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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