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                                     INDEX

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     [Numbers in parentheses refer to rules; italic indicates exact 
              terminology; bold indicates chapter heading]


                                 A

Abbreviations and letter symbols (9.1-9.63)......................147-170
  Addresses:
    Correspondence (16.3, 16.9-16.16).......................217, 219-220
    Ordinals (12.10).................................................185
    signatures, lists of names (9.37, 16.3).....................152, 217
    street (9.16-9.19, 13.6)................................149-150, 191
  article, section (9.39)............................................153
  Calendar divisions (9.44-9.46, 13.5)..........................154, 191
  Closed up, with periods (9.7)......................................147
  College degrees (9.32, 9.35-9.36).............................152, 153
  Comma before and after (8.39)......................................131
  Company, etc. (9.25)...............................................150
    Not abbreviated (9.26)...........................................151
  Congressional terms (9.30, 9.41-9.43, 13.11)..............152-154, 191
  Dates (9.44-9.47, 13.5).......................................154, 191
  et al., etc. (3.53, 8.59)......................................33, 133
  Figure, not abbreviated (9.40).....................................153
  Foreign countries (9.11)...........................................148
  Geographic terms (9.9-9.15)....................................148-149
  Land descriptions (9.20-9.22, 13.9)...........................150, 191
  Latin (9.63, 11.3)............................................168, 177
  Lists (9.61-9.63)..............................................158-170
  Measures, weights, etc. (9.5, 9.50-9.59)..................147, 155-157
  Metric (9.56-9.57).............................................156-157
  Money (9.60, 12.9k)...........................................157, 184
    Foreign..........................................................236
  Numerals used with (9.5, 9.51, 13.4).....................147, 155, 191
  Organized bodies (9.8).............................................148
  Parts of publications (9.38-9.40, 13.10)......................153, 191
  Period used (8.103-8.114)......................................139-140
    Not used (8.115-8.123)...........................................141

  Preparing copy (2.21-2.24)..........................................11

  Provinces, etc. (9.15).............................................149

  Senator, Representative (9.30).....................................152

  States (9.12-9.13).............................................148-149

  Tabular work (13.4-13.13)......................................191-192

  Territories and possessions (9.14).................................149

  Time zones (9.47)..................................................154

  Titles, civil and military (9.29)..................................151
  U.S.:
    Before Government or Government organization (9.9, 3.7).....148, 191
      As adjective (9.10, 13.7).................................148, 191
  Vessels (9.27, 11.6)..........................................151, 177
able, words ending in (5.11)..........................................70
Accents:
  Anglicized and foreign words (5.3-5.4)...........................67-68
  Geographic names (5.20-5.21)........................................72
  List (10.18-10.19).............................................174-176
Acronyms, coined words and symbols (9.48)............................155
  Plurals (8.11, 8.13)...............................................127
Adjectives:
  Capitalization (3.5-3.6)............................................33
  Nationalities......................................................233
Adverbs:
  Ending in ly (6.20).................................................78
Advice to authors and editors (1.1-1.23).............................1-6
Agricultural weights and measures....................................240
Allmark (2.103-2.104, 2.112, 2.117)...............................19, 20
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)........................2, 3
Ampersand (&):
  Comma omitted before (8.56)........................................133
  Firm names (9.25)..................................................150
  Index entries (15.27)..............................................214
Anglicized foreign words (5.3-5.4)....................................67
anyone, any one (6.12)................................................76
Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18)...........................125-128
  Abbreviations (8.11-8.12)..........................................127
  Authentic form in names to be followed (8.6).......................126
  Coined plurals (8.11)..............................................127
  Contractions (8.11)................................................127
  Possessive (8.3-8.8, 8.10).....................................125-126
  Pronouns (8.8-8.9).................................................126
  Spelled-out words (8.13)...........................................127
Appellations (3.31)...................................................29
appendix:
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
  Footnote numbering (15.2)..........................................211
  Part of book (2.3m).................................................10

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  Plural form (5.10)..................................................69
Area:
  Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
  Metric equivalents.................................................239
article:
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
  Capitalization (3.11-3.12, 3.49)................................25, 33
  Caps and small caps (9.39).........................................153
  Not abbreviated (9.40).............................................153
Assembly:
  Legislative.........................................................50
  United Nations (3.17)...........................................26, 60
association (9.25)...............................................37, 150
Asterisk(s):
  Ellipses (8.77)....................................................136
  Footnote reference (13.68-13.69, 15.13-15.14, 15.17)..........198, 212
Astronomical:
  Bodies, capitalization (3.30).......................................29
  Time (12.9b).......................................................182
Astrophysical abbreviations (9.59)...................................157
Atomic numbers, etc. (10.16).........................................173


                                 B

Backstrips, run down (2.20)...........................................11
Base lines and meridians.............................................227
basin.................................................................48
B.C. (9.61, 12.9c)..............................................158, 183
Bible, etc. (3.33)................................................29, 38
Bibliography:
  Footnote numbering (15.2)..........................................211
  Government publications (1.22).......................................2
  Part of book (2.31).................................................10
  References (2.130, 8.29, 8.58)............................22, 130, 133
Bill style (2.41).....................................................14
Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.16)................................2
Board on Geographic Names (5.20, 5.21)................................72
Boldface:
  Page numbers, contents (15.30).....................................214
  Punctuation (8.150)................................................145
Braces:
Equations (10.14)....................................................172
Brackets (8.19-8.22).............................................128-129
  Dates abbreviated in (9.45)........................................154
  Emphasis added, etc. (8.19)........................................128
  Equations (8.21, 10.14).......................................129, 172
  Headnotes (13.88-13.89)............................................200
  More than one paragraph (8.22).....................................129
  Type (8.150).......................................................145
Bylines in parentheses (8.101).......................................139


