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.
- 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