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| two spaces after a period, falling in line with AP style. Is this correct? A. Don’t believe everything...seventh edition of its style manual, published in late 2019—recommends more than one space after a period ...FAQ Item One Space or Two? Q. I saw someone sharing a post recently stating that you now support... |
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| the end. … Note the space after the period. This ellipsis is preceded by a comma, … with similar...of “…” with “. . .”—making sure to include a nonbreaking space before and after the middle period and...line when using the Unicode ellipsis rather than three spaced periods? Example: Should there be a... |
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| leaving two spaces after colons and periods. This practice is discouraged by the University of Chicago...FAQ Item One Space or Two? Q. Help. How many spaces do you leave after a colon in a manuscript? A.... One space after a colon. There is a traditional American typing practice, favored by some, of... |
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| Manual of Style changed from recommending two spaces after a period (or any other end-sentence...can tell, the 14th edition of CMOS (1993) was the first to use a single space after a period in its...punctuation) to a single space? I’m looking for a year and/or edition and also a reason. A. As far as I... |
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| use Chicago’s spaced periods? A. Either way is OK as long as you’re consistent. If you use the...ellipsis character, put a space before and after it … like that. At the end of a sentence, it follows a... period and a space, like this. … If a comma or other punctuation follows, close it up to the ellipsis... |
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| period after suspension points, such as, “He walked the dog yesterday. . . .” Is it okay to have four...not sure . . .”) By convention, this period is placed before the ellipsis, not after, so if there...example the first dot is a period, used when a quotation forms a grammatically complete sentence followed... |
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| —” “Might what?” A period after the dash would suggest that the sentence had come to an end rather than...might—. Oh, it’s no use.” Either option could work (and note the space after the dash in the first one... period if it’s the terminus of the sentence? Thanks! A. You could try it, but there are probably... |
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| (3.1, 3.2, etc.) is a full stop placed after the number and before the space separating it from the...table title? A. This is usually a design decision rather than an editorial one. You can see examples of it with and without the period at CMOS 3.54.... |
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| ). Should there be periods? Should it be spaced or together? This is for a children’s book. A...FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. When a person is referred to by first-name initials after the first... |
Chicago Style Then and Now - CMOS Shop Talk
| space after the period in the third line of text in this screenshot from the beginning of the...). The first edition specified periods for all initialisms and, in many cases, a full space between...letters. Initials for degrees and other titles after a name were an exception, getting periods but no... |
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