                                 C

Calendar divisions:
  Abbreviations (9.44-9.46, 13.5)...............................154, 191
  Capitalization (3.23)...............................................28
called, so-called (8.128)............................................142
Capacity:
  Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
  Metric equivalents.................................................239
Capitalization rules (3.1-3.57)....................................23-34
  Addresses, salutations, and signatures (3.55, 16.2)............34, 217
  Articles, definite (3.11-3.12)......................................25
  Calendar divisions (3.23)...........................................28
  Common nouns and adjectives (3.5-3.9)............................23-24
  Continued (13.37)..................................................195
  Countries, domains (3.19-3.20)......................................27
  Fanciful appellations (3.31)........................................29
  Firm names..........................................................46
  First words (3.42-3.45)..........................................31-32
  Heads, center and side (3.46-3.54)...............................32-33
  Historic and documentary work (3.57)................................34
  Historic events (3.24)..............................................28
  Holidays, etc. (3.24)...............................................28
  Interjections (3.56)................................................34
  Organized bodies (3.17-3.18).....................................26-27
  Particles (3.13-3.16)............................................25-26
  Proper names (3.2)..................................................23
    Derivatives (3.3, 3.4)............................................23
  Religious terms (3.33)...........................................29-30
  Scientific names (3.26-3.30)........................................29
  Soil names (3.29)...................................................29
  Titles:
    Persons (3.34-3.37)............................................30-31
    Publications, etc. (3.38-3.41)
                                                                      31
  Trade names and trademarks (3.25)...................................28
Capitalization examples............................................35-62
Capitals, foreign....................................................228
Caps and small caps:
  Abbreviation (9.61)................................................158
  article, section (9.39)............................................153
  Capitalization, in heads (3.46, 3.49, 3.51-3.54)................32, 33
  Congressional work.................................................297
  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (9.37, 16.3).............152, 217
  Figure (2.71, 8.112)...........................................16, 140
  Heads spaced with regular justification spaces (2.50)...............14
  Note (8.107, 13.53)...........................................139, 197
  Quotation marks in (11.10).........................................178
  Use of in hearings (8.19)..........................................128
  Vessel names (11.6)................................................177
Celsius (9.53, 9.62)............................................155, 164
Centerheads. (See Heads, center and side.)
Chair (3.32)......................................................29, 40
Chairman (3.35)...................................................30, 40
chapter:
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
  Alignment, in contents (15.28).....................................214
  Capitalization (3.9)............................................24, 40
Chemical:
  Elements:
    Abbreviations (10.16)............................................173
    Atomic numbers, etc. (10.16)
                                                                     173
    Compounding (6.43)................................................82
    List (10.16).....................................................173
    Numerals (6.43, 10.16).......................................82, 173
    Symbols (10.16)..................................................173
  Formulas (6.44, 12.15).........................................82, 186

