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| to this comment from an Amazon reviewer: “U.S. is spelled US throughout the book; D.C. is also... spelled without the accurate punctuation. That sort of inattention to accuracy is inexcusable.” The... |
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| parentheses after the spelled-out version. If the spelled-out version is possessive, does the acronym... |
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| when the phrase is completely spelled out? A. In the spelled-out version, simply cap as you would if an... |
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| FAQ Item Proper Names Q. When spelling last names, are there rules? We have family names like... spelling place-names, there is a space—Los Angeles would never be spelled without the space—right? I am... |
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| FAQ Item Usage and Grammar Q. My question concerns the use of British vs. American spellings in..., we are changing British to American spellings per our in-house style guide. But there are quite a...were submitted with British spellings. Should these quotes be changed to American spellings to... |
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| “spell-checkers” on their computers. Surely they mean “spelling-checkers” don’t they? I’ve always...thought that only wizards use “spell-checkers”—what do you think? I love CMOS—read it all the time—I...of a phrase can be displayed are probably partly to blame for the ubiquitous phrases “spell checker... |
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| FAQ Item Numbers Q. Regarding spelling out round numbers over one hundred—how should we handle...like one thousand. And if it should be spelled out, which is preferred, “one thousand five hundred” or...followed by hundred, thousand, or hundred thousand are usually spelled out.” The spelled-out form... |
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| numbers or spelled out? “Room 305, down the hall.” Or “Room three oh five, down the hall.” Q. I’m...currently editing a novel and having difficulty discerning whether Chicago would spell out temperatures or...these two questions. First, though numbers are often spelled out in dialogue (to help readers understand... |
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| from the Department of Theatre (the university’s determined spelling), which should I go with? A.... Proper names must not be edited for style or spelling. Just as an editor would not change the... spelling of your name, a street name, or the name of a retail product for consistency, the name of a... |
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| FAQ Item You Could Look It Up Q. I have always been taught that there are two ways to spell ...completely and feels that dietitian is the wrong spelling and therefore should never be used. Another...friend of mine says that dietitians spell it with a t. I am really curious. . . . What is the correct... |
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