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.
- Wade-Giles system, 11.82, 11.84–85, 16.77. See also Chinese language; Pinyin system
- wars, revolutions, battles, and such, 8.113–14
- we, you, they, 5.47
- web (term), 7.80, 7.89 (sec. 3)
- web-based publications. See electronic publications; online publications; websites and web pages
- web browsers, p. 990
- web-fed presses, p. 990
- websites and web pages
- of authors, 1.113, 1.121, 4.66, 4.67
- campus, 4.66
- copyright of, 4.2, 4.13
- corporate, as resource for usage, 8.69, 10.24
- defined, 14.205, p. 990
- identifying sites with no formal title, 8.191
- of journals, 1.84, 1.86, 1.87
- owner or sponsor of, 14.14, 14.207, 14.267
- permissions processing via, 4.97
- preprints on, 1.113
- of publishers, 1.21, 1.59, 1.68, 1.118, 4.94, 4.97
- source citations for, 14.205–10; access dates, 14.12, 14.207, 15.50; author-date reference system, 15.4, 15.50; basic approach, 14.205; italics or quotation marks for titles, 14.86, 14.206, 14.208; revision dates, 14.13, 14.207, 15.50; site discontinued before publication, 14.207; in text vs. bibliography, 14.207, 14.208; titles, 14.206–8, 14.272; website, 14.207 (see also online publications: source citations for)
- titles of, 8.2, 8.191–92, 14.206–8, 14.272
- See also blogs and blog posts; electronic publications; HTML; hyperlinks; online publications; URLs
- weight, 7.89 (sec. 1), 10.67. See also units of measurement
- well, 5.206, 6.34
- Wellcome Trust, 4.68
- West, western, 8.46, 8.47
- what
- as adverbial conjunction, 5.202
- antecedent absent with, 5.30, 5.61
- in cleft sentences, 5.246
- with -ever suffix, 5.65
- as interrogative pronoun, 5.54–55
- possessive form of, 5.63
- as relative pronoun, 5.56
- as subordinating conjunction, 5.201
- when, 5.201, 5.202, 6.24, 6.69
- where, 5.201, 5.202
- whether, 5.201, 5.250, 6.40
- which
- antecedent absent with, 5.30
- antecedents of, 5.59, 5.61
- with -ever suffix, 5.65
- as interrogative pronoun, 5.54–55
- in nonrestrictive clauses, 6.27
- possessive form of, 5.63, 5.64
- prepositions with, 5.172
- punctuation with, 6.27
- referent of, 5.55
- as relative pronoun, 5.56
- in remote relative clauses, 5.60
- vs. that, 5.250, 6.27
- while, 5.250
- whiz-deletions, 5.226, 5.247
- who, whom, whose
- antecedent absent with, 5.30, 5.61
- declension of, 5.56
- distinguishing among, 5.250
- with -ever suffix, 5.66
- for gender neutrality, 5.255
- as interrogative pronouns, 5.54–55, 5.58
- in nonrestrictive clauses, 6.27
- objective pronouns as antecedents of, 5.57
- possessive form of, 5.63, 5.64
- prepositions with, 5.172
- as question within sentence, 6.69
- referent of, 5.55
- in remote relative clauses, 5.60
- who vs. whom, 5.66
- whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever, 5.65, 5.66, 5.250
- who’s, whose, 5.50, 5.250
- wh- questions, 5.212
- why, 5.201, 5.202, 5.206, 6.69
- wide, compound terms with, 7.89 (sec. 3)
- widows (lines), 2.116, 2.117, p. 990
- Wikipedia, 8.191
- wikis, 14.13, p. 990
- wildcards, 2.79
- will, would, 5.131, 5.134, 5.151, 5.231
- wills, source citations for, 14.219
- wire frames (design mockups), 2.139
- with, in source citations for ghostwritten books, 14.105
- without, 5.201
- woman vs. lady as adjective, 5.259
- word breaks. See word division
- word-by-word alphabetizing, 14.65, 16.57, 16.58, 16.60, 16.61, 16.123
- word count, for manuscript submission, 2.4, 2.52
- word division, 7.36–47
- abbreviated units of measure, 7.44
- basic rules, 7.36, 11.20
- compound terms, prefixes, and suffixes, 2.112, 7.40, 7.42, 11.44
- diphthongs never divided, 7.39, 11.33, 11.42, 11.50, 11.66, 11.118
- gerunds and present participles, 7.41
- non-English words: Arabic, 11.81; French, 11.33–36; generally, 11.20; German, 11.42–44; Greek, 11.118–21; Hebrew, 11.95, 11.96; Italian, 11.50–52; Latin, 11.55–58; Polish, 11.70; proofreading for, 2.112; Russian, 11.70, 11.104–8; Spanish, 11.66–68; two-letter word endings, 7.37
- pronunciation as basis for, 7.38
- proofreading for bad breaks, 2.112
- proper names, 7.42
- resources on, 7.36