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  Symbols:
    Preparing copy (2.33-2.34)........................................13
    Set in roman (10.16).............................................173
church (3.33).....................................................29, 40
  and state (3.19)................................................27, 40
Ciphers:
  Leaderwork (14.7-14.8).............................................208
  Numerals (12.9d)...................................................183
  Tabular work (13.29-13.36).....................................194-195
Citations:
  Abbreviations (9.42, 9.43, 9.45)...............................153-154
  Biblical, etc. (8.28)..............................................130
  Italic (11.3, 11.8)...........................................177, 178
  Punctuation (8.96, 8.97)...........................................138
Civil and military titles:
  Abbreviations (9.29-9.37)......................................151-153
  Capitalization (3.34-3.37).......................................30-31
  Plurals (5.8).......................................................68
coast (3.22)......................................................28, 40
Code (3.38).......................................................31, 40
Colon (8.23-8.33)................................................129-130
  Affecting use of numerals (12.8)...................................182
  After salutations (8.25, 16.15)...............................129, 220
  Biblical and bibliographic citations (8.28, 8.29, 12.7).......130, 182
  Capitalization following (3.42, 3.44, 8.24, 8.25)..........31, 32, 129
  Ratio (8.31, 8.32).................................................130
  Subentries (8.27, 14.15)......................................129, 208
Colony (3.19).....................................................27, 41
Combining forms (6.29-6.35)........................................80-81
Comma (8.34-8.49)................................................130-132
  Chemical formulas (6.44)............................................82
  Compound sentences (8.43)..........................................131
  Omitted (8.50-8.59)............................................132-133
  Semicolon, used with (8.145).......................................144
commandant (9.30)....................................................152
Commander in Chief (3.35).............................................30
  Compounding (6.40)..................................................82
  Plural (5.8)........................................................68
Commission (3.17).................................................26, 41
Committee.............................................................41
Company:
  Abbreviation (9.25-9.26).......................................150-151
  Ampersand with (9.25)..............................................150
  List................................................................46
Compass directions:
  Abbreviations (9.50)...............................................155
  Capitalization (3.22)...............................................28
  Compound words (6.14)...............................................77
  Land description (9.21)............................................150
Compounding examples (7.1-7.14)...................................85-124
Compounding rules (6.1-6.52).......................................75-84
  Chemical terms (6.42-6.44)..........................................82
  Civil and military titles (6.40-6.41)...............................82
  Fractions (6.38, 12.26-12.28)..................................81, 188
  General rules (6.4-6.7)..........................................75-76
  Improvised compounds (6.46-6.52)....................................83
  Numerical compounds (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)......................81-82, 184
  Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms (6.29-6.35)..............80-81
    Short prefixes (6.7)..............................................76
  Scientific and technical terms (6.42-6.45)..........................82
  Solid compounds (6.8-6.14).......................................76-77
  Unit modifiers (6.15-6.28).......................................77-80
  Units of measurement (6.45).........................................82
Congressional:
  Abbreviations (9.41-9.43, 13.11)..........................153-154, 191
  Capitalization (3.17)...............................................26
  Ordinals (12.10-12.13).............................................185
Congressional Record.............................................257-296
  Addresses and signatures...........................................267
  Call of the House..................................................266
  Capitalization.....................................................258
  Caps and small caps................................................261
  Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union........264, 281
  Credits............................................................268
  Extensions of Remarks.........................................270, 284
  Extracts...........................................................269
  Figures............................................................259
  Forms of titles....................................................266
  General rules......................................................257
  Index..............................................................288
  Miscellaneous......................................................260
  Parentheses and brackets...........................................263
  Poetry.............................................................268
  Proceedings:
    House............................................................279
    Senate...........................................................271
  Punctuation........................................................262
  Speech heads.......................................................270
  Tabular matter.....................................................259
  Voting:
    House and Committee of the Whole.................................264
    Pairs............................................................266
    Yeas and nays....................................................265
Congressional work:
  Back title.........................................................309
  Cover and title pages.........................................307, 308
  Reports and hearings...............................................297
Consonants:
  a, an, before (5.16-5.19)...........................................72
  Doubled (5.14, 5.15)............................................71, 72
  Hyphen, to avoid tripling (6.7).....................................76
Contents (15.20-15.30)...........................................212-214
  Part of book (2.3i, 2.12).......................................10, 11
  Type (15.28-15.30).................................................214
Contractions: Apostrophe to indicate (8.11, 8.12)....................127
Copy
(see also Preparing copy):
  Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.16)..............................2
  Corrections marked (1.20-1.21).......................................2
  Covers to be indicated (1.14)........................................2
  Fold-ins, avoid use of (1.15)........................................2
  Folioing looseleaf or perforated work (1.13).........................1
  Follow Style Manual (1.1)............................................1
  Footnote references (1.8)............................................1
  Illustrations:
    Instructions (1.9).................................................1

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    Position (1.9).....................................................1
    Separate sheets (1.9)..............................................1
  Legible (1.3)........................................................1
  Numbering (1.4)......................................................1
  Paper stock (1.17)...................................................2
  Paragraph, begin with (1.5)..........................................1
  Proofreader's marks (1.23)...........................................4
  Proper names, signatures, etc., plainly marked (1.6).................1
  Reprint, in duplicate (1.4)..........................................1
  Style sheets furnished (1.12)........................................1
  Trim size (1.12, 1.18)............................................1, 2
  Typewritten, one side only (1.4).....................................1
Corrections:
  Author's (1.20-1.21).................................................2
  Proofreading (2.79-2.80)............................................17
Counties and geographic divisions................................243-256
Cover: Kind, to be indicated (1.14, 2.5)...........................2, 10
Crown (3.35)......................................................30, 43


                                 D

Dagger (13.69, 15.14)...........................................198, 212
Dash (8.60-8.75).................................................133-135
  Em dash (8.60-8.70)............................................133-134
  En dash (8.72-8.75)................................................135
    Figures, letters, or figures and letters (8.72-8.73, 
      9.8, 12.7)...........................................135, 148, 182
    Not to be used for and (8.75)................................... 135
    Not to be used for to (8.74, 13.111)........................135, 202
  Proportion (8.32)..................................................130
Date columns. (See Tabular work.)
Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.1-16.28)................217-224
Dates:
  Abbreviations (9.44-9.45, 13.5)...............................154, 191
  A.D., B.C. (8.52, 12.9c)......................................132, 183
  Commas with (8.49, 8.52, 12.9c)...............................132, 183
  En dash (8.73-8.75, 12.9c)....................................135, 183
  Ordinals in (12.10, 12.19)....................................185, 186
  Roman numerals (12.29).............................................189
  Tabular work (13.5)................................................191
Days:
  Abbreviations (9.46)...............................................154
  Holidays, etc. (3.24)...............................................28
Decimals:
  Alignment (2.27, 13.31)........................................12, 195
  Ciphers with (13.29-13.33).........................................194
  Comma omitted (8.54)...............................................133
  Used with numerals (12.9d).........................................183
Decorations, medals, etc..............................................43
Decree:
  Executive.......................................................43, 45
  Royal (3.38)................................................31, 43, 56
Degree mark:
  Repeated (10.6)....................................................171
  Spacing (12.9f)....................................................183
  With figures (9.50-9.51, 9.53, 10.6, 12.9f)..............155, 171, 183
Degrees
(scholastic, etc.):
  Abbreviations (9.32, 9.33, 9.35-9.36)..............................152
    Closed up (9.7)..................................................147
  Capitalization (9.36)..............................................152
  Sequence of (9.35).................................................152
Deity, words denoting (3.33)......................................29, 43
Derivatives:
  Compounds (6.6).....................................................75
  Proper names (3.3-3.4)..............................................23
  Scientific names (3.26-3.29)........................................29
Devil, etc. (3.33)....................................................29
diseases and related terms............................................44
do. (ditto):
  Leaderwork (14.4, 14.6).......................................207, 208
  Tabular work (13.41-13.50).........................................196
dollar:
  Abbreviation (9.60)................................................157
  Leaderwork (14.7-14.8).............................................208
  Mark (9.60, 12.9k)............................................157, 184
    Repeated (10.6)..................................................171
  Tabular work (13.51-13.56).........................................197
Dr.(9.29, 9.33).................................................151, 152
  Not used with other titles (9.33)..................................152


