61–63; previously published material, 2.60; quotations, 2.60, 11.91; subheads, 2.58; tables, 2.65, 13.68–71; titles, 2.57; translations, 11.91
  • stages of, 2.50
  • style issues in, 2.52
  • style sheet for, 2.54, 2.80, 3.6, fig. 2.1
  • substantive, 2.55–56
  • See also manuscript editors; manuscripts, author’s responsibilities
• manuscript editors
  • alterations by, 3.14–15
  • attributes of, 2.48, 2.56, 2.63
  • communication with author: early contact, 2.55, 2.69; final changes to manuscript, 2.75; permissions, 4.70; queries, 2.70–73, 2.83–84, 2.94; sending edited manuscript, 2.73–74, 2.79, 2.83–85
  • procedure of, 2.50
  • resources for, 2.53
  • schedule for, 2.49
  • use of term, 2.47
  • See also manuscript editing
• manuscripts, author’s responsibilities
  • abbreviations, 1.55, 2.28, 11.77, 16.40
  • basic elements to be furnished, 2.3
  • bibliographies and reference lists, 2.29, 16.107
  • chapter titles, 2.23
  • cross-checking, 2.36–38, 2.60, 10.1, 11.6–7
  • editor’s communication, 2.55, 2.69–75, 2.79, 2.83–85, 4.70
  • electronic files (see electronic files)
  • glossaries, 2.28
  • illustrations, 2.30, 2.33–35, 2.44, 12.1, 12.17, 12.19–20
  • mathematical copy, 14.1–2, 14.11, 14.59
  • multiauthor books and journal articles, 2.39–40
  • notes, 2.27, 2.32, 2.43, 2.45
  • page numbering, 2.21–22
  • physical form and number of copies required, 2.4–9
  • previously published material, 2.41–46
  • queries, 2.70–73, 2.83–84, 2.94
  • quotations, 2.25–26
  • review and changes, 2.5–6, 2.55, 2.69, 2.73–75, 2.83, 2.86, 2.94
  • subheads, 2.24
  • tables, 2.30–32, 13.55–56, 13.72–73
  • See also keyboarding; permissions
• maps
  • callouts for, 2.33
  • keys to, 12.8, 12.38, figs. 12.5–6
  • list of, 1.45
  • numbering of, 12.12
  • preparation for reproduction, 12.24
  • See also illustrations
• marginal comments, 2.95
• margins
  • definition of, p. 832
  • flush left or right, 2.101, 3.30
  • justification, 2.101, 3.26, 3.30
  • size of, 2.13
  • unjustified (ragged right), 2.13, 18.139, p. 835
• markings, editorial
  • capitalizing, lowercasing, and marking italics or boldface, 2.100
  • circling, 2.95
  • coding, 2.102
  • dashes and hyphens, 2.99
  • inserting, deleting, and substituting, 2.96
  • paragraphs and text placement, 2.101
  • placement of, 2.93
  • punctuation changes, 2.95, 2.98
  • queries to author, 2.94
  • transposing, closing up, and separating, 2.97
  • See also codes and coding
• markup languages, 2.88, 2.91, 10.14, pp. 814, 823
• master proofs, 3.3
• masthead, journal, 1.141
• mathematical copy
  • abbreviations in, 14.15, 14.55, 14.62, 15.56, 15.68, table 14.2
  • author’s role in, 14.1–2, 14.11, 14.59
  • computer software for, 14.1, 14.60
  • manuscript preparation: examples, 14.66, figs. 14.1–3; fonts, 14.9–10, 14.64; format, 14.59; italic type, 14.9, 14.61; marking subscripts and superscripts, 14.65; special marking of typeface, 14.63
  • resource on, 14.19
  • signs and symbols, tables 14.1, 14.4
  • standards for, 14.2
  • tables, 13.50
  • See also metric system; scientific and technical works
• mathematical expressions
  • abbreviations, 14.3, 14.15, 14.55, 14.62, 15.56, 15.68, table 14.2
  • breaks, 14.19
  • centering, 14.17, 14.21
