Index
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- quantities. See International System of Units; metric system; numbers; physical quantities; scientific and technical terminology; units of measurement
- quasi, compound terms with, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- queens. See sovereigns and other rulers
- queries. See author queries
- question marks, 6.72–74
- vs. exclamation marks, 6.76
- inverted, in Spanish works, 11.21, 11.69
- marking proofs for, 2.137
- in non-English materials, 11.21, 11.69, 11.111, 11.126
- other punctuation with, 6.74, 6.78; commas, 6.45, 6.134; ellipses, 11.111, 12.63; em dashes, 6.95; exclamation points, 6.135; parentheses, 6.74, 6.104; periods, 6.133; quotation marks, 6.10, 6.74, 12.80
- in relation to surrounding text, 6.74
- in source citations, 12.80, 13.98, 14.44
- in titles of works, 6.133–35, 8.168, 13.98, 15.62
- uses of: in declarative or imperative sentences, 6.72; editorial doubt, indicating, 6.72, 14.44; in indirect questions, 6.73; interpolation for missing or illegible words, 12.70; within sentences, 6.73–74
- when to omit, 6.73
- See also punctuation; questions
- questions
- alternative, 5.219
- in ASL, 11.145
- commas with, 6.45
- conjunctions for, 5.207–8
- declarative structure in, 5.220
- defined, 5.219
- exceptional types of, 5.220
- exclamations as, 6.76
- exclamatory, 5.220, 6.76
- fragments as, 6.74
- indirect, 5.207, 6.45, 6.73
- introducing lists, 6.136
- negation in, 5.108, 5.242
- and pronouns, 5.58–59, 5.62
- question marks with, 6.72
- rhetorical, 5.220, 6.76
- tag, 5.220
- wh-, 5.219
- who or whom with, 5.70
- within sentences, 6.45, 6.67, 6.69, 6.73–74
- word order in, 5.231
- yes–no, 5.219–20
- See also question marks
- quite, 5.94, 5.161
- quotation marks
- alternatives to, 6.97, 11.13, 11.21, 12.48
- in British style, 6.9, 12.30
- closing, 6.9–11, table 6.1, 12.79
- in dialogue, 12.40; alternatives to, 6.97, 11.13, 11.21, 12.48; in British style, 6.9; faltering or incomplete speech, 12.43; indirect discourse, 12.53; interrupted speech, 12.42; and paragraphing, 12.32, 12.45; quotations within, 12.30, 12.46; single-word speech, 12.47; text messages, 12.50; unspoken discourse, 12.49
- directional (“smart”), 2.90, 6.123, 12.7
- double vs. single, 7.61, 12.30–31, 12.74
- editing, 2.67
- and electronic file cleanup, 2.85
- font style for, 6.6
- inverted, split-level, 11.44
- marking proofs for, 2.137
- in non-English materials: Chinese, 11.98; French, 11.32; German, 11.44; for guillemets, 11.9, 11.13, 11.21, 12.7; Italian, 11.54; Japanese, 11.98; Korean, 11.98; Spanish, 11.70; translations, 11.6, 11.14–15; transliterated materials, 2.85
- omission of, 12.35–38, 12.48, 12.53
- other punctuation with, 6.9–11, 6.122; colons, 6.10, 6.69, 12.16; commas, 2.85, 6.9; em dashes, 6.96, 12.42; exclamation points, 6.10, 6.78, 12.30, 12.80; in non-English languages, 11.44, 11.54, 11.70; parentheses, 6.104; periods, 2.85, 6.9; question marks, 6.10, 6.74, 12.80; quotation marks (single and double), 6.11, 6.128, 12.30–31; semicolons, 6.10; summary of, table 6.1
- and paragraphing, 12.32–34, 12.45
- permissible changes to, 12.7
- plurals of words in, 7.13
- possessives of terms in, 7.29
- vs. primes and double primes, 9.18, 10.41
- punctuation preceding, and text citations, 12.80
- scare quotes, 7.60, 7.62, 11.54, 13.96
- single: vs. apostrophes, 2.85, 6.9; in British style, 6.9; in dialogue, 12.45–46; directional (“smart”) characters for, 2.85, 2.90, 6.123, 6.125, 7.30; vs. double, 7.61, 12.30–31, 12.74; double next to, 6.11, 6.128; for horticultural cultivars, 8.131; in non-English materials, 11.33, 11.70; for terms quoted within titles, 8.179, 13.96
