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v., 8.82, 10.42, 14.276
var., 8.122, 8.123
variables, in tables, 3.52
vector graphic, pp. 989–90
vectors, 12.52, 12.53
Vedas, 14.241
vehicles and vessels, 8.2, 8.116–18, 9.44
verbal nouns, 5.107. See also infinitives
verb phrases, 5.104, 5.171, 5.239, 5.245, 7.89 (sec. 2)
verbs, 5.97–155
adjectives as, 5.95
auxiliary (helping) (see auxiliary (helping) verbs)
conjugation: past participles, 5.100, 5.110, 5.119 (see also participles); present participles, 5.110, 5.118, 7.41 (see also participles)
definitions: auxiliary verbs, 5.103, 5.144; contractions, 5.105; ergative, 5.99; generally, 5.97; linking (copula or connecting), 5.101; phrasal, 5.102; principal and auxiliary (modal), 5.103, 5.144; regular and irregular, 5.100; tenses, 5.128; transitive and intransitive, 5.98
-ed vs. -t for past tense and past participle, 5.100
finite, 5.35, 5.138
gerunds, 5.112–13, 5.116, 7.28, 7.41, 7.89 (sec. 2)
and indefinite pronouns, 5.67
infinitives, 5.44, 5.106–9, 5.112, 5.153, 5.171
as interjections, 5.208
linking (copula or connecting), 5.45, 5.82, 5.93, 5.101, 5.154, 5.170, 6.30
with mass nouns, 5.7
misleading connectives with, 5.142
mood: defined, 5.120; imperative, 5.122, 5.155, 5.160, 5.214, 5.255; indicative, 5.121, 5.122, 5.124, 5.129, 5.130; and modal auxiliary verbs, 5.144; subjunctive, 5.123–27
nouns as, 5.25, 5.250
nouns formed from (nominalizations), 5.189
with nouns in objective case, 5.19
objects of, 5.35, 5.37, 5.44, 5.225, 5.239, 6.67
participles (see participles)
and personal pronouns, 5.44, 5.45
phrasal, 5.102, 5.181
phrasal adjectives following, 5.93
properties, 5.117–43; agreement of subject with, 5.138, 5.139, 5.141, 5.143, 5.205, 5.250; mood (see above); number, 5.137, 5.138, 5.139, 5.140, 5.141, 5.142, 5.205; overview, 5.117; person, 5.136, 5.138, 5.143; and predicate nominative, 5.141; tenses (see below); voice (see active voice; passive voice)
in references to works, 5.129, 8.166
tenses: and assimilation of quoted material into text, 13.12; of be-verbs, 5.155; defined, 5.128; future, 5.131; future perfect, 5.134; past, 5.100, 5.125, 5.126, 5.130, 5.133; past indicative, 5.130; past perfect (pluperfect), 5.126, 5.127, 5.133; present, 5.125, 5.129; present indicative, 5.129; present perfect, 5.132; progressive (imperfect, continuous), 5.119, 5.128, 5.135
verb phrases, 5.104, 5.171, 5.239, 5.245, 7.89 (sec. 2)
verb stem (present indicative), 5.129
See also adverbs; be-verbs
vernacular names, 8.128–30
version control
and archival practices, 1.114
document comparison software for, 2.86
journal articles, 1.112
in manuscript editing, 2.5, 2.78, 2.79
multiauthor volumes, 2.41
and preprints, 1.113
in proofreading, 2.103, 2.105, 2.110
version numbers, 1.28
verso pages
abbreviation, 14.154–55
always even-numbered, 1.5
blank after half-title, 1.4, 1.18
defined, p. 990
in folio editions, 14.155
last page of journal, 1.81
page after second half title, 1.46
parts of book starting on, 1.4, 1.18
proofreading for correct use of, 2.114–15
running heads, 1.11–15
in signed signatures, 14.154
specified on final manuscript for production, 2.75–76
See also page numbers; pagination; recto pages
vertical bars
in mathematical expressions, 12.26, 12.28, 12.33–34, 12.51
in notes to tables, 3.79
vertical lists
abbreviations in, 10.29
as alternative to tables, 3.51
as block quotations, 13.10
manuscript preparation guidelines, 2.21
in mathematical expressions, 12.16, 12.18
placement of, 2.62
punctuation and format, 2.11, 2.21, 6.92, 6.129–31, 6.132
vs. run-in, 6.128, 6.129, 6.131
very, 7.89 (sec. 2)
very, much, 5.90, 5.250
vice, as prefix, 7.89 (sec. 3)
video blogs, 8.192
video games, 8.190, 14.86, 14.268. See also multimedia content
video recordings
clips and files, 1.107, 1.114, 2.4
numbering of, 3.10
source citations for, 14.265
See also multimedia content
Vietnamese names, 16.86
virgule. See slashes
viz. (videlicet), 10.42
voice
active, 5.19, 5.115, 5.118, 5.119, 5.135, 5.192
passive: and dangling participles, 5.115; defined, 5.118; infinitives in, 5.106; linking verbs in, 5.101; long (with by), 5.192; with past participle, 5.119, 5.135, 5.154
volume editor. See editors; editors’ names; manuscript preparation guidelines for authors; multiauthor volumes
volumes and volume numbers
abbreviation of volume: in bibliographies and reference lists, generally, 14.21, 15.6, 15.15; generally, 10.42, 14.150; multivolume works, 8.175, 14.116; in notes, generally, 14.20; omission of, 14.152; plural of, 7.15; series of works, 14.123; in text citations, generally, 15.23
defined, p. 990
front matter in series of works, 1.18
journals: arabic numerals for, 9.27; in copyright line, 1.103; on cover, 1.84, 2.109, 2.134; current, on home page, 1.86; defined, 1.80; issue numbering within, 1.80; issues identified by, 1.79; as metadata, 1.92; omission of, 1.80; proofreading of, 2.134; and retractions, 1.91; in source citations, 14.23, 14.171, 14.177, 15.9; in table of contents, 1.87, fig. 1.11
pagination within, 1.81, fig. 1.11
punctuation with, 6.62, 14.23
in source citations: arabic numerals for, 14.147, 14.171; generally, 14.165, 15.23; journals, 14.23, 14.171, 14.177, 15.9; legal and public documents, 14.276, 14.287, 14.294, 14.301, 14.303; multivolume works, 14.116, 14.118–19, 15.41; page numbers with, 14.23, 14.116, 14.152, 14.177, 15.23, 15.48; text citations, 15.23; when to omit vol., 14.152
treatment of term volume, 8.175 (see also abbreviation of volume above)
See also multivolume works; series of works
von, van, van den, 8.8, 8.10
vs., v., 10.42