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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.

N, n, in tables, 3.55, 3.72, 3.75, 3.85, fig. 3.20
n., nn. (note, notes), 7.15, 14.150, 14.157, 15.23, 16.111, 16.112
n/a (not applicable), 3.67
namely, 6.51, 6.58, 6.64, 6.88
names, personal
abbreviations, 10.11–22; given names, 10.11; honorifics, 10.18; initials (see initials: in and as names); Jr., Sr., III, and such, 6.43, 7.42, 10.19, 16.41; list of, 14.60; punctuation and spacing, 10.12; speakers in discussions or interviews, 13.48
alphabetizing, basic rules, 16.71–74 (see also alphabetizing)
alternative spellings indicated, 6.106
articles in, 8.11, 16.75
capitalization (see names, personal, capitalization of)
clerical titles with, 8.26, 8.33, 10.18, 16.39
compound, 8.6, 16.72
consistency in spelling, 8.3
deities, 8.91, 8.92
epithets, 8.34, 8.35
familiar forms, 11.78, 14.74, 16.33, 16.71
fictional characters, 8.35
honorifics with (see honorifics)
hyphenated and extended, 8.6, 8.7, 8.14, 11.88, 16.36, 16.72
incomplete or unknown, 16.43–44
indexing (see under indexing)
initials (see initials: in and as names)
and kinship terms, 8.36
letters standing for, 7.66
in list of contributors, 1.64, fig. 1.10
Mac, Mc, or O’ in, 16.73
married women’s, 8.11, 16.36, 16.84
non-English: alphabetizing of (see under non-English names); in English context, 8.7–18; particles in, 8.5, 8.7–11
nonliteral use, 8.60
numerals with, 6.43, 7.42, 9.42, 10.8, 10.19, 16.37, 16.41, 16.66
particles in: alphabetizing, 16.71, 16.84; capitalization, 8.4, 8.5, 8.7–10
patronymics, 8.12
personal usage preferences, 8.3, 8.4
as phrasal adjectives, 5.93
plurals of, 7.9
possessive forms of, 7.17, 7.19, 7.28
pseudonyms, 4.25, 13.49, 14.80–81, 14.208, 15.35, 16.34
religious figures, 8.93, 8.95, 10.20, 14.83, 16.42
resources on, 8.3, 8.5, 8.6, 16.71, 16.84
with Saint, 16.74
saints, 8.93, 10.20, 14.83, 16.42
screen names, 14.208, 14.209, 15.52, 16.64
shortened, 8.6, 8.11, 8.14, 16.43
sovereigns and other rulers, 9.41, 16.37, 16.66, 16.98
stage names, 16.34
titled persons, 16.38
2-em dash to indicate omitted, 6.93
word division, 7.42
words derived from, 8.60, 8.61
See also authors’ names; contributors to multiauthor volumes and journals; editors’ names; titles and offices of people; translators’ names
names, personal, capitalization of, 8.3–18
Asian, other, 16.87
Burmese, 16.76
Chinese, 8.15, 11.83, 11.85, 11.88, 16.77
Dutch, 8.10
epithets and nicknames, 8.34, 8.35, 8.48
French, 8.7
German, 8.8
Hungarian, 8.13, 16.78
hyphenated and extended names, 8.6
Indian, 16.79
Indonesian, 8.18, 16.80
Italian, 8.9
Japanese, 8.16, 11.88, 16.81
Korean, 8.17, 16.82
non-English names, 8.7–18
overview, 8.4
particles with, 8.4, 8.5, 8.7–10
Portuguese, 8.8
resources on, 8.3
Russian, 8.12
Spanish, 8.11, 16.84
Thai, 16.85
unusual capitalization, 8.4
Vietnamese, 16.86
names, proper
abbreviations, indexing of, 16.46, 16.64
abbreviations derived from, 10.6, 10.49, 10.52
as academic subjects, 8.85
beginning with lowercase letter, 8.69, 8.154
brand names and trademarks, 4.16, 7.80, 8.69, 8.130, 8.146, 8.153–54, 10.6
broadcast networks, channels, and such, 8.189, 10.25
capitalization, generally, 5.6, 8.1
compound, 5.6, 7.85, 7.89
defined, 5.6
generic terms with, 8.53, 8.56, 8.57
in headline-style capitalization, 8.159
in historical period designations, 8.71–73
hyphenation of, 7.85, 7.89, 8.39
