Index
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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.
- quantities, physical
- abbreviations and symbols of, 9.18
- in fractions and whole numbers, 9.15–16
- See also measurement, English; metric system
- other punctuation with: exclamation point, 6.77; multiple, 6.121; parentheses or brackets, 6.75; period and comma, 6.123; quotation marks, 6.9, 6.75, 11.34
- text citations in relation to, 11.80
- double or single, 11.33–35
- in German, 10.45
- other punctuation with: colon, 6.9, 6.66; comma, 6.8, 6.53; em dash, 6.90, 6.93; exclamation point, 6.9, 6.79, 11.34; period, 6.8; question mark, 6.9, 6.75, 11.34; semicolon, 6.9
- permissible changes to, 11.8
- permissible omission of, 11.40–42
- and placement of citations in text, 11.79–84
- plurals of words in, 7.13
- possessives and, 7.30
- single: for definitions, 7.52; for horticultural cultivars, 8.138; for quotation marks within quoted titles, 8.175, 8.187, 17.57
- single-word speech and, 11.44
- for titles: articles, 8.187; conference names, 8.76; musical works, 8.202–3, 8.205; photographs, 8.206; poems, 8.191; television or radio episodes, 8.196; unpublished materials, 17.213–15, 17.216
- unspoken dialogue and, 11.47
- uses of: block quotations, 11.35; British, 6.10; computer writing, 7.79–80; direct discourse, 11.43; epithets, 8.36; faltering or interrupted speech, 11.45; in German, 10.45; indirect discourse, 11.48; interpolations in quotations, 11.71; maxims and proverbs, 6.54; poetry quotations, 11.31; quotations within quotations, 8.175, 8.187, 10.33–34, 10.120, 11.33, 11.35, 11.37; quoted speech, dialogue, and conversation, 11.43–48; reference lists, 16.97; run-in quotations of more than a paragraph, 11.36–39; “scare quotes,” 7.58, 10.53; slang and jargon, 7.61; words and phrases used as words, 7.62
- See also guillemets
- block (set-off): appropriate uses, 11.12, 11.23; basic format, 11.11; beginning in text, 11.26; changing run-in quotation to, 11.35; definition, p. 824; documentation following, 11.81–84; indention, 2.25–26, 11.11, 11.24–25; manuscript preparation, 2.14, 2.25–26; note number placement, 16.31; in notes, 16.55; permissible changes, 11.17–18; proofreading, 3.8; punctuation, 6.64, 6.66, 11.22, 11.81–84; quotation marks in, 11.35; text following, 11.27; translation following, 11.87
- brackets in: for changes to quotations, 11.14, 11.19, 11.26; for glosses or translations, 6.99, 6.104
- of common facts, proverbs, and such, 11.5
- of drama, discussion, and interviews, 11.49–50
- editor’s responsibility regarding, 2.60
- of foreign-language, 11.85–93; crediting translation, 11.89; Greek, 10.137; Italian, 10.53; quoting in translation, 11.88; retranslation, 11.92; Russian, 10.120; translations, 11.86–87, 11.90–91; typographic style, 11.85
- format of, 11.11–14
- inappropriate, 11.4
- interpolations in, 11.68–71
- keyboarding, 2.25–26
- of letters (correspondence), 11.39
- note numbers and, 16.30–31
- page numbers of, 16.13
- permissible changes to: capital or lowercase letters, 11.15–19; listed, 11.8; names, 8.74; punctuation, 10.4, 10.12; titles of works, 8.174, 8.179–80, 10.4
- phrases introducing, 11.20–22
- practice of, 11.2
- run-in: appropriate use of, 11.12; basic format of, 11.11; capitalization in, 11.16, 11.18; changing block quotation to, 11.35; multiple paragraphs in, 11.36–39; punctuation of, 11.79–80; quotation marks in, 11.35–39; translation following, 11.87
- from secondary sources, 17.274
- “silent correction” of, 11.8
- of speech, dialogue, and conversation: direct discourse, 11.43; faltering or interrupted speech, 11.45; indirect discourse, 11.48; single-word speech, 11.44; unspoken discourse, 11.47
- text citation placement and, 16.113
- of titles, 8.172–77
- as titles of work, 8.171, 17.60
- See also dialogue; ellipsis points; fair use doctrine; interpolations; quotation marks
- citation of, 17.249