[Forum] punctuation

Embarrassed to admit that sometimes I'm still unsure whether to use a colon or a semi-colon! Which should I use in the following sentence? Others find it useful: some remarkable virtual and hybrid projects are made by MIT students in INTM and Industrial Design. Thanks for any help you can off

[Forum] Punctuation

I'm editing a book where the author makes frequent use of direct questions. I'd like to create a style guide for future books in the series. Can someone help me with punctuation in terms of colon or no colon, capital or no capital after the colon, question mark or no question mark, vertical list or

[Forum] RE: Complex & Interesting Sentence

The colon entry, [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch06/ch06_sec059.html]6.59[/url], is short, and it contains this statement: "The colon should generally convey the sense of 'as follows.'" It only mentions complete clauses to compare the colon with the semicolon. Even the Great Stylebook

[Forum] RE: Colons

I also prefer the colon for the reasons Ray and Lorem Ipsum explain. It does introduce an amplification of the previous phrase and seems to me more powerful and correct than an em-dash. It might seem wrong to you because we seem to see em-dashes used for this purpose more often these days. But t

[Forum] RE: Complex & Interesting Sentence

Thank you, DoreenSkala, for your reply. You mention that the bare colon is fine. Yet, in the new [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/qanda/latest.html]CMoS Questions and Answers[/url] that came out today, there's a question that seems to cast some doubt. [quote][i]Q. Which of the followin

[Forum] RE: Capitalization with colon in heading

[quote='carteredit' pid='892' dateline='1271782224'] The manuscript I'm editing includes two levels of heads within chapters. Some of the heads include a colon. Here are two examples. Cape Mendocino: A Focus for Land Dispute The Final Battle: the Tugboat [i]Ranger[/i] Arrives I know that when

[Forum] RE: capitalizing after a colon

But Tut, the 17th has a different section that specifically mentions when the words after the colon constitute a question. Then, they say to capitalize. Does that section not exist in the 15th?

[Forum] Use of more than one colon in a sentence

I'm pretty sure that there's a comment in [i]CMOS[/i] somewhere about avoiding the use of more than one colon in a single sentence. However, I can't find the reference, and need to cite it in my edits.  Thanks for any clues.

[Forum] RE: period before colon

Hi, and welcome to the CMOS forum. If this is the format you're using for your notes and bibliography, there's no reason why you can't have a colon after an abbreviation that ends with a period. It's rather common, in fact.

[Forum] RE: Colon

I don't think there's any particular rule about this. It's really a design matter. I prefer the colon if there won't be any special design treatment of "notes," for no reason other than because it provides a clear demarcation and indicates that a list follows.