indexing (see under indexing)
non-English (see under non-English names)
of-genitive with, 5.21
organizations (see organization names)
personal (see names, personal)
place-names (see place-names)
plurals, 5.15, 7.9
possessives of, 7.17, 7.19, 7.20, 7.27, 7.28
real vs. metaphorical, 8.50, 8.66, 8.79
in titles of works, 11.89
used as words, 7.63
variants of, 16.32
vessels and vehicles, 8.2, 8.116–18
word division, 7.42
words derived from (see words derived from proper names)
See also capitalization
narrow measure, p. 983
National Information Standards Organization (NISO), 1.35, 1.117. See also International Organization for Standardization
nationality, terms for, 8.38, 8.39. See also countries; groups of people
National Library of Australia, 1.34
nations. See countries; governmental entities; nationality, terms for
Native Americans, 7.10, 8.5, 8.38
natural phenomena, named events, 8.77
navigation, 1.120, 3.38. See also hyperlinks
n.b., NB (nota bene), 10.42
n.d. (no data), 3.67
n.d. (no date), 10.42, 14.145, 14.263, 15.18, 15.44, 15.50, 15.54
near, compound terms with, 7.89 (sec. 3)
negation, 5.230–38
any- and some- words with, 5.238
and auxiliary verbs, 5.147
but and except for, 5.237
in cleft sentences, 5.246
and comparisons, 5.88
defined, 5.230
double negatives, 5.236
in idioms, 5.211
interrogative and imperative statements, 5.152, 5.235
neither-nor for, 5.230, 5.234
no for, 5.233
not for, 5.231, 6.45
pronouns and adverbs for, 5.230, 5.233
in verb phrases, 5.104
negative questions, 5.104, 5.235
neither, 5.67
neither . . . nor, 5.33, 5.143, 5.199, 5.230, 5.234, 5.244, 5.250
neo, as prefix, 7.89 (sec. 4)
Netherlands, 8.45. See also Dutch language
networks, broadcast, 8.189, 10.25. See also television and television programs
neutral citations, for Canadian and UK legal cases, 14.294, 14.298
new series (n.s.), 10.42, 14.126, 14.184
newspapers
copyright issues, 4.8, 4.10
headlines, 7.52, 14.191, 14.192, 14.195
serial rights, 4.64
source citations for, 14.191–200; author-reference system, 15.49; basic information needed, 14.165, 14.191; editorials, 14.195; headlines, 14.191, 14.192, 14.195; letters to the editor, 14.196; news services and news releases, 14.200; readers’ comments, 14.196; regular columns, 14.195; in text vs. bibliography, 14.198; time stamps, 14.191; titles of papers, 14.193, 14.194; unsigned articles, 14.199, 15.49; weekend supplements, magazines, and such, 14.197
titles: in building or award names, 8.172; city names in, 14.193, 14.194, 16.48; indexing of, 16.48; initial the in, 8.170, 14.193, 14.194; instead of author’s name, 14.199, 15.49; italics for, 14.86, 14.193; non-English, 14.194; plurals of, 7.12
news releases (press releases), 14.200
news services, 14.200
New Testament, 8.106, 10.47. See also Bible
New Zealand, 9.21
nicknames, 8.34, 8.35, 8.48
9/11 (September 11, 2001), 9.35
NISO (National Information Standards Organization), 1.35, 1.117. See also International Organization for Standardization
no, 5.33, 5.230, 5.232, 5.250, 6.34
no., nos. (musical works), 8.195
nobility, 8.32, 16.38. See also sovereigns and other rulers
no data (n.d.), 3.67
no date (n.d.), 10.42, 14.145, 14.263, 15.18, 15.44, 15.50, 15.54
“no derivatives” clause, 4.62
nominalizations (zombie nouns), 5.189
nominative (subjective) case
absolute constructions, 5.35
and gender, 5.43
intensive pronouns, 5.51
misuse of, 5.37
nouns, 5.9, 5.18
pronoun after linking verb, 5.45
