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.
- s.v. (sub verbo), 15.45, 17.238
- Saint, St., and such
- as author, 17.25
- Sanskrit language, 10.89, 10.92
- scans for illustrations, 12.27, pp. 816–18, 837, fig. A.9
- “scare quotes,” 7.58, 10.53
- schedules
- manuscript editing, 2.49
- production, p. 804, figs. A.1–2
- proofreading, 3.4
- scholarly words, 7.55, 15.45–46
- scientific and technical works
- author’s warranties on, 4.66
- documentation: authors’ names, 17.24, 17.30; databases, 17.358; journal titles, 17.159–60; page references, 17.168–69, 17.181; publication details of, 1.178
- electronic articles as, 1.172
- hyphens and en dashes in, 6.86
- illustrations in, 12.13
- journal titles and, 17.159–60
- sections and subsections in, 1.76
- subhead levels in, 1.72
- See also computer terms; mathematical copy; mathematical expressions
- archaeology, 9.38
- astronomy, 8.146–51
- genetics, 8.139–41
- geology, 8.142–45
- medicine, 8.152–55
- photomicrographs, 12.39
- Islamic, Hindu, and other sacred writings, 17.249
- names of books and terms, 8.111–14
- resource on, 17.246
- versions of Bible in, 17.248
- abbreviations for, 17.132
- of bibliographies, 16.80
- of newspapers, 17.188
- of reference lists, 16.93
- titles of, 1.148
- permissible change of, 10.4
- uses of: before adverb, 6.58; before conjunction, 6.59; in double titles, connected by or, 8.177, 17.55; between independent clauses, 6.57; in indexes, 18.19, 18.24, 18.95; in notes, 16.37, 16.51; in run-in lists, 6.126; second subtitle preceded by, 17.54; within series, 6.21, 6.60; in text citations, 16.119; with that is and the like, 6.44, 6.61; in vertical lists, 6.129
- breaks in, 2.16, 6.103 (see also interjections)
- conjunction at beginning of, 5.191
- deliberately incomplete, 11.59
- in vertical lists, 6.128–29
- yes and no at beginning of, 6.29
- See also series of elements in sentence
- captions in, 12.32
- first lines in, 8.192
- subheads in, 2.58
- vertical lists in, 6.129
- with et al., 6.23
- with etc. and and so forth, 6.22
- semicolon instead of, 6.21
- titles of works and, 8.175
- em dash and, 6.89
- documentation: executive department documents, 17.317–19; multivolume works within, 17.94; “old” (o.s.), “new” (n.s.), and such, 17.95, 17.178; titles, numbers, and editors, 17.90–92
- multivolume works compared with, 17.93
- proofreading and, 3.38
- tables in, 13.8
- with abbreviations, 6.116
- with alternatives, 6.112
- and replaced by, 6.113
- with dates, 6.114–15
- terms for, 6.111
- with two publishers’ names, 17.110–11
- definition of, p. 838
- for emphasizing word, 7.50
- for eras, 9.38
- example of, 8.165
- for glosses in ASL, 10.147–54
- in mathematical copy, 14.55
- proofreading of, 3.8
- acknowledgment of data in, 13.44–45
- for previously published material, 2.45
- unnumbered notes for, 16.66, 16.68
- See also credits and credit lines; documentation
- capitalization of, 8.26
- citation of, 17.25
- indexing, 18.37
- roman numerals with, 9.46
- shortened names for, 8.17
- half-, between digits, 9.60
- kerning, p. 831
- marking manuscript for, 2.101
- for metric system, 15.65
- for poetry quotations, 11.28–32
- proofreading for, 3.11
- thick and thin, p. 839
- capitalization, 10.75
- dialogue, 10.78
- exclamation points, 10.76
- guillemets, 10.77
- question marks, 10.76
- resource, 10.81
- special characters, 10.83
- suspension points and ellipses, 10.79
- word division, 10.80–82
- as artwork, 12.2
- electronic conversion of, 2.81
