Index
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure (fig.), or page number (p.). Page numbers in the online edition link directly to terms in the glossary (appendix B).
- Wade-Giles system
- common names, list of, 11.105
- Pinyin favored over, 11.102
- See also Chinese language; Pinyin system
- wars, revolutions, battles, and such, 8.112–13
- we, you, they, 5.45
- web (term), 7.76
- web-based publications
- cyclical workflow in, A.26
- design specifications for, A.20
- digital rights management and, A.40
- HTML vs. PDF for, A.36
- navigation as organizing principle for, 1.113
- note-taking capabilities with, 1.112
- production process considerations, A.4
- proofing and testing of, 2.133–36
- revision dates on, 14.8
- suitability for medium, 1.111
- web browser, defined, p. 904
- web-fed press, defined, p. 904
- websites and web pages
- documentation of: access dates for, 14.7; author-date references, 15.51; basic approach, 14.243; site discontinued before publication, 14.245; titles, 14.244
- legal and public documents on, 14.317
- permissions processing via, 4.91
- photographic permissions via, 4.95
- posting copies of published works, 4.90
- preprints on, 1.106
- well, 5.208, 6.39
- West, western, 8.45–46
- whether, 5.201, 5.220, 6.50
- which
- preposition with, 5.169
- punctuation of, 6.22
- who, whom, whose, 5.28, 5.52–56, 5.58, 5.60–63, 5.169, 5.220, 6.68
- whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever, 5.62–63, 5.220
- whose, who’s, 5.50, 5.220
- why, 5.201, 5.208, 6.68
- widows (lines), 2.113–14, p. 904
- wiki, defined, p. 904
- will, would, 5.103, 5.125, 5.128, 5.137, 5.150
- wills, documentation of, 14.231
- wire frames (design mockups), 2.135
- word division, 7.31–43
- abbreviated units of measure, 7.40
- foreign words: generally, 11.11; Arabic, 11.101; French, 11.36–39; German, 11.45–47; Greek, 11.138–41; Hebrew, 11.115; Italian, 11.55–57; Latin, 11.60–63; Polish, 11.68; Russian, 11.124–28; Spanish, 11.82–84
- -ing ending, 7.36
- numerals, 7.39–40
- pronunciation as basis for, 7.33
- proper nouns and personal names, 7.38
- run-in lists, 7.41
- two-letter runovers, 7.37
- URLs and e-mail addresses, 7.42
- word processing
- hyphenation function, 2.12
- keyboarding, combinations and shortcuts, 7.74
- pattern-matching strategies, 2.77
- spell checking, 2.108
- 3-em dashes and sorting functions, 14.63
- word-processing software. See computer software
- words
- missing or illegible in original source, 13.57
- numerals vs., 9.2–3
- phonetic transcription of, 6.100
- problematic, list of, 5.220
- so-called with, 7.56
- 2-em dash to indicate omitted, 6.90
- words and letters used as, 7.58–65
- word usage, 5.216–20
- good usage vs. common usage, 5.220
- grammar compared with, 5.216
- preposition usage, 5.191
- problematic words and phrases, list of, 5.220
- traditional view of, 5.219
- See also bias-free language; British style; European style; grammar; slang and jargon; and specific parts of speech
- working papers, 14.228. See also unpublished and informally published materials
- works cited lists, 15.5. See also reference lists
- works made for hire
- contributors’ chapters as, 4.53
- credit line for, 3.32
- employer as author of, 4.9
- world, parts of
- compass points and terms, 8.45–46
- political divisions, 8.50–51
- popular names and epithets for, 8.47
- real vs. metaphorical names, 8.49
- urban areas, 8.48
- See also place-names
- world rights, 4.70
- World Wide Web, defined, p. 904
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), A.11