pronoun as subject of clause, 5.44
pronouns, overview, 5.41
relative pronouns, 5.58, 5.66
non, as prefix, 7.89 (sec. 4)
nonbreaking spaces
with ellipses, 6.121, 13.50, 13.54, 13.58
generally, 6.119
with Jr., Sr., and such, 7.42
in non-English-language materials, 11.28, 11.29
in numbers, 6.121, 7.44, 9.55, 9.56
in run-in lists, 7.45
between single and double quotation marks, 6.11
Unicode for, 6.121
in units of measurement, 6.121, 7.44
noncomparable adjectives, 5.89
noncomparable adverbs, 5.166
noncount (mass) nouns, 5.7
none, 5.67, 5.250
non-English materials
capitalization: African languages, 11.23; Arabic, 8.14, 11.80; Asian, other, 8.18; Azeri, 11.70; Chinese, 8.15, 11.88, 11.89; Danish, 11.70; Dutch, 8.10, 11.70; in English context, 11.3, 11.4; English language compared, 11.18; English translations, 11.9–10, 11.18, 14.99 (see also translations and translated works); French, 8.7, 11.26, 11.27; German, 7.54, 8.8, 11.39; Hebrew, 11.93; Hungarian, 8.13; Italian, 8.9, 11.46; Japanese, 8.16, 11.88, 11.89; Korean, 8.17; Latin, 11.54; Norwegian, 11.70; Polish, 11.70; Portuguese, 8.8, 11.70; Russian, 8.12, 11.99, 11.100; Spanish, 8.11, 11.61; Swedish, 11.70; titles of works (see under titles of works: capitalization); Turkish, 11.70
English context considered, 8.7–18, 11.3–5, 11.19
IPA notation, 11.22
overview, 11.1
permissible changes to, 11.7, 11.15–16, 11.19, 11.28, 13.7
punctuation: apostrophes (see under apostrophes); brackets, 6.96, 6.99, 14.99; colons, 11.116; ellipses, 11.32, 11.49, 11.65, 11.102; em dashes (see under em dashes); exclamation points, 11.19, 11.62, 11.102; glossed American Sign Language, 11.133; guillemets, 11.7, 11.19, 11.28–32, 11.41, 11.47, 11.63–64, 11.101, 13.7; permissible changes to, 11.7, 11.11; question marks, 11.19, 11.62, 11.102, 11.116; quotation marks (see under quotation marks); semicolons, 11.7, 11.116; in translations, 6.96, 6.99, 6.100, 11.12, 11.19
quotations in English context: French, 11.28–32; Greek, 11.116; punctuation, 11.3, 11.19; Russian, 11.101; typographic style of, 11.11 (see also translations and translated works: quotations)
running heads, 2.76
in source citations: bibliographic terms, 14.102; English forms of cities (place of publication), 14.131; journal articles, 11.26–27, 14.170, 14.183; journal titles, 14.98, 14.170; musical scores, 14.255; newspaper titles, 14.194; publishers’ names, 14.135, 14.136; series titles, 14.123; titles of works (see titles of works below)
special characters, generally, 11.2, 11.21, tables 11.1–5
titles of works, 11.6–10; articles in, 8.170, 14.98, 14.170; brackets for, 14.99; capitalization (see under titles of works: capitalization); cautions about shortening, 2.76; dates in, 14.93; indexing of, 16.48, 16.49, 16.52, 16.53; italic vs. roman type, 11.8, 11.89, 11.100, 14.99; permissible changes to, 11.7; short forms, 14.33; subtitles, 14.89; translated, 11.9, 11.10, 14.99, fig. 1.3
titles of works, specific languages: Chinese, 11.89; French, 11.27, 16.48, 16.52; Japanese, 11.89; Latin, 11.54; Russian, 11.100
See also European style; non-English names; non-English words and phrases; special characters; translations and translated works; Unicode standard; and specific languages
non-English names
personal: alphabetizing of (see under alphabetizing); indexing of (see indexing: names, non-English personal); particles in, 8.5, 8.7–10; treatment in English context, 8.7–18