- typographic considerations, 7.47
- URLs, DOIs, and such in text, 2.13, 6.113, 7.46, 14.18
- after vowel, 7.39, 7.42
- words not appropriate for, 7.37, 11.36
- See also line breaks
- word order, 5.221–24
- SVO (subject-verb-object) pattern, 5.221, 5.222
- syntactic patterns listed, 5.223
- syntactic variations, 5.224
- See also inverted word order; syntax
- word-processing software
- for author’s review of copyedited manuscript, 2.71, 2.88
- directional or “smart” quotes and apostrophes, 6.115, 6.117
- for electronic file cleanup, 2.79
- ellipsis character, 13.50
- em dash character, 2.14
- formatting codes, 2.63, 2.81, 2.82
- functions in: character-level formatting, 2.81; commenting, 2.39, 2.84, 2.87, 2.88; document comparison, 2.86; equation editing function, 12.2; global changes, 2.69, 2.79, 2.80, 2.85, 2.111, 2.113, 2.122; hyphenation, 2.13, 2.80, 7.36, 7.38; indentation, 2.11, 2.12, 2.19, 2.20, 2.21, 2.24, 2.80, 16.131; keyboard combinations and shortcuts, 7.78; language settings, 2.80; macros, 2.79, 2.80, p. 983; nonbreaking spaces, 6.121; note function, 2.22, 14.24, 14.41, 14.43; outlines, 2.21, 2.36; pattern matching, 2.79, 2.80, p. 984; search and replace, 2.79; sorting, 14.65, 14.67, 16.5, 16.57, 16.104; spell checking, 2.89, 2.111; styles, 2.18, 2.21, 2.82, 2.83, 2.84, fig. 2.4; tables, 2.26, 2.36, 3.47; tabs, 2.11–12, 2.19, 2.21, 2.24, 2.80
- for indexing, 16.104, 16.117, 16.131
- for manuscript editing, 2.79, 2.80
- special characters, 2.16, 11.45, 11.72
- third-party add-ins, 2.79
- and Unicode standard, 11.2
- See also manuscript editing; tracking changes
- words
- coinage of, 7.14 (see also words derived from proper names)
- emphasizing particular, 7.50–52, 11.47, 13.62, 14.94
- en dash to connect, 6.78, 6.80, 6.81
- introductory (see introductory words and phrases)
- key terms, 7.56
- missing or illegible in original source, 6.93, 6.104, 13.59
- non-English, italics for, 7.53, 7.54, 7.55, 11.3, 11.5, 11.75, 11.88, 11.94, 14.272
- vs. numerals (see numbers: spelled out)
- parallel structure in, 5.242
- phonetic transcription of, 6.102
- problematic, list of, 5.250
- scare quotes for, 7.57, 11.47, 14.94
- single, for questions within sentences, 6.69
- so-called with, 7.59
- spacing between, 2.9, 2.125
- stacked at end of line, 2.116
- standing alone, 6.12
- 2-em dash to indicate omitted, 6.93
- words and phrases used as, 7.63
- See also compound terms; hyphens and hyphenation; non-English words and phrases; sentences; word division; word usage
- words as words, 5.14, 6.2, 7.63
- words derived from proper names
- abbreviations, 10.6, 10.49, 10.52
- adjectives: from names of ethnic and national groups, 8.38; in non-English languages, 11.26, 11.39, 11.70; from organization names, 8.62; from personal names, 8.60, 8.61; from place-names, 5.69, 8.45; proper adjectives, defined, 5.69; religious terms, 8.96, 8.97
- capitalization, 8.1, 8.60–62, 8.96–97
- resources on, 8.60, 8.61
- word usage, 5.249–50
- consistency in, 5.14
- and dialect, 5.25
- good vs. common, 5.250
- vs. grammar, 5.249
- jargon, 5.25, 5.95, 5.174
- myths and misunderstandings, 5.171, 5.180, 5.203
- preposition usage, 5.195
- problematic words and phrases, list of, 5.250
- style guides for, 5.250
- See also bias-free language; British style; European style; grammar; and specific parts of speech
- working papers, 14.218. See also unpublished and informally published materials
- works, index entries using, 16.50
- works-cited lists, 15.5. See also reference lists
- works made for hire
- contributors’ chapters as, 4.58
- copyright issues, 4.9–12, 4.24, 4.38
- credit line for, 3.33
- employer as author of, 4.9
- illustrations as, 3.33, 4.10, 4.75
- world, parts of
- compass points and directions, 8.46, 8.47
- continents, countries, oceans, 8.45
- political divisions, 1.27, 8.51, 8.52
- popular names and epithets for, 8.48
- real vs. metaphorical names, 8.50
- regions, 8.47, 8.54
- See also place-names
- world rights, 4.76
- world’s fairs, 8.201
- World Wide Web, 7.80, p. 990. See also internet
- would, will, 5.131, 5.134, 5.151