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Spelling in Context Choosing Variants - CMOS Shop Talk
| Spelling in Context: Choosing Variants - CMOS Shop Talk CMOS Shop Talk From the Chicago Manual of...Manual of Style Contact Join Spelling in Context: Choosing Variants Chicago Manual / February 8, 2022...Variant spellings take a toll on editors everywhere. The minutes tick away whenever we leave our... |
Chicago Style Workout 58 Spell-Check Won’t Save You - CMOS Shop Talk
| Chicago Style Workout 58: Spell-Check Won’t Save You - CMOS Shop Talk CMOS Shop Talk From the...The Chicago Manual of Style Contact Join Chicago Style Workout 58: Spell-Check Won’t Save You Chicago...workout focuses on some commonly confused homophones and uncommon variant spellings that can slip by... |
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| . We have to follow UK spelling. Per the dictionary, sulfur is the US spelling and sulphur is the UK... spelling. But in one chapter the author has used sulfur and in another chapter sulphur. Since we are...following UK spelling, can we change sulfur to sulphur? Or, per CMOS, since the IUPAC recommended... |
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| texts. Can I silently change British spellings (such as “colour”) into American spellings in quotations...rule of copyediting: First, do no harm. If you decide to change the spellings, you could note...somewhere that quotations have been edited for spelling and punctuation. For a list of permissible changes to quotations, please see CMOS 13.7.... |
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| FAQ Item Numbers Q. In a work of fiction, should all numbers be spelled out in dialogue? A. Spell ... |
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| FAQ Item Proper Names Q. Does the CMOS have a preferred spelling list of prominent Iraqi proper...names, cities, and towns? Different publications use different spellings, but I would like to adhere to...the CMOS preferences. A. No, sorry. CMOS is not the right place to list current spellings of the... |
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| FAQ Item Proper Names Q. I know that we should follow the spelling of names of organizations, even...when the spelling isn’t Chicago style (e.g., United Nations Development Programme). But what about...write “Center.” The translated name isn’t the official corporate name, so you are free to apply your own regional spelling preferences.... |
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| spelling out numbers under 10 (Chicago’s alternative rule), or would you still spell out “zero” and... |
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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. CMOS recommends spelling out terms on first mention in each chapter. I’m...considering spelling out my commission’s name on first mention in each section and subsection. Do...you think that’s overkill? I’m thinking about spelling it out in sections that stand out, such as text... |
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| FAQ Item Numbers Q. I’m editing a book that follows Chicago’s general rule for spelling out numbers...zero through one hundred. In the construction “on a scale of 1 to 10,” would you spell out the...popular if CMOS 9.2 didn’t advise spelling out numbers one through one hundred in most contexts? Maybe... |
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