personal, by group: Arabic, 8.14, 16.75; Asian, other, 8.18, 16.87; Burmese, 16.76; Chinese, 8.15, 11.83, 11.85, 11.88, 16.77; Dutch, 8.10; French, 8.7; German, 8.8; Hungarian, 8.13, 16.78; Indian, 16.79; Indonesian, 8.18, 16.80; Italian, 8.9; Japanese, 8.16, 11.88, 16.81; Korean, 8.17, 16.82; Portuguese, 8.8, 16.83; Russian, 8.12, 11.98; Spanish, 8.11, 16.83, 16.84; Thai, 16.85; Vietnamese, 16.86
place-names, 8.59, 11.61, 11.85, 11.87, 11.99, 14.131, 16.92
proper names, other: company names, 10.23, 14.135, 14.136; in English context, 11.4; French, 11.26; generic terms in geographic names, 8.55; German, 11.39; newspaper titles, 14.194; nouns, roman for, 7.53; publishers’ names, 14.135, 14.136; in titles of works, 11.89
non-English words and phrases
alphabetizing of, 16.67, 16.92
bibliographic terms, 14.102
first use of, 7.53, 11.75
generic terms in geographic names, 8.55
glossaries for, 1.61
hyphenation, 7.89 (sec. 1), 11.26, 11.79, 11.84, 11.87–88, 11.93, 11.128
italics for, 7.53, 7.54, 11.3, 11.5, 11.75, 11.88, 11.94, 14.272
in legal-style citations, 14.272
ligatures in, 7.35
as mottoes, 7.62
in place-names, 8.55, 11.26
plurals of, 7.12, 11.3
roman type, 7.53–55
translations of, 6.96, 6.100, 11.4–5, 11.18–19
word division (see under word division)
nonprofit organizations, 4.64, 4.68
non-US publications, copyright of, 4.29–30, 4.47
NOOK, 14.159. See also e-books
noon and midnight, 9.38
no place (n.p.), 10.42, 14.132
nor, 5.33, 5.34, 5.138, 7.8
North, northern, 8.46, 8.47
Norwegian language, 11.70
not, 5.104, 5.230, 5.231, 6.45
not . . . but, 6.46
notch binding, p. 984
note numbers, 14.24–28
citations to, 14.157
format of, 14.24
in index entries, 16.111, 16.112
keyed to line or page numbers, 14.53, figs. 14.5–6
for multiple citations and references, 14.28
placement of, 14.26, 14.27
and punctuation, 14.26
reducing number of, 14.57
vs. reference numbers, 14.24
renumbering of, 2.44, 2.62
sequencing of numbers and symbols, 14.25, 14.49, fig. 14.4
symbols instead of, 3.79, 14.24, 14.25, 14.49, 14.51, 16.112, fig. 14.4
in tables, 2.22, 2.31, 3.79
with titles and subheads, 14.27
unnumbered notes in relation to, 14.52
See also note reference numbers/symbols
note reference numbers/symbols
avoiding in chapter display, 1.49, 2.22, 14.27
cross-checking, 2.32, 2.53, 2.62
for editor’s or translator’s notes, 14.51
format for, 14.24
generally, 14.19
multiple, 14.28
and note placement, 2.134
placement of, 14.26
with subheads, 14.27
for table notes, 3.79
See also note numbers
notes, 14.24–60
abbreviation of term (n., nn.), 7.15, 14.150, 14.157, 15.23, 16.111, 16.112
abbreviations in, 10.3, 10.24, 10.26, 10.27, 10.42, 10.44
author-date reference system with, 14.39, 14.50, 14.271, 15.11, 15.31, fig. 15.2
authors’ names (see authors’ names)
basic structure, 14.20, 14.22, 14.23
biblical citations in, 10.44, 10.45–48, 14.239
bibliographies in relation to, 14.61
for chapters of multiauthor volumes, 1.62, 14.43, 14.46, fig. 14.3
citations plus commentary in, 14.37
citations to, 14.157, 15.23
continued across pages, 14.41, 16.113, fig. 14.1
converted in electronic file cleanup, 2.80
cross-checking of, 2.32, 2.63, 15.21
cross-references to, 14.28
editing of, 2.62, 2.63
examples, figs. 14.1–7
footnotes not always used in electronic publications, 14.27, 14.49, 14.52
footnotes plus endnotes, 2.22, 14.49–51, fig. 14.4
