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O, oh, 6.35, 7.31. See also interjections
O’, 16.73
oaths, 8.84
objective (accusative) case
and gender, 5.43
and like, 5.185
nouns, 5.9, 5.19
in prepositional phrases, 5.44, 5.172, 5.183
pronoun as object of infinitive, 5.44
pronoun as object of verb or preposition, 5.35, 5.37, 5.44
pronouns, overview, 5.41
relative pronouns, 5.57, 5.66
oblique objects, 5.172
oceans, 8.45, 8.53
o’clock, 9.37, 9.38, 10.41
OCR (optical character recognition), 2.43, 10.49, p. 984
odd, compound terms with, 7.89 (sec. 3)
of
in genitive case, 5.20, 5.21, 5.191
limiting use of, 5.250
and possessive, 7.20, 7.25, 7.26, 7.29
offprints, p. 984
offset printing, 3.3, figs. 3.1–2, p. 984
of-genitive, 5.21, 5.191
of whom, of which, 5.63, 5.64
oh, O, 6.35, 7.31. See also interjections
ohm symbol, 10.49, 10.56
‘okina, 11.70, 11.70n1
old, compound terms with, 7.89 (sec. 3)
Old and Middle English, 7.35, 11.70, 11.122–24
old series (o.s.), 14.126
old-style numbers, 3.86, 12.9
Old Testament, 8.106, 10.45. See also Bible
on, as prefix, 7.89 (sec. 3)
once, 5.201
one, 5.62, 5.255
one another, each other, 5.53
one of, 5.140
ONIX, 1.75
online publications
copyright of, 4.13, 4.47, 14.14, 14.267
formal markup for, 2.83
front and back matter in, 1.122
functional features in, 1.119
hyperlinks in, 1.120, 1.121, 1.122
indexes in, 1.96, 1.109, 1.125
navigation in, 1.120, 1.123
PDF format for, 1.118
proofing and testing of, 2.137–40
reference works, 1.118, 1.120, 1.121, 14.233
screen margins, 1.122
site maps in, 2.137
source citations for: books, 14.161–62; dictionaries and encyclopedias, 14.233; legal and public documents, 14.270, 14.276, 14.298, 14.300, 14.305; magazine articles, 14.189; multimedia, 14.267 (see also websites and web pages: source citations for)
wikis, 14.13, p. 990
See also electronic publications; HTML; multiple formats, publications in; supplementary data, electronic; websites and web pages
only, 5.186
op., opp. (musical works), 8.196
opacity, p. 984
op. cit., 10.42, 14.36
open-access publishing models, 4.52, 4.60, 4.61, 4.66
open compounds, 6.106, 7.82, 16.58. See also compound terms
open-source model, 4.61, 7.80. See also open-access publishing models
operas, 8.194. See also musical works
operating systems, 7.78, 8.155. See also file formats and devices
optical character recognition (OCR), 2.43, 10.49, p. 983
option clauses, 4.53
or
in dates, 7.8
in double titles of works, 8.167, 14.91
in lists, 6.131
pronoun and antecedent with, 5.33, 5.34
punctuation with, 6.22, 6.51
slash instead of, 6.106
as subordinating conjunction, 5.201
and verb agreement, 5.138, 5.143, 5.205, 5.250
See also conjunctions; coordinating conjunctions
ordinal numbers
day of the month as, 9.31
format of, 9.6
hyphenation, 7.89 (sec. 1)
in legal-style citations, 14.274, 14.300
military units, 9.47
nd, th, and rd in (e.g., 122nd), 9.6
in non-English languages, 11.27
numbered streets, 9.51
permissible changes to, 14.88
personal names with, 6.43, 9.42, 10.19
successive governments and dynasties, 9.45
organization names
abbreviations, 10.23–26, 14.274, 15.37, 16.46, 16.64
alphabetizing of, 16.46, 16.64, 16.88–89
articles in, 8.68, 8.70, 14.134, 16.88, 16.89
associations, 8.70, 10.26
as authors, 14.70, 14.84, 15.37
capitalization (see under capitalization)
companies (see company names)
in non-English languages, 11.26, 11.61
numbered branches of, 9.49
periodical titles in, 8.172
place-names within, 6.39, 6.81
possessives of, 7.20, 7.27
in source citations, 14.84, 14.259, 14.305, 15.37
treatment in text, 8.62–70
See also business and commerce; governmental entities; institutions
original expression and originality, 4.3, 4.5, 4.72. See also intellectual property rights
ornaments for text break, 1.58, 2.8
orphans (lines), 2.116, p. 984
“orphan works” problem, 4.82
orthographic reforms, 11.38, 11.43, 11.45, 11.67, 11.70
o.s. (old series), 14.126
otherwise, 5.201
ought, should, 5.149, 5.250
out, in compound terms, 7.89 (sec. 2)
outlines, 2.21, 2.36, 6.127, 6.132. See also lists in text
out-of-print publications, 4.52
over, as prefix, 7.89 (sec. 4)
overlapping characters, 6.5
Oxford (serial) commas, 6.19–21, 6.23, 8.165, 14.135. See also commas