- uses of, other: for common expressions and figures of speech, 7.63; with computer terminology, 7.84; in editorial interpolations, 12.74; for episodes and segments in television, radio, and podcasts, 8.191; for epithets and nicknames, 8.35; for first lines of poems, 8.184; in glossed ASL, 11.138, 11.143; for lectures, 8.88; for non-English sentences in English context, 11.3; for notes keyed to text by page numbers, 13.57; within poems, 12.28; in promotional copy, 12.38; with so-called, 7.62; for songs and shorter musical compositions, 8.196; in titles of works (see under titles of works); for unpublished materials, 14.193; for words and phrases used as words, 7.66
- See also guillemets; punctuation; quotations
- quotations
- basic principles of: accuracy, 12.6; attribution and fair use, 4.79, 4.88, 4.96; and commonly known facts and expressions, 12.5; credits and permissions, 12.3; danger of skewing meaning, 12.60; and modern scholarship, 12.2; paraphrasing vs. quotation, 4.93, 11.19, 12.4
- beginning in text, 12.23
- brackets in: for adjustments in capitalization, 12.18, 12.21, 12.62; adjustments in tenses and pronouns, 12.12; “brackets in the original,” 6.105; for editorial interpolations and clarifications, 6.105, 6.110 (see also editorial interpolations and clarifications); for glosses or translations, 6.102, 6.105; for intervening words of text, 12.23; for missing or illegible words, 12.70; other punctuation with, 6.110; for sic, 12.72; for speaker tags, 12.23; for text citations, 12.7, 13.122, 14.16
- capitalization in, 8.163, 12.18–21, 12.62
- in context of original, 4.88, 4.90
- cross-checking, 2.37–38, 12.6
- within dialogue, 12.30, 12.46
- editing, 2.67, 2.75
- and editorial interpolations and clarifications (see editorial interpolations and clarifications)
- and errors in original source, 12.7, 12.72
- generic markup for, 2.85–86
- indentation of: block quotations, 2.14, 2.23, 12.22, 12.65; drama excerpts, 12.8, 12.55, 12.66; interviews and discussions, 12.56; paragraphs within, 2.23, 12.22, 12.65; poetry extracts, 2.14, 2.24, 12.25–27
- interruptions in, 12.14
- length of, 12.10, 12.25
- manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.14, 2.23–24, 12.9
- mixing single and double, 7.61
- from non-English materials in English context (see under non-English materials)
- non-English terms in, 6.102
- note references or notes within, 12.7, 12.67
- within notes, 11.15, 13.41
- original spelling in, 7.3
- overview of, 12.1
- paragraphs within, 2.23, 12.22, 12.32, 12.34, 12.40, 12.45, 12.65
- vs. paraphrasing, 4.93, 11.19, 12.4
- permissible changes to (see permissible changes to quoted and referenced materials)
- from poetry (see under poetry)
- proofreading, 2.118
- punctuation with, 12.13–17; brackets (see brackets in above); colons, 6.10, 6.67, 6.69, 12.16, 12.48, 13.14; commas, 6.43, 12.14, 12.41; ellipses, 12.43, 12.59–69; em dashes, 11.13, 11.21, 12.48; of non-English materials in English context, 11.3, 11.21, 11.126; periods, 12.17; question marks and exclamation points, 6.134–35; quotation marks (see quotation marks); slashes, 12.29
- quotations within, 12.30–31, 12.45
- relation to text: assimilation, 12.11–12; and initial capital or lowercase letters, 12.18–21; and introductory phrases and speaker tags, 12.14–16, 12.41; poetry, 12.25–29; run-in vs. block, 12.9–10; text following, 2.15, 2.23, 12.24
- from secondary sources, 14.160, 14.192
- sic with, 6.77, 7.57, 12.72
- signs and notices as, 7.64
- sources for (see source citations)
- and speaker tags, 12.14–15, 12.23
- and syntax, 12.11, 12.19–21
- text citations for (see under text citations)
- text citations within original, 12.7
- in titles of works, 8.163, 13.96
- word forms for, 5.254
- See also block quotations; dialogue; direct address; editorial interpolations and clarifications; ellipses (punctuation); epigraphs; fair-use doctrine; guillemets; maxims; poetry; punctuation; quotation marks; run-in quotations; source citations; speech
- quoted in, 14.160
- Qurʾan (Koran), 8.104, 11.84, 14.141
- q.v. (quod vide), 10.48