footnotes vs. endnotes, 1.124, 2.77, 2.80, 14.43–48, 14.57, 14.59
format of, 1.62
for frequently cited works, 13.67, 14.59–60, fig. 14.7
generic markup of, 2.81
glossary terms in, 1.61
hyperlinks to (see hyperlinks for source citations)
ibid. in, 1.124, 14.34, 14.48
indexing of, 14.157, 16.110–13, 16.117
in journals, 1.108, 14.43, 14.46
keyed to line or page numbers, 14.53, figs. 14.5–6
legal cases in, 8.82
legal-style citation form, 14.271
length considerations, 14.40, 14.56
manuscript preparation guidelines, 2.22, 14.24, 14.41, 14.43, 14.53
multiple citations in single, 14.28, 14.35, 14.57
multiple paragraphs in, 14.40
numbering (see note numbers)
original, in edited or translated material, 13.7, 14.51, fig. 14.4
overview, 14.43
part titles for, 1.48
placement in book, 1.4, 1.61, 1.62, 14.46
in previously published materials, 2.44, 2.45
proofreading, 2.134
publication facts (see publication details)
quotations within, 11.13, 14.38
reference numbers or symbols for (see note reference numbers/symbols)
remedies for excessive, 14.56–60; abbreviations, 14.59–60, fig. 14.7; avoiding overlong, 2.62, 14.56; footnotes vs. endnotes, 14.45, 14.59; several citations in single, 14.57; text citations, 14.34, 14.58
scholarly symbols in, 10.43
see and cf. in, 14.42
shortened citations in, 14.19, 14.29–36, 14.48
source notes (see source notes)
submission of, 2.3
substantive, 14.37–39, 14.49, 16.110
for tables (see under tables)
titles of works in (see titles of works in source citations)
unnumbered: acknowledgments in, 14.55; biographical notes in, 1.50, 14.55; for compilations, 2.46; for entire chapter, 1.49, 1.50, 14.27, 14.54; for epigraphs, 1.49, 14.52; keyed to text by line or page numbers, 14.53, figs. 14.5–6; numbered notes in relation to, 1.49, 14.25, 14.49, 14.52, fig. 14.4
within quotations, 13.7, 13.58
See also endnotes; footnotes; note numbers; notes and bibliography system; source citations; source notes; and specific materials to document
notes and bibliography system, 14.19–23
and author-date reference system, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3
disciplines that use, 14.2
elements to include, 14.100
examples and variations, 14.23
flexibility of, 14.2
notes, basic structure, 14.20
overview, 14.19
page numbers and other locators, generally, 14.22
relationship of notes and bibliographies in, 14.61
See also bibliographies; notes; shortened citations; source citations; titles of works in source citations; and specific materials to document
not only . . . but also, 5.199, 5.244, 6.46
noun phrases
in American Sign Language, 11.134
as antecedents of relative pronouns, 5.59, 5.62
with expletives, 5.239
hyphenation of, 7.89 (sec. 2)
for index entries, 16.9
with possessive, 5.80, 7.24
See also nouns
nouns, 5.4–26
as adjectives, 5.24, 5.259, 7.27, 7.89 (sec. 2)
adjectives as (adnouns), 5.94
as adverbs (adverbial objectives), 5.26
adverbs formed from, 5.158
agreement of personal pronoun with, 5.42
attributive, 5.24, 7.27
case (see case of nouns and pronouns)
coinages, 7.14
collective, 5.5, 5.7, 5.15, 5.138
in compound terms, hyphenation of, 7.89
concrete, 5.5, 5.7
coordinate, 5.75
definitions: common (concrete, abstract, and collective), 5.5; generally, 5.4; mass (noncount), 5.7; proper, 5.6
dependent clauses as, 5.219
em dash between pronoun and introductory, 6.86
formed from verbs (nominalizations), 5.189
functional variations of, 5.24–26
genitive case (see genitive case)
