[Forum] RE: Capitalize "Imperial Regent"?

See 8.19: "Civil, military, religious, and professional titles are capitalized when they immediately precede a personal name and are thus used as part of the name (traditionally replacing the title holder’s first name). In formal prose and other generic text, titles are normally lowercased when foll

[Forum] RE: Farthest vs. Furthest

Traditionally "farthest" is for physical distance only and "furthest" for abstract/metaphorical uses ("furthest thought"), so your instincts are steering you right.

[Forum] "on to" and "onto"

Traditionally, you jump onto a soapbox (physically or metaphorically, something moves into a position atop something else, roughly speaking) and you hold on to someone's hand or log on to a network. I'm ready to use "onto" almost always except for emotional effect, like "hold on to my hand" or "h

[Forum] "United States" Abbreviation

In the summary of changes in the new 16th edition, I read Chicago now prefers abbreviating "United States" as "US" (rather than "U.S."). That said, does this rule apply to official titles/names that may traditionally use the abbreviation with initials? (Example: [i]U.S. News & World Report[/i])

[Forum] RE: Punctuating an e-mail salutation

[quote='grammarguru1964' pid='27046' dateline='1454512817'] Despite the predominant usage of a comma after "Thanks" and "Thank you" followed by a person's name below it, I still think that traditionally and professionally each of these should be followed by a period. Any naysayers? [/quote] Not

[Forum] Best way to format a resume?

Hello! I'm a recent graduate about to start looking for editing jobs. I would like to make sure my resume meets CMS guidelines, but I'm not sure if there are specific rules about the overall layout. For example, is it better to list a former position's name, location, and dates in one line or on

[Forum] RE: Active Dialogue vs Dialogue tags

I would leave both the way your author wrote them.  It flows best, given the action beat following the dialogue tag.  And yes, neither dialogue tag is traditionally from the list of currently "acceptable" tags. But I'm not a purist on that rule, personally. Sometimes that kind of language is more ex

[Forum] RE: Parenthetical commas

I thought of using "like" instead of "such as," but was unsure if that would be a better option. Especially since I work with editors who tend to edit out usage that has traditionally been considered incorrect but has become accepted. Good to hear someone else was thinking that too! :) I'm still

[Forum] RE: "So" is technically a conjunctive adverb?

Conjunctive adverbs are words like "therefore," "however," and "nonetheless." When used to join independent clauses, these words are preceded by a semicolon and traditionally followed by a commas, as described in [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec055.html]CMOS 6.55[/url] and [

[Forum] RE: Use of [sic]

Sorry, you probably have passed your deadline already, and I don't know a definite answer for you.  But just to pursue it, can you explain why the surrounding text is in italics, and how much of that italicized text there is? My thoughts are that the "sic" is traditionally in italics because it need