  • delimiters: in binomial coefficients, 14.31; in cases, 14.34; common, 14.25; denoting inner product, 14.30; in functional notation, 14.26; in intervals, 14.29; in ordered set notation, 14.28; for radicals in text, 14.43; in rewriting fractions using exponents, 14.48; in set notation, 14.27; vertical bars as, 14.32–33
  • determinants in, 14.50
  • in display: alternative cases in, 14.34; fractions, 14.45; in journal articles, 1.154; punctuation of, 14.22; radicals, 14.42; separate line for, 14.17
  • hyphen vs. minus sign, 6.86
  • integrals, 14.40
  • less than and greater than symbols, 6.109
  • matrices, 14.49–50
  • means, 14.57, table 14.3
  • notation consistency, 14.3
  • numeration systems, 1.76, 14.20–21, 14.55
  • operations and relations, 14.24
  • probability, 14.56
  • products, 14.39
  • punctuation, 14.22–24, 14.34, 14.37, 14.53
  • qualifying clauses, 14.18
  • radicals, 14.42–43
  • scalars, vectors, and tensors: additional tensor notation, 14.53; definitions, 14.51; Dirac notation, 14.54; placement and punctuation, 14.37; vector and tensor multiplication, 14.52
  • signs and symbols: accents and fonts to distinguish, 14.9–10, 14.64; ambiguous, table 14.4; for binary operations and relations, 14.13–14; conciseness of, 14.5; consistency of, 14.3; differentials, spacing around, 14.41–43; for functions, 14.15–16, table 14.2; integrals, 14.40; listed, table 14.1; list of, 14.8, 14.11, table 14.1; products, 14.39; radicals, 14.42–43; sentences and, 14.6; special, 14.12; summations, 14.38; verbal translations of, 14.2; words vs., 14.4
  • spacing, 14.7, 14.14, 14.17, 14.41–43
  • standard deviations, 14.57–58
  • statistical notation in, 14.57–58, table 14.3
  • subscripts and superscripts: alignment, 14.37; complex, 14.36; fractions in, 14.46; marking, 14.65; simple, 14.35; spacing, 14.14; uncertainties as, 14.58
  • summations, 14.38
  • in text: formal definitions, theorems, and such, 14.55; fractions, 14.44; radicals, 14.43; sentence beginnings, 14.6; words vs. symbols, 14.4
  • uncertainties, 14.58
  • See also fractions
• matrix (in mathematics), 14.49–50
• matrix (table), 13.64, table 13.17
• maxims and proverbs, 6.54, 8.210, 11.42
• may and might, 5.136
• Mc and Mac, alphabetizing, 18.71
• means, notation of, 14.57, table 14.3. See also tables
• measurement, English
  • abbreviations and symbols, 9.18
  • length, area, and volume, 15.73
  • periods with, 15.71
  • physical quantities, 9.14–18
  • plurals of, 15.72, 15.73–75
  • time, 15.75
  • weight and capacity, 15.74
  • without numeral, 9.17
  • See also metric system
• Mecca, 8.54
• medical terminology, 8.152–55, 8.160
• medieval classics, 10.143–44, 17.259–60
• megayear (MYR), 9.12
• memoranda, 17.76
• metadata, 1.130, p. 832
• metric system
  • abbreviations: base units, 15.59; derived units, 15.62–64; grams, 15.61; numerals with, 9.18, 15.65; periods omitted in, 15.58; prefixes in, 15.60–61; resource on, 15.57; units in addition to, 15.66
  • European vs. U.S. spellings of, 8.161
  • non-SI units, 15.66
  • resource on, 9.60, 15.57
  • in scientific terminology, 8.161, 9.17–18
  • space between digits, 9.60
  • See also measurement, English
• Mexico, currency of, 9.25
• microform editions, 4.60, 17.242
• Middle English, 10.143–44
• military terminology
  • armies, battalions, and such, 8.120, 9.52
  • awards and medals, 8.123
  • battles, campaigns, wars, and such, 8.81, 8.121–22
  • resources on, 15.15
  • ships, 8.124, 8.126, 9.49
  • time of day in, 9.44
