[Forum] RE: Suspended hyphen help

I don't have any idea why your post would be removed. Perhaps it was never posted properly, or maybe it's still around and you just posted it under another category and can't find it. (Just guessing, of course.) Since a two-word phrasal adjective that begins with an adverb ending in "ly" normally i

[Forum] RE: Job title capitalization

Ah, yes. I think I was misreading section 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). — to mean always capitalize the titl

[Forum] RE: then

Section [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec025.html]6.25[/url] covers both the very technical rule and the exception: "Commas ... are traditionally used to set off adverbs such as [i]however[/i], [i]therefore[/i], and [i]indeed[/i]. When the adverb is essential to the meaning o

[Forum] RE: Grammar

Hello, I'd say use the On Writing forum at: https://www.critiquecircle.com with the filter "present tense" for similar issues as this is not a matter of grammar only. Also, consult Booth's "The Rhetoric of Fiction." Further, search GB (Google Books), e.g. with "present narrative tense

[Forum] RE: Third person plural pronoun with singular antecedent

Great conversation, you guys (excuse the pun there), and gals. I just wanted to point out that even though this is such a serious point, the editors at CMOS have kept their sense of humor. "Traditionally, the only gender-neutral third-person singular personal pronoun in English is it, which

[Forum] RE: Semicolons

Thanks, Pixna. Relative to enclosing the number in full parentheses, I have traditionally followed these rules: Use half parentheses to enclose numbers of listed items in a sentence, for example, “We need an emergency room doctor who can 1) think quickly, 2) treat patients respectfully, and 3) handl

[Forum] RE: definition of terms?

Hi Isabel, A "Definition of Terms" (or "Key Terms," etc.) section is placed within the flow of the document's main text, usually in the first chapter. Traditionally, at least as I have seen it done, the section would focus on the terms essential to understanding the bulk of the discussion. A more

[Forum] rack vs. wrack

[i]The Associated Press Stylebook[/i] says to use a [i]w[/i] for the word [i]wrack[/i] when it means "ruin or destruction" and generally is confined to the phrase [i]wrack and ruin[/i] and [i]wracked with doubt (or pain)[/i]. Traditionally, is this truly correct? I think that the "w" spelling is inc

[Forum] Verb tense for the findings of a report?

As part of my job, I edit reports written by clinical specialists who have reviewed patient charts from inpatient rehabilitation facilities. The specialists provide their findings about various topics and documents, followed by their recommendations. Traditionally, research papers and reports are

[Forum] Use of [sic]

This is a fairly urgent deadline question... CMOS 13.61 says "sic" is traditionally set in italics and may be inserted in brackets, which the example shows set in roman. However, CMOS 13.61 doesn't specify what to do if the surrounding text is itself italicized? Would the brackets remain roman and "