                                 E

Earth (3.30)......................................................29, 45
Editorial marks (illustration).........................................4
Editors and authors, suggestions (1.1-1.23)..........................1-5
Ellipses (8.77-8.82).................................................136
Emphasis, italic not used (11.2)
                                                                     177
Emphasis added, etc. (11.4)..........................................177
Equations (10.8-10.15)...............................................172
Esq.: Abbreviation (9.32, 9.33, 9.37)...........................152, 153
etc., et cetera (2.28)................................................12
et seq. (11.3).......................................................177
Even space after sentences (2.49)
                                                                      14
everyone, every one (6.12).........................................76-77
Exclamation point (8.83-8.85)....................................136-137
Extracts:
  Footnotes (15.8)...................................................211
  Quotation marks omitted (2.24)
                                                                      11


                                 F

Fahrenheit (9.53)....................................................155
False title (2.3b).....................................................9
FIC & punc. (2.38)..........................................13, 257, 297
figure (2.71, 3.9)................................................16, 24
  Not abbreviated (9.40).............................................153
  Period not used at end (8.112)
                                                                     140
Figures. (See Numerals.)
Firm names. (See Company.)
First words capitalized (3.42-3.45)................................31-32
Flush heads. (See Heads, center and side.)
``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38)..................................13
Fold-ins, oversize, avoided (1.15).....................................2
Footnotes, indexes, contents, and outlines (15.1-15.31)..........211-216
  Leaderwork (14.11-14.13)...........................................208

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  References:
    Comma not used (8.50, 15.19)................................132, 212
    Follow punctuation (15.18).......................................212
    Footnote added (2.97).............................................18
      Eliminated (2.110g).............................................18
    Run across (1.8, 13.71).......................................1, 198
    Sequence (15.14).................................................212
    Superior figures (13.67, 15.12).............................198, 212
  Tabular work (13.66-13.85).....................................198-199
  Text (15.1-15.19)..............................................211-212
Foreign:
  Countries:
    Abbreviations (9.11).............................................148
    Capitals of..................................................228-232
    Heads of state...................................................228
    Money............................................................236
      Abbreviations (9.60)......................................157, 236
    Nationalities....................................................233
  Weights and measures...............................................239
    Metric (9.56-9.57)..........................................156-157,
      
                                                                 239-240
  Words:
    Accents (5.3, 5.4)............................................67, 68
    Compounding (6.24)................................................79
    Italic (11.2)....................................................177
Foreword (2.3f)........................................................9
Fort..................................................................47
  Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
  State name with (9.12).............................................148
Fractions (12.26-12.28)..............................................188
  Comma omitted (8.54, 12.9e, 12.27).......................133, 183, 188
  Hyphen in (6.38-6.39)...........................................81, 82
  Land descriptions (9.20-9.22)......................................150
  Piece and em (12.27)...............................................188
  Spelled out (6.38, 12.26)......................................81, 188
  Tabular work (13.86-13.87).........................................200
    Alignment (13.63)................................................198
Franking privilege (2.129)............................................21
Frontispiece (2.3a)....................................................9
ful, words ending in (5.9)............................................69


                                 G

General instructions (2.1-2.130)....................................7-22
Germany, West, etc. (3.21, 3.22)..............................27, 28, 61
Gospel, etc. (3.33)...............................................29, 48
Government(s) (3.8, 3.20).....................................24, 27, 48
  Departments, capitalization (3.17)..................................26
  Foreign............................................................228
Governor (3.35)...................................................30, 48
Grades, market........................................................51
Gravity terms (9.53).............................................155-156
Guide meridians......................................................227


                                 H

Halftitle:
  Imprint (2.118).....................................................20
  Part of book (2.3j).................................................10
H-bomb, H-hour (6.51).............................................48, 83
Heads, center and side:
  Capitalization (3.46-3.54).......................................32-33
  Tabular work (13.25-13.27).....................................193-194
Heads of state, foreign..............................................228
Holidays, etc. (3.24).............................................28, 49
Holy Scriptures, etc. (3.33)......................................29, 49
Honorable, etc. (9.31)...............................................152
House.................................................................49
Hyphen
(see also Compounding
    rules):
  Chemical formulas (6.43, 6.44)
                                                                      82
  Civil and military titles (5.8, 6.40-6.41)......................68, 82
  Compass directions (6.14)...........................................77
  Division at end of line (8.87).....................................137
  Fractions (12.26, 12.28)...........................................188
  Numerical compounds (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)......................81-82, 184
  Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms (6.7, 6.29-6.35).....76, 80-81
  Scientific terms (6.42-6.44)........................................82
  Unit modifiers (6.15-6.28).......................................77-80
    Not used when meaning is clear (6.16).............................77
    Numerical (6.36-6.39, 12.9o)...........................81-82, 184...


