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7: Spelling, Distinctive Treatment of Words, and Compounds
- Overview
- 7.1Recommended dictionaries
- 7.2Spellings peculiar to particular disciplines
- 7.3Non-US spelling
- 7.4Supplementing the dictionary
- Plurals
- 7.5Standard plural forms
- 7.6Alternative plural forms
- 7.7Plurals of compound nouns
- 7.8Plurals of proper nouns
- 7.9Plural form for Native American group names
- 7.10Singular form used for the plural
- 7.11Plural form of italicized words
- 7.12Plural form for words in quotation marks
- 7.13Plurals of noun coinages
- 7.14Plurals for letters, abbreviations, and numerals
- Possessives
- The General Rule
- 7.15Possessive form of most nouns
- 7.16Possessive of proper nouns, letters, and numbers
- 7.17Possessive of words and names ending in unpronounced “s”
- 7.18Possessive of names like “Euripides”
- Exceptions to the General Rule
- 7.19Possessive of nouns plural in form, singular in meaning
- 7.20“For . . . sake” expressions
- 7.21An alternative practice for words ending in “s”
- Particularities of the Possessive
- Contractions and Interjections
- Word Division
- 7.31Dictionary word division
- 7.32Words that should not be divided
- 7.33Dividing according to pronunciation
- 7.34Dividing after a vowel
- 7.35Dividing compounds, prefixes, and suffixes
- 7.36Dividing words ending in “ing”
- 7.37Two-letter word endings
- 7.38Dividing proper nouns and personal names
- 7.39Dividing numerals
- 7.40Dividing numerals with abbreviated units of measure
- 7.41Division in run-in lists
- 7.42Dividing URLs and e-mail addresses
- 7.43Hyphenation and appearance
- A and An, O and Oh
- Ligatures
- Italics, Capitals, and Quotation Marks
- Emphasis
- Foreign Words
- 7.49Italics for unfamiliar foreign words and phrases
- 7.50Parentheses and quotation marks for foreign words and phrases
- 7.51Proper nouns
- 7.52Roman for familiar foreign words
- 7.53Roman for Latin words and abbreviations
- Highlighting Key Terms and Expressions
- 7.54Italics for key terms
- 7.55“Scare quotes”
- 7.56“So-called”
- 7.57Common expressions and figures of speech
- Words and Letters Used as Words
- 7.58Words and phrases used as words
- 7.59Letters as letters
- 7.60Scholastic grades
- 7.61Plurals of letters
- 7.62Letters standing for names
- 7.63Letters as shapes
- 7.64Names of letters
- 7.65Rhyme schemes
- Music: Some Typographic Conventions
- 7.66Suggested reference for music publishing
- 7.67Musical pitches
- 7.68Octaves
- 7.69Chords
- 7.70“Major” and “minor”
- 7.71Dynamics
- Computer Terms
- Compounds and Hyphenation
- 7.77To hyphenate or not to hyphenate
- 7.78Some definitions
- 7.79The trend toward closed compounds
- 7.80Hyphens and readability
- 7.81Compound modifiers before or after a noun
- 7.82Adverbs ending in “ly”
- 7.83Multiple hyphens
- 7.84Omission of part of a hyphenated expression
- 7.85Hyphenation guide for compounds and words formed with prefixes