for index entries, 16.9
infinitives as, 5.107
as interjections, 5.208
irregular, 5.20, 7.5, 7.16, 7.27
nominative (subjective) case (see nominative (subjective) case)
in non-English languages: Danish, 11.70; German, 7.54, 11.39; Norwegian, 11.70
objective (accusative) case (see objective (accusative) case)
possessives, generally, 7.16 (see also possessives)
predicate, 5.18, 5.141
prepositional phrases as, 5.176
prepositions with, 5.172
proper (see names, personal; names, proper; place-names)
properties, 5.8–12; case, 5.9 (see also case of nouns and pronouns); gender, 5.11; number (see number, of nouns and pronouns); person, 5.12, 5.30, 5.39, 5.40
quoted titles or expressions as, 6.41
repeating, for gender neutrality, 5.255
table titles as, 3.54
titles of works as singular, 8.166
as verbs, 5.25, 5.250
See also appositives; noun phrases; place-names; plurals; pronouns
noun-to-verb transitions, 5.25, 5.250
now, 5.202
n.p. (no place, no publisher, no page), 10.42, 14.132
n.s. (new series), 10.42, 14.126, 14.184
nth degree, 9.6. See also ordinal numbers
number, of nouns and pronouns
and antecedents, 5.32–33, 5.42, 5.57, 5.62, 5.255
defined, 5.10, 5.41
indefinite pronouns, 5.67
numbers, 9.19, 9.20
with one in antecedent, 5.62
and verb number, 5.137, 5.138, 5.139
number, of verbs, 5.137, 5.138, 5.139, 5.140, 5.141, 5.142, 5.205
numbering
appendixes, 1.59, 8.180
captions, 2.28, 3.13
chapters (see chapter numbers)
double or multiple, 1.57, 1.57n1, 2.28, 2.29, 3.11, 3.50, 12.25
illustrations (see illustrations: numbering)
impressions, 1.28, figs. 1.1–4
manuscript pages in electronic file, 2.38
mathematical definitions, 12.25, 12.56
mathematical expressions, 1.57, 12.24–25, 12.56
musical works, 8.195, 8.196
notes (see note numbers)
record groups, in government archives, 14.292
subhead considerations, 1.57
table columns, 3.56
tables, 1.57, 2.29, 3.50, 3.54, 16.116
See also issue numbers; numbers; page numbers; pagination; tables
numbers
abbreviation for number, 8.195, 8.196, 14.123, 14.171, 15.15 (see also issue numbers)
abbreviations and symbols with, 7.89 (sec. 1), 9.16–17
addresses and thoroughfares, 9.50–52, 9.54
alignment, in tables, 3.72, 3.86, figs. 3.14–15, fig. 3.20
alphabetic characters in (error), 2.80
alphabetizing in indexes, 16.65, 16.66, 16.103
a or an with, 7.33
basic principles, 9.2; alternative rule, 9.3; consistency, flexibility, and readability, 9.1, 9.7, 9.13, 9.14, 9.19
building and apartment numbers, 9.52
Chicago’s preference for arabic vs. roman numerals, 9.67
commas between digits, 9.54–56
in compound terms, 7.89 (sec. 4)
dates: centuries, 7.8, 8.71, 9.32, 9.33; decades, 9.33; eras, 9.34, 9.64; ISO all-numeral style, 6.108, 9.35, 9.36; month and day, 9.31; periods of time, 8.71; year abbreviated, 9.30; year alone, 9.29
defined, p. 975
editorial uses: column heads in tables, 3.86, fig. 3.24; divisions in publications and documents, 9.26–28; file names, 2.37; lists, 2.11, 2.21, 6.129, 6.130, 6.131, 7.45; notes applying to specific parts of table, 3.79; outlines, 6.127, 6.132; table columns, 3.56
enzyme names, 8.133
fractions (see fractions)
Greek, 11.117, table 11.5
hundreds, thousands, and hundred thousands, 9.3, 9.4, 9.54
hyphenation in: all-numeral dates, 6.108, 9.36; double or multiple numeration, 1.57; fractions, 7.89 (sec. 1), 9.14; noun plus numeral or enumerator, 7.89 (sec. 2), 9.13; separators, 6.77; telephone numbers, 9.57
