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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