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[16th ed.]
7.11 Plural form of italicized words
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.11 Plural form of italicized words If italicized terms — names...of newspapers, titles of books, and the like — are used in the plural, the s is normally set in roman.... A title already in plural form, however, may be left unchanged. In case of doubt, avoid the plural ... |
[16th ed.]
7.5 Standard plural forms
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.5 Standard plural forms Most nouns form their plural by adding s...help with such plural forms as thumbs , churches , fixes , or boys , and these are not listed in...accommodate the correct plural forms in their search engines.) Most dictionaries do, however, give plural ... |
[16th ed.]
9.54 Plural numbers
| Search The Chicago Manual of Style --> --> --> 9: Numbers Chapter Contents » Plurals and...Punctuation of Numbers 9.54 Plural numbers Spelled-out numbers form their plurals as other nouns do (see 7.5...form their plurals by adding s . No apostrophe is needed. Among the scores were two 240s and three... |
[16th ed.]
7.6 Alternative plural forms
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.6 Alternative plural forms Where Webster’s gives two forms of...the plural — whether as primary and secondary variants, like zeros and zeroes , or as equal variants..., different forms of the plural are used for different purposes. A book may have two indexes and a... |
[16th ed.]
7.12 Plural form for words in quotation marks
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.12 Plural form for words in quotation marks The plural of a word...from Chicago’s former preference). If the result is awkward, reword. Chicago discourages a plural ... |
[16th ed.]
7.7 Plurals of compound nouns
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.7 Plurals of compound nouns Webster’s gives the plural form of... |
[16th ed.]
7.61 Plurals of letters
| 7.61 Plurals of letters As an aid to legibility (compare “two a s in llama ” with “two a ’s in llama...”), the plural of single lowercase letters is formed by adding an apostrophe before the s . The s is...apostrophe in the plural. To prevent misreading, avoid beginning a sentence with the plural of “A” or “I... |
[16th ed.]
7.8 Plurals of proper nouns
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.8 Plurals of proper nouns Names of persons and other capitalized...nouns normally form the plural by adding s or es . Rare exceptions, including the last example, are...never used to form the plural of a family name: “The Jeffersons live here” ( not “Jefferson’s”). For... |
[16th ed.]
7.14 Plurals for letters, abbreviations, and numerals
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.14 Plurals for letters, abbreviations, and numerals Capital...letters used as words, numerals used as nouns, and abbreviations usually form the plural by adding s.... To aid comprehension, lowercase letters form the plural with an apostrophe and an s . For some... |
[16th ed.]
7.9 Plural form for Native American group names
| Compounds Chapter Contents » Plurals 7.9 Plural form for Native American group names According to...current preference, names of Native American groups usually form their plural by adding s . In earlier... |
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