inclusive (continuing) (see inclusive (continuing) numbers)
index entries beginning with, 16.65
in initialisms, 10.2
large, 5.250, 9.8–12, 9.24
and line breaks, 7.42, 7.43, 7.44
millions, billions, and trillions, 5.250, 9.8, 9.24
numbered divisions in publications and documents, 9.26, 9.27, 9.28
old-style, 3.86, 12.9
ordinals (see ordinal numbers)
paragraphs (see paragraph numbers, as locators)
parts of book in text, 8.180
physical quantities, 9.13–17; with abbreviations and symbols, 9.16–17; dimensions, 3.27; in general context, 9.13; simple fractions, 9.14; whole numbers plus fractions, 9.15
plurals of, 7.15, 9.53
possessive forms of, 7.17
in proper names: and line breaks, 7.42; military units, 9.47; personal names, 6.43, 7.42, 9.42, 10.8, 10.19, 16.37, 16.41, 16.66; places of worship, 9.48; political and judicial divisions, 9.46; sequels, 8.189, 9.43; sovereigns and other rulers, 9.41, 16.66; successive governments and dynasties, 9.45; unions and lodges, 9.49; vehicles and vessels, 8.116, 9.44
ranges (see inclusive [continuing] numbers; page ranges)
ratios, 6.62, 9.58
resources on, 9.1
roads and thoroughfares, 9.50, 9.51
sections (see section numbers, as locators)
sentences beginning with, 9.5
sequels, 8.189, 9.43
source citations: arabic vs. roman numerals, 14.147; classical Greek and Latin works, 14.243, 14.244, 14.249; parts of books, 14.147; parts of poems and plays, 8.184, 14.254; scriptural references, 14.241
space between digits, 6.121, 9.55, 9.56
spacecraft, 9.44
spelled out: alternative rule, 9.3; beginning a sentence, 9.5; building and apartment numbers, 9.52; Chicago’s general rule, 9.2; consistency, readability, and flexibility, 9.7; dates, 9.29, 9.31–33, 9.35; direct discourse, 13.44; fractions, 7.89 (sec. 1), 9.14, 9.15; general rule, 9.2; in headline-style capitalization, 8.161; hundreds, thousands, and hundred thousands (round numbers), 9.4; hyphens with, 7.89 (sec. 1), 9.13; inclusive range of, 9.60; marking manuscript for, 2.93; marking proofs for, 2.129; military units, 9.47; money, 9.20; ordinals, 7.89 (sec. 1), 9.6; places of worship, 9.48; plurals of, 9.53; political and judicial divisions, 9.46; roads and thoroughfares, 9.51; successive governments and dynasties, 9.45; time designations, 9.37, 9.38, 9.40; in titles of works, 8.165; to with inclusive numbers, 9.60 (see also physical quantities above)
telephone numbers, 6.77, 9.57
in titles of works, 8.165, 14.88
with units of measurement, 7.44, 9.16–17, 10.49
uses, other: age terms, 7.89 (sec. 1); binary systems, 9.11; celestial bodies, 8.139; chemical elements, 10.63; decimal fractions, 9.19, 9.59; dex with, 9.12; gene and enzyme names, 8.132, 8.133; mass, in chemical terms, 8.150; mega-, giga-, tera-, and such, 9.10, 9.11, 10.49, 10.55, 10.56; monetary amounts, 9.20–25; multiple books within one volume, 14.121; percentages, 9.18; powers of ten, 9.9, 9.11, 9.12
See also arabic numerals; chapter numbers; currency; decimal points; International System of Units; issue numbers; line numbers; mathematical expressions; metric system; note numbers; numbering; page numbers; page ranges; roman numerals; subscripts; superscripts; Unicode standard; volumes and volume numbers
number sign (pound sign), 2.98, 2.125, 3.79, 11.131
numerals. See arabic numerals; numbering; numbers; roman numerals
numerical order, index subentries in, 16.69
nursery rhymes, 8.185