[Forum] RE: Proofreading markup process

As an aside, some of our proofreaders use a tablet and a pen to mark a PDF file. It's pretty cool! We're moving toward that instead of paper proofs whenever it's feasible, which really depends on the type of computer and software the proofreader has. It's similar to marking up a paper proof, but wit

[Forum] Paper title w/in quote

Hi, I've looked through my copy of the 16th edition of CMoS and haven't been able to locate the answer, but I have a sentence in quotes and within those quotation marks a paper is named. Now should that paper have "..." or '...' ? singular or double marks?

[Forum] How to cite paper and appendix

Hi, I wonder how to cite a research paper and the corresponding online appendix to this paper in my work? Should I use let's say Author (2005a) for the paper and Author (2005b) for the corresponding appendix? Thanks in advance!

[Forum] RE: Rock paper scissors

My first inclination was to hyphenate, but you could also put them in quotes or commas and caps as it appears to be commonly done: https://www.google.com/search?q=rock+paper+scissors&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1#tbm=bks&q=%22rock+paper+scissors%22 I don't think copyright is the necessary requ

[Forum] Quotation citing other references

I am writing a paper and I want to quote a paragraph from a book I wrote. This paragraph makes reference to nine other sources that are well documented in the bibliography of the book. I will cite the paragraph in this new paper and include an entry for the book in the paper's bibliography. Shou

[Forum] RE: Title of white paper treatment

If you are making reference to the paper in general, straight Roman is fine. No caps, no italics. "When the government released its white paper on energy consumption in 1984 . . ." If you're referring to it by title I would cap and italicize it. "When the government released [i]We Must Meet

[Forum] nouns as verbs

MW doesn't have an entry for paper clip as a verb. How would you handle it? Author has written it as paperclipped, which I like. But should it be  paper-clipped paper clipped or as written: paperclipped ? Thanks!

[Forum] RE: punctuation for a pair of quotes

I'd also edit the words a bit. "The two questions of this paper are..." I'd change to "The two question addressed by this paper are...."

[Forum] RE: "Jim and me" or "Jim and I"?

Right. That is the easy test for the I/me question. If you're ever confused about whether to use I or me, just drop the other person and see what you would use naturally. Please give the paper to either Bob or I/me when you've signed it. Please give the paper to I when you've signed it. Please

[Forum] Frequent imperial measures in scientific paper

I'm copyediting a paper on oil drill recovery for a science journal. Many of the measures, particularly for pipe diameters, are in inches; I suspect it's a convention used in the industry, so more immediately recognizable by the readers. The journal's style requires they be accompanied by their metr