  • titles, 8.21, 8.27–28, 15.13, 15.15
• monarchs. See sovereigns and other rulers
• money
  • code for, on jacket or cover, 1.110, 1.114–16, 1.143
  • dates with, 9.29
  • large amounts of, 9.28
  • non-U.S., 9.25–27
  • resource on, 9.25
  • U.S. currency, 9.24
  • words for, 9.23
• month-day-year vs. day-month-year in dates, 6.46, 9.39, 17.186, 17.225. See also dates; time
• Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, The, 17.296
• months
  • abbreviations of, 15.42
  • in computer software, 15.42
  • capitalization of, 8.94
  • in journal citations, 17.163–65
  • in reference lists, 16.100
• monuments, 8.61, 8.63
• moon, 8.149
• more, 5.86, 5.88, 5.90, 5.150, 6.42
• mosques, 8.109
• most, 5.87–88, 5.90, 5.151
• motion-picture rights, 4.60
• motion pictures, 8.196, 17.202, 17.273
• mottoes, 6.54, 8.210, 11.42
• Mount, 15.32, 18.88
• mountains, 8.57–58
• movements and styles
  • art and philosophy, 8.85
  • foreign terms in names of, 8.65
  • literary, 8.64
  • political, 8.71–72
  • religious, 8.105
• movies, 8.196, 17.202, 17.273
• MP3 audio files, 17.270
• much, 5.89
• multiauthor volumes
  • acknowledgments, 1.52
  • appendixes, 1.83
  • authors’ names, 1.89–90, 18.116
  • bibliographies, 16.73
  • citing specific chapters, 17.69–70
  • consistency of style, 2.52
  • contributors, list of, 1.67, 1.89–90, 2.39, fig. 1.11
  • editor’s responsibilities, 2.39–40
  • illustrations and tables, 1.44, 12.13, 12.52, 13.13
  • in legal citation, 17.280
  • notes, 1.86, 16.19, 16.59, 16.68, 17.173
  • publication agreement for, 4.52, 4.57, fig. 4.3
  • reference lists, 16.92
  • symposium proceedings as, 4.57
  • table of contents, 1.42
• multimedia, electronic, 17.265–67, 17.270. See also audiovisual materials
• multiplication sign
  • for dimensions, 9.16, 9.18, 12.33, 12.39
  • for genetic crosses, 8.133, 13.67, table 13.20
  • for magnifications, 12.39
  • in mathematical expressions, 14.24
• multivolume works
  • copyright page of, fig. 1.4
  • documentation: authors and editors, 17.89; chapters of particular volume, 17.87; one volume in two or more books, 17.88; particular volume, 17.85–86; publication dates, 17.84–85, 17.118; volume numbers, 17.83; whole work, 17.84
  • pagination of, 1.105–6
  • within series, 17.94
  • series compared with, 17.93
  • style of, 2.52
  • See also series of volumes
• municipalities
  • documents of, 17.323
  • laws of, 17.312
  • names of: capitalization, 8.47, 8.55–56; with Fort, Mount, Saint, and such, 10.29, 15.32, 18.91; greater with, 8.53; indexing, 18.88; in newspaper names, 17.195–96, 18.48; in publication details, 1.13, 17.99–101; real and metaphorical, 8.54
  • parts and divisions of, 8.52, 9.51
  • punctuation of, 15.31
• museums, permissions from, 4.91
• musical groups, 8.73
• musical works
  • discographies of, 17.265–69, fig. 16.16
  • documentation of, 17.263–64
  • hymns, 18.6, 18.148–49
  • indexing of, 18.50
  • instrumental works, 8.203
  • lyrics, 4.78, 11.3
  • operas, songs, and such, 8.202
  • opus, 8.204
  • recordings of, 8.205, 17.268–69, 17.273
  • resources on, 8.201
• music writing
  • examples in, 12.62–63, fig. 12.7
  • letters used: chords, 7.73; dynamics, 7.75; major and minor keys, 7.74; musical pitches, 7.71; octaves, 7.72
  • resources on, 7.70, 12.63
  • reviews of concerts, 17.202
• must, 5.137
• my and mine, 5.52
• MYR (megayear), 9.12