                                 I

ibid, id. (11.3).....................................................177
ible, words ending in (5.11)..........................................70
Illustrations:
  Makeup (2.3i, 2.12, 2.18).......................................10, 11
  Separate sheets (1.9)................................................1
Imprints (2.115-2.120).............................................20-21
  Signature marks (1.16, 2.101, 2.112)..........................2, 19-20
Improvised compounds (6.46-6.52)..................................... 83
Inches, picas converted to...........................................241
Indentions (see also
  Overruns) (2.60-2.66)............................................15-16
  Datelines, addresses and signatures (16.5-16.28)...............217-224
  Do. (13.41-13.50)..................................................196
  Extracts (2.24).....................................................11
  Footnote tables (13.84)............................................199
  Paragraphs (2.60-2.66)...........................................15-16
Index (15.20-15.30)..............................................212-214
  Entries (15.27)....................................................214
  Part of book (2.3n).................................................10
  Plural form (5.10)..................................................69
  Roman numerals (15.22).............................................213
  See, see also (11.11, 15.20)..................................178, 212
Inferior figures and letters:
  Chemical elements (6.43)............................................82
  Chemical formulas (10.16, 11.12, 12.15)..................173, 179, 186
  Equations (10.8)...................................................172
  Italic (10.8, 11.12)..........................................172, 179
  Precede superiors (10.15)..........................................172
  Preparing (2.33)....................................................13
infra:
  Italic (11.3)......................................................177
  Not abbreviated (9.49).............................................155
Integral sign (10.14)................................................172
Interjections:
  Capitalization (3.56)...............................................34
  Exclamation point (8.83-8.85)......................................136
Introduction (2.3f)....................................................9
ise, ize, yze (5.12)..................................................71

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Italic (11.1-11.15)..............................................177-179
  Aircraft (11.6)....................................................177
  ante, post, etc. (11.3)............................................177
  Continued from (11.11).............................................178
  Credit line (8.66).................................................134
  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.5-16.26)..............217-222
  Emphasis (11.2)....................................................177
  Equations (10.7-10.8, 11.12-
    11.13)..................................................171-172, 179
  ``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38)................................13
  Foreign words, etc. (11.2-11.3)....................................177
  Inferior letters (10.8, 11.12)................................172, 179
  infra, supra (11.3)................................................177
  Italic supplied, etc. (11.4).......................................177
  Legal cases (11.8).................................................178
  Legends (2.73, 11.14)..........................................16, 179
  nth degree (11.12).................................................179
  Paragraphs and sections, indicating (11.15)........................179
  Provided, Resolved, etc. (3.45, 11.11).........................32, 178
    To be followed (11.5)............................................177
  Publications, titles of (11.2).....................................177
  Salutations (8.25, 16.14).....................................129, 220
  Scientific names (11.9-11.10)......................................178
  See, see also (11.11, 15.20)..................................178, 212
  Symbols (2.73, 11.12-11.14)....................................16, 179
  Tabular work (13.95-13.96).........................................201
  Units of quantity (13.123, 14.14).............................205, 208
  v. (11.8)..........................................................178
  Vessels (11.6-11.7, 13.95)...............................177, 178, 201
  x dollars (11.12)..................................................179
ize, ise, yze (5.12)..................................................71


                                 J

Journals (2.2).......................................................7-9
Jr., Sr.:
  Abbreviation (9.32, 9.34)..........................................152
  Index entries (15.27)..............................................214
  Punctuation (8.39, 9.34)......................................131, 152
  Type (9.37, 16.3).............................................152, 217


                                 K

King (3.34).......................................................30, 50
known as (8.128).....................................................142


                                 L

Land area abbreviations (9.56).......................................156
Land descriptions (9.20-9.22, 12.9f)............................150, 183
latitude, longitude:
  Abbreviated (9.51, 13.9)......................................155, 191
  Division at end of line (9.52).....................................155
  Spaces omitted (9.51, 12.9f)..................................155, 183
law (3.40)........................................................31, 50
Leaders:
  Abbreviation before (8.123, 13.13)............................141, 192
  Leaderwork (14.1)..................................................207
  Tabular work (13.97-13.101)........................................201
Leaderwork
(see also Tabular work) (14.1-14.20).............................
207-209.................................................................
  Bearoff (14.2).....................................................207
  Clears (14.9)......................................................208
  Columns (14.3).....................................................207
  Continued heads (14.5).............................................208
  Definition (14.1)..................................................207
  Do. (14.6).........................................................208
  Dollar mark and ciphers (14.7-14.8)................................208
  Double up (14.19)..................................................209
  Examples (14.15-14.20).........................................208-209
  Flush items and subheads (14.9-14.10)..............................208
  Footnotes (14.11-14.13)............................................208
  Units of quantity (14.14)..........................................208
Leading and spacing (2.48-2.49)....................................14-15
  Leading:
    Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.4)......................217
    Extracts (2.54-2.57)..............................................15
    Footnotes (2.58)..................................................15
    Legends (2.59)....................................................15
    Line of stars (8.79).............................................136
    page, section, etc., over figure columns (15.21).................213
    Tabular work:
      Boxheads (13.18)...............................................192
      Centerheads (13.25)............................................193
      Footnotes (13.66)..............................................198
  Spacing:
    Abbreviations with points (9.6)................................. 147
    ac, space after in small-cap heads (3.47).........................32
    ampersand (9.7)..................................................147
    article, section (9.39)..........................................153
    Citations (8.28).................................................130
    Clock time (8.26, 12.9b)....................................129, 182
    Colon (8.22-8.33)............................................129-130
    Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.4)......................217
    Degrees:
      College (9.7, 9.32-9.33, 9.35-9.36).......................147, 152
    Ellipses (8.76)..................................................135
      Line of stars (8.79)...........................................136
    Footnote references (15.12)......................................212
      Between references (8.50, 15.19)..........................132, 212
      Symbols (13.69, 15.13)....................................198, 212
    Footnotes, two or more (2.19)
                                                                      11
    Heads, center, side (2.50)........................................14
    Initials, personal name (9.7)................................... 147
    Letters or figures in parentheses (2.40, 8.94)...............13, 138
    Mathematical signs (10.3)........................................171
    Particles (3.48)..................................................32
    Question mark (8.124)............................................142
    Quotation marks (8.127)..........................................142
    Section mark (10.6)..............................................171
    Symbols with figures (10.6)......................................171
Legal cases:
  Capitalization (3.11)...............................................25
  Italic (11.8)......................................................178
Legends
(2.67-2.73)...........................................................
16......................................................................
  Italic symbols (2.73, 11.14)...................................16, 179
  Leading (2.59)......................................................15
  Makeup (2.68, 2.72, 2.96f)......................................16, 18

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  Punctuation (2.70, 8.112)......................................16, 140
  Type (2.69).........................................................16
Legislative bodies, foreign..........................................228
Letter of transmittal (2.3e)...........................................9
Looseleaf work, ``blue'' folios marked (1.13)..........................1
ly, words ending in (6.20)............................................78


                                 M

M., Mlle., etc. (9.29)...............................................151
Magnification symbol (10.3)..........................................171
Magnitudes (9.59)....................................................157
Makeup (2.3-2.19)...................................................9-11
  Backstrips, run down (2.20).........................................11
  Facing pages (2.7)..................................................10
  Fold-ins to be avoided (1.15)........................................2
  Footnotes:
    Leaderwork (14.11-14.13).........................................208
    Tabular work (2.98)...............................................18
      References repeated (2.13, 13.70)..........................11, 198
      Sample.........................................................208
    Text (15.9-15.11)................................................212
  Illustrations (2.67-2.73)...........................................16
  Parts of book (2.3)..................................................9
  Roman numerals (2.4)................................................10
  Running heads and folios (2.10-2.11)................................10
  Signature marks, imprints, etc. (2.103, 2.115-2.128).............19-21
  Signatures, jobs over 4 pages (1.16).................................2
    Avoid over 2 blank pages (1.16)....................................2
  Sink (2.8)..........................................................10
  Title pages (2.5)...................................................10
  Widow lines (2.6)...................................................10
Market grades (3.25)..............................................28, 59
Mathematical equations (10.8-10.15)..................................172
  Signs (10.2, 10.18)...........................................171, 174
Measurement:
  Abbreviations (9.56-9.58)......................................156-157
  Metric equivalents.................................................240
  Numerals (12.9j)...................................................184
Medals, decorations, etc..............................................43
Meridians and base lines.............................................227
Messrs. (9.29).......................................................151
Meteorology signs/symbols (10.18)....................................174
Metric:
  Abbreviations (9.56-9.57)......................................156-157
  Equivalents........................................................239
Military:
  Dates (8.52, 12.9c)...........................................132, 183
  Installations, State name with (9.12)..........................148-149
  Time (12.9b, 12.14)...........................................182, 185
  Titles:
    Abbreviations (9.29).............................................151
    Capitalization (3.35).............................................30
  Units, ordinals used (12.10).......................................185
million, etc.:
  Roman numerals (12.29).............................................189
  Use of figures with (12.24)........................................187
minute:
  Abbreviation (9.58)................................................157
  Latitude, longitude (9.51-9.52, 12.9f)........................155, 183
  Time (12.9b, 12.9n)...........................................182, 184
    Astronomical (9.59, 12.9b)..................................157, 182
Money:
  Abbreviations and symbols (9.60, 12.9k).......................157, 184
  Decimals (12.9k)...................................................184
  Foreign............................................................236
    Abbreviations and symbols........................................236
  Fractions (12.26-12.28)............................................188
Months:
  Abbreviations (9.44-9.45, 13.5)...........................................................154, 191
    mo (9.58)........................................................157
  Punctuation (8.52, 8.74, 8.75, 12.9c)....................132, 135, 183
Moon (3.30).......................................................29, 52
  Signs (10.18)......................................................174
Mount.................................................................48
  Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Mr., Mrs.:
  Abbreviation, when used (9.29).....................................151
  Type (9.37, 16.3).........................................152-153, 217
  With other abbreviations (9.33)....................................152
Mr. Chairman, etc. (3.37).............................................31


                                 N

Nation, etc. (3.19, 3.20).........................................27, 51
Natives:
  Foreign countries..............................................233-235
  States (U.S.) (5.23-5.24)...........................................73
Nature (3.32).........................................................29
Navy, Naval, etc. (3.17)..........................................26, 52
Near East (3.21)..................................................27, 52
Newspapers:
  Capitalization (3.38)...............................................31
  Datelines (16.8)...................................................218
  Italic not used (11.2).............................................177
No., Nos. (9.38).....................................................153
  Not abbreviated (13.22)............................................193
Note (8.107, 13.53).............................................139, 197
Nouns:
  Capitalization (3.5-3.10, 3.49)..............................23-25, 33
  Compounding (6.8-6.11)..............................................76
  Nationalities, foreign.........................................233-235
  Plural forms (5.5-5.10)..........................................68-69
  States, natives of (5.23)...........................................73
nth degree (11.12)...................................................179
Number:
  Abbreviation. (See No.)
  Chemical elements (10.16)..........................................173
  Mark (10.18, 15.15)...........................................174, 212
Numerals (12.1-12.29)............................................181-190
  Age (12.9a)........................................................182
  Beginning a sentence (12.16).......................................186
    Related numerals (12.25).........................................188
  Chemical elements (6.43, 10.16)................................82, 173
  Chemical formulas (6.44, 12.15)................................82, 186
  Clock time (9.54, 12.9b)......................................156, 182
  Colon affecting use (12.8).........................................182
  Compound (6.36-6.39).............................................81-82
  Dates. (See Dates.)

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  Decimals (12.9d)...................................................183
  Degrees (12.9f)....................................................183
  Equations (10.8-10.15).............................................172
  Expressed in figures (12.4-12.15)..............................181-186
  Formal writing (12.19).............................................186
  Fractions. (See Fractions.)
  Hearings, etc. (12.17).............................................186
  Indefinite expressions (12.22).....................................187
  Land descriptions (9.21)...........................................150
  Large numbers (12.20, 12.24).......................................187
  Market quotations (12.9h)..........................................183
  Measurement and time (12.9a-12.9o).............................182-184
    In relation to other figures (12.6)..............................182
  Money (9.60, 12.9k)...........................................157, 184
  Ordinals.
(See Ordinals.)
  Percentage (12.9l).................................................184
  Proportion or ratio (12.9m)........................................184
  Punctuation (8.48, 12.14).....................................132, 185
  Roman. (See Roman numerals.)
  Serial (12.7)......................................................182
  Single:
    10 or more (12.4)................................................181
    Under 10 (12.23).................................................187
    Unit of measurement, etc. (12.6).................................182
  Spelled out (12.16-12.25)......................................186-188
  Tabular work (13.102)..............................................201
  Time (12.9n).......................................................184
  Unit modifiers (6.23, 6.36-6.37, 6.39, 12.9o)..........79, 81, 82, 184
  With abbreviations (9.5, 13.4)................................147, 191


                                 O

O, Oh:
  Capitalization (3.56)...............................................34
  Exclamation point (8.84, 8.85).................................136-137
o, words ending in (5.5)..............................................68
Occident, etc. (3.21, 3.22).......................................27, 53
o'clock (9.55, 12.9b)...........................................156, 182
Office (3.17).....................................................26, 53
Ohio, abbreviation (9.13)............................................149
op. cit. (11.3)......................................................177
Order (3.38)..................................................31, 45, 53
Ordered (3.45, 11.11)............................................32, 178
Ordinals (12.10-12.13, 13.102)..................................185, 201
  Beginning with 10th (12.10)........................................185
  In relation to other ordinals or numerals (12.11)..................185
  Leaderwork (12.13).................................................185
  Military units (12.10).............................................185
  Street address (12.13, 13.6)..................................185, 191
  Tabular work (12.13, 13.102)..................................185, 201
Orient, etc. (3.21, 3.22).....................................27, 28, 53
Outlines:
  Indentions (15.31).................................................214
  Numbering sequence (15.31).........................................214
Overruns
(see also Indentions):
  Addresses, datelines, and signatures (16.5, 16.27)............217, 224
  Center, side heads (2.65-2.66)..................................... 16
  Hanging indentions (2.62-2.63)......................................15
  Indexes (15.23-15.25)..............................................213
  Leaderwork (14.4)..................................................207
  Paragraphs (2.60-2.61)..............................................15
  Tabular work (13.90-13.94).........................................200
    Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).....................200


                                 P

Pact (3.38).......................................................31, 54
page (3.9)............................................................24
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
  Numbers (2.4, 15.22, 15.30)...............................10, 213, 214
Paper stock, kind specified (1.17).....................................2
paragraph (3.9).......................................................24
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Paragraphs:
  Brackets, more than one paragraph (8.22)...........................129
  Indention (2.60-2.61)...............................................15
    Overruns (2.62-2.63)..............................................15
  Italic letters indicating (11.15)..................................179
  Numbering sequence (8.108).........................................139
Parentheses (8.91-8.102).........................................137-139
  Abbreviations in (9.2).............................................147
    Citations or references (9.45)...................................154
    Congressional (9.41-9.43)....................................153-154
    Latitude, longitude (9.51).......................................155
    Parts of publications (9.38).....................................153
    Steamships, railroads (9.27).....................................151
  Alignment in tables (13.59, 13.63).................................198
  Byline (8.101).....................................................139
  Chemical formulas (6.44)............................................82
  Clauses (8.92).....................................................137
  Column numbers or letters (13.23)..................................193
  Enclose letters or figures (8.94)..................................138
    Closed up (8.94, 8.98)...........................................138
  Equations (10.14)..................................................172
  Explanatory word (8.93)............................................137
  More than one paragraph (8.102)................................... 139
  Not part of main statement (8.91)................................. 137
  Paragraph sequence (8.108).........................................139
  Type (8.150).......................................................145
  Verifying numbers (8.95, 12.18)...............................138, 186
  With punctuation (8.96-8.102)..................................138-139
part (3.9)........................................................24, 54
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
Particles (3.13-3.16)..............................................25-26
Parts of books:
  Abbreviations (9.38-9.40)..........................................153
  Capitalization (3.9, 3.38, 3.39)................................24, 31
  Makeup (2.3).........................................................9
  Quotation marks (8.129)............................................142
percent (5.2).........................................................66
  Mark (10.18, 15.15)...........................................174, 212
  Use of figures (12.9l).............................................184
Period (8.103-8.123).............................................139-141
  Abbreviations (8.111, 9.6-9.7)................................140, 147

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    Omitted (8.115-8.123, 9.3, 13.13, 15.23)..........141, 147, 192, 213
  After article, section, etc. (8.113)...............................140
  Boxheads (8.115)...................................................141
  Decimals (8.109, 12.9d, 13.29-13.32).................140, 183, 194-195
  Declarative sentence (8.103).......................................139
  Ellipses (8.76, 8.78)..........................................135-136
  Explanatory matter within parentheses (8.122)......................141
  Indirect question (8.104)..........................................139
  In lieu of parentheses (8.105).....................................139
  Inside-outside quotation marks (8.141-8.142).......................144
  Legends (2.70, 8.112)..........................................16, 140
  Letters used as names (8.117)......................................141
  Metric abbreviations (9.56-9.57)...............................156-157
  Middle initial not abbreviation (8.118)............................141
  Multiplication (8.114).............................................140
  Overruns, in indexes (15.23).......................................213
  Roman numerals (8.120).............................................141
  Run-in sideheads (8.107)...........................................139
  Short name not abbreviation (8.119, 9.23).....................141, 150
  Symbols (8.115)....................................................141
  To indicate thousands (8.110)......................................140
  Words and incomplete statements (8.121)............................141
Periodicals, titles of:
  Capitalization (3.38)...............................................31
  Italic not used (11.2).............................................177
  Makeup (2.2, 2.3)..................................................7-9
Personal names:
  Abbreviations followed (8.119, 9.23)..........................141, 150
  Initials set with space (9.7)......................................147
  Particles (3.13-3.16)............................................25-26
  Variations (8.119, 9.23)......................................141, 150
Personification (3.32)................................................29
Physical divisions of United States................................. 226
Physics, signs and symbols (10.16)...................................173
Physiographic terms..................................................225
Pica conversion table................................................241
Pickup matter (2.31)..................................................12
  Correcting (2.45)...................................................14
place.................................................................54
  Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
  Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
plate (3.9).......................................................24, 54
  Abbreviation (9.38)................................................153
  Numbers aligned (15.28)............................................214
Plurals:
  Apostrophe to indicate (8.3, 8.7, 8.11)........................125-127
  Coined (8.11)......................................................127
  Common noun as part of proper name (3.8)............................24
  Compound words (5.6-5.8)............................................68
  Irregular (5.10)....................................................69
  Latin names (3.28)..................................................29
  Letters and figures (8.11).........................................127
  Nouns ending in ful (5.9)...........................................69
  Nouns ending in o (5.5).............................................68
  Words used as words (8.13).........................................127
Poetry:
  Alignment and indention (8.134)....................................143
  Capitalization of titles (3.39).....................................31
  Credit line (8.66).................................................134
  Quotation marks (3.39, 8.134)..................................31, 143
point.............................................................48, 54
  Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Political parties (3.17)..........................................26, 54
  Adherents (3.18).............................................26-27, 54
port..................................................................54
  Not abbreviated (9.19).............................................150
Possessions (U.S.):
  Abbreviations (9.12, 9.13).....................................148-149
    Not abbreviated (9.14)...........................................149
  Political divisions. (See Counties.)
Possessives and apostrophes. (See Apostrophes and 
  possessives.)
post (11.3)..........................................................177
Post Office...........................................................54
  Box, as part of address.............................................54
  Directory of Post Offices (5.20)....................................72
  ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1).................................132, 217
Preface (2.3g, 2.12)...............................................10-11
Prefixes (6.7, 6.29-6.35)......................................76, 80-81
  Metric (9.56)......................................................156
Preliminary pages (2.3-2.4).........................................9-10
  Roman numerals for (2.4)............................................10
Preparing copy:
  Abbreviations:
    Spelled out (2.43)................................................14
  Bill style (2.41)...................................................14
  Capitalization (2.25, 2.35).....................................12, 13
  Copy kept clean (2.46)..............................................14
  Cut-in notes (2.32).................................................12
  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (2.26).........................12
    Addresses (16.9-16.16).......................................219-220
    Datelines (16.5-16.8)........................................217-218
    Signatures (16.17-16.26).....................................220-222
  Decimals (2.27).....................................................12
  et cetera, etc. (2.28)..............................................12
  Extracts (2.24).....................................................11
  Figures (2.38, 2.40)................................................13
  ``Fol.,'' ``Fol. lit.,'' etc. (2.38-2.40).......................... 13
  Folioing and stamping (2.29)........................................12
  Footnotes and reference marks:
    Tabular work (13.66-13.85)...................................198-199
    Text (15.1-15.19)............................................211-212
  Heads (2.30, 3.46-3.54)......................................12, 32-33
  Instructions to be followed (2.42)..................................14
  Italic (2.26, 2.38).............................................12, 13
  Pickup (2.31).......................................................12
  Plurals (2.36, 8.13)...........................................13, 127
  Punctuation followed (2.38-2.41).................................13-14
  Sidenotes (2.32)....................................................12
  Signs, symbols, etc. (2.33-2.34)....................................13
  Type to indicate shape (2.35-2.37)..................................13
  Type. (See Type.)
Prepositions (3.49)...................................................33
  In compound nouns (6.47)............................................83

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Pronouns:
  Compounding (6.12, 6.13)........................................76, 77
  Possessive (8.8-8.9)...............................................126
Proofreader's marks (1.23).............................................4
Proofreading (2.74-2.87)...........................................16-17
Proofs:
  Clean (2.46)