- in foreign languages: general rules, 10.14; Croatian, 10.19; Czech, 10.21; Danish, 10.23; Finnish, 10.27; French, 10.41; German, 10.49; Hausa, 10.17; Hungarian, 10.51; Italian, 10.59; Latin, 10.65, table 10.1; Norwegian, 10.67; Old and Middle English, 10.143–44; Polish, 10.70; Portuguese, 10.72; Serbian, 10.74; South Asian, 10.129; Spanish, 10.83; Swedish, 10.85; Turkish, 10.88
- proofreading of, 3.8
- See also diacritical marks; diphthongs; ligatures; symbols, specific
- documentation of, 17.170
- introduction, 1.150
- alternative punctuation, 11.46
- direct discourse, 11.43
- faltering or interrupted, 11.45
- indirect discourse, 11.48
- single-word, 11.44
- unspoken discourse, 11.47
- See also dialogue; speakers’ names
- documentation of, 17.215
- sound recordings of, 17.269
- in computer writing, 7.81
- of contractions, 7.31
- discipline-specific, 7.4
- editor’s note on, 1.57
- in index, 18.29
- of interjections, 7.32
- of metric units, 8.161
- proofreading for, 3.6
- slash for alternative, 6.112
- U.S. vs. British, 7.5, 18.29
- See also plurals; possessives; word division
- appropriate use of, 15.19
- line breaks and, 7.40
- punctuation with, 6.49
- abbreviations of, 15.29
- court decisions of, 17.286
- documents of, 17.323
- laws of, 17.312
- in newspaper names, 17.195
- in publication details, 17.100
- Canada, 17.330–32
- U.S., 17.310–12
- abbreviations with, 15.35–36
- numbered, 9.56
- See also addresses: mailing
- considerations in, 2.69
- of index, 18.29
- mechanical editing for, 2.51
- use of term, 2.52
- See also specific styles
- for appendix, 1.83
- appropriate use of, 1.71–79
- definition of, p. 838
- editing, 2.58
- in electronic books, 1.129
- first sentence after, 1.78
- in indexes (see indexing: subentries and sub-subentries)
- in journals, 1.153
- number of, 1.73
- placement and typographic style of, 1.74
- punctuation of, 6.15
- as running heads, 1.96
- titles vs. numbers as, 1.75
- years in, 9.68
- definition of, p. 838
- basic rights vs., 4.17–18
- categories of, 4.60
- permissions for, 4.64–65
- publisher’s responsibilities for, 4.59, 4.61–62
- See also licenses for copyrighted works; permissions
- author’s name in, 17.31
- of book, on cover or jacket, 1.111
- capitalization of, 17.53
- in indexes, 18.54
- italics for, 17.49
- limited to one, 1.9
- location of, 1.5
- two, 17.54
- for compound relative pronouns, 5.63
- division of words with, 7.37
- new nouns created with, 5.33
- classical references and, 17.256
- definition of, p. 838
- for large or small round numbers, 9.11
- with letters as octaves, 7.72
- mass number as, 8.159
- for note numbers, 16.25
- in tables, 13.47
- in titles of works, 17.52
- in French, 10.35
- in Italian, 10.55
- permissible changes to, 10.12
- in Russian, 10.121
- in Spanish, 10.79
- See also ellipsis points
- a or an with, 7.46
- appropriate use, 15.2
- in charts, 12.61
- hyphens to separate, 6.82
- keyboarding of, 2.10
- in legal style, 17.278
- with numbers, 9.17–18
- repeated, 9.18
- for text breaks, 1.79
- for unnumbered notes, 16.26–27, 16.35, 16.63, 16.65, fig. 16.10
- See also proofreader’s marks; special characters
- cent sign, 9.24
- circled infinity, 1.35
- for currency, 9.23
- dollar sign, 9.24–25
- em space, 3.28
- equal space, 3.26
- genes, 8.140
- mathematical (see mathematical expressions: signs and symbols)
- measurement units, 9.18
- paragraph, 3.27
- for plant hybrids, 8.133
- pound sterling, 9.26
- scholarly, 15.46
- spell-out mark, 3.33
- trademark, 8.162
- transpose, 3.32
- vertical alignment, 3.31