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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.
- quaint characters, p. 983
- quantities. See International System of Units; metric system; numbers; physical quantities; scientific and technical terminology; units of measurement
- quasi, compound terms with, 7.89 (sec. 3)
- queens. See sovereigns and other rulers
- queries. See author queries
- question marks, 6.68–70
- vs. exclamation mark, 6.72
- inverted, in Spanish works, 11.19, 11.62
- marking proofs for, 2.132
- in non-English materials, 11.19, 11.62, 11.102, 11.116
- other punctuation with: commas, 6.42, 6.125; ellipses, 11.102, 13.54; em dashes, 6.89; exclamation points, 6.126; generally, 6.70; parentheses, 6.70, 6.98; periods, 6.124; quotation marks, 6.10, 6.70, 13.69
- in relation to surrounding text, 6.70
- in source citations: publication details, surmised, 14.132, 15.44; with text citations, 13.69
- in titles of works, 6.124–26, 14.92, 14.96, 16.54
- uses, other: declarative or imperative sentences, 6.68; editorial doubt, 6.68, 14.132, 15.34, 15.44; indirect questions, 6.69; interpolation for missing or illegible words, 13.59; within sentences, 6.69–70
- when to omit, 6.69
- See also punctuation; questions
- questions
- alternative, 5.212
- in American Sign Language, 11.135
- as cleft sentences, 5.246
- comma with, 6.42
- conjunctions for, 5.201, 5.202
- declarative structure in, 5.213
- defined, 5.212
- exceptional types of, 5.213
- exclamations as, 6.72
- exclamatory, 5.213
- indirect, 5.201, 6.42, 6.69
- negation in, 5.104, 5.235
- and pronouns, 5.54–55, 5.58
- question marks with, 6.68
- rhetorical, 5.213
- tag, 5.213
- who or whom with, 5.66
- wh- questions, 5.212
- within sentences, 6.42, 6.63, 6.65, 6.69–70
- word order in, 5.224
- yes-no, 5.212, 5.213
- See also question marks
- quite, 5.90
- quotation marks
- alternatives to, 6.91, 11.11, 11.19, 13.42
- in British style, 6.9, 13.30
- closing, 6.9–11, 13.68, 13.70, table 6.1
- directional or “smart,” 2.85, 6.115, 13.7
- double vs. single, 7.58, 13.30–31, 13.33, 13.63 (see also single below)
- editing of, 2.61
- and electronic file cleanup, 2.80
- font for, 6.6
- inverted, split-level, 11.41
- marking proofs for, 2.132
- non-English materials: Chinese, 11.89; French, 11.30; German, 11.41; for guillemets, 11.7, 11.11, 11.19, 13.7; Italian, 11.47; Japanese, 11.89; quotations, 11.3; Spanish, 11.63; translations, 11.5, 11.12; transliterated materials, 2.80
- omission of, 13.36–38, 13.45
- other punctuation with, 6.9–11, 6.114; colons, 6.10, 6.65, 13.16; commas, 2.80, 6.9, 6.40; in computer terminology, 7.79; ellipses, 13.41; em dashes, 6.87, 6.90; exclamation points, 6.10, 6.74, 13.30, 13.69; in non-English languages, 11.29, 11.41, 11.47, 11.63; parentheses, 6.98; periods, 2.80, 6.9; question marks, 6.10, 6.70, 13.69; quotation marks (single and double), 6.11, 6.120, 8.177, 13.30–31; semicolons, 6.10; summary, table 6.1
- and paragraphing, 13.32–35
- permissible changes to, 13.7
- plurals of words in, 7.13
- possessives of terms in, 7.29
- vs. primes and double primes, 9.16, 10.36
- scare quotes, 7.57, 11.47, 14.94
- single: directional or “smart” characters for, 2.80, 2.85, 6.115, 6.117; vs. double, 7.58, 13.30–31, 13.33; double next to, 6.11, 6.120, 8.177; for horticultural cultivars, 8.130; in non-English-language materials, 11.30, 11.63, 11.77; in terms quoted within titles, 14.94
- speech, dialogue, and conversation, 13.32, 13.39–45; alternatives to quotation marks, 6.91, 11.11, 11.19, 13.42; direct discourse, 13.39, 13.44; indirect discourse, 13.45; single-word speech, 13.40; unspoken discourse, 13.43
- uses, other: common expressions and figures of speech, 7.60; computer terminology, 7.79; in editorial interpolations, 13.63; episodes and segments in television, radio, and podcasts, 8.189; epithets and nicknames, 8.34; first lines of poems, 8.182; glossed American Sign Language, 11.128, 11.133; lectures, 8.87; non-English materials (see above); notes keyed to text by line or page numbers, 14.53; with so-called, 7.59; songs and shorter musical compositions, 8.194; and text citations for quotations, 13.68–69; titles of works (see under titles of works); unpublished materials, 14.292; within poems, 13.28; words and phrases used as words, 7.63
- See also guillemets; punctuation; quotations
- quotations
- basic principles: accuracy, 13.6; attribution and fair use, 4.64, 4.75, 4.84, 4.92; commonly known facts and expressions, 13.5; credit and permission for, 13.3; danger of skewed meaning, 13.51; in modern scholarship, 13.2; paraphrase vs. quotation, 4.89, 11.17, 13.4
- beginning in text, 13.23
- brackets in: adjustments in capitalization, 13.18, 13.21, 13.53; adjustments in tenses and pronouns, 13.12; “brackets in the original,” 6.99; editorial interpolations and clarifications, 6.99, 6.103 (see also editorial interpolations and clarifications); glosses or translations, 6.96, 6.99; intervening words of text, 13.23; missing or illegible words, 13.59; other punctuation with, 6.103; sic, 13.61; text citations, 13.7, 15.28, 15.40
- capitalization, 8.162, 13.18–21, 13.53
- in context of original, 4.84, 4.86
- cross-checking of, 2.32, 2.33, 13.6
- editing, 2.61, 2.69, 11.16
- editorial interpolations and clarifications (see editorial interpolations and clarifications)
- errors in original source, 13.7, 13.61
- generic markup of, 2.74, 2.80, 2.81
- indentation: block quotations, 2.11, 2.19; drama excerpts, 13.8, 13.47; interviews and discussions, 13.48; paragraphs within, 2.19, 13.22; poetry extracts, 2.11, 2.20, 13.25–27
- interruptions in, 13.14
- length of, 13.10, 13.25
- manuscript preparation guidelines for, 2.11, 2.19, 2.20, 13.9
- non-English materials in English context (see under non-English materials)
- non-English terms in, 6.96
- note references or notes within, 13.7, 13.58
- original spelling in, 7.3
- overview, 13.1
- paragraphs within, 2.19, 13.22, 13.32–33, 13.35, 13.39, 13.56
- vs. paraphrasing, 4.89, 11.17, 13.4
- permissible changes (see permissible changes to quoted and referenced materials)
- poetry (see under poetry)
- proofreading of, 2.113
- punctuation: brackets (see brackets in above); colons, 6.10, 6.63, 6.65, 13.16; commas, 6.40, 13.14; ellipses, 13.50–58; non-English materials in English context, 11.3, 11.19; periods, 13.17; quotation marks (see quotation marks); slashes, 13.29
- quotations within, 13.30–31, 13.33
- relation to text: assimilation, 3.15, 13.11–12; initial capital or lowercase letter, 13.18–21; introductory phrases and words before, 13.14–16; poetry, 13.25–29; run-in vs. block, 13.9–10; text following, 2.12, 2.21, 13.24
- from secondary sources, 14.260, 14.291, 15.56
- sic with, 6.73, 7.55, 13.61
- sources for (see source citations; text citations for below)
- and syntax, 13.11, 13.18–20
- text citations for, 13.64–72; block quotations, 13.70–72, 15.26; in brackets, 13.7, 15.28, 15.40; “brackets in the original” in, 6.99; epigraphs, 1.37, 1.49, 13.36, 14.52; errors in original source, 13.7; frequently cited works, 13.67; full, 13.65; ibid. in, 13.66; non-English materials (see non-English materials above); parentheses with, 13.64; placement of, 15.26; poetry, 2.20, 13.71–72; run-in quotations, 13.68–69, 15.26; shortened, 13.66–67, 13.70
- text citations within original, 13.7
- in titles of works, 8.162, 14.94
- within notes, 11.13, 14.38
- word forms for, 5.250
- See also block quotations; dialogue; direct address; editorial interpolations and clarifications; ellipses; epigraphs; fair-use doctrine; guillemets; maxims; poetry; punctuation; quotation marks; run-in quotations; source citations; speech
- quoted in, 14.260, 15.56
- Qurʾan (Koran), 8.103, 11.77, 14.241
- q.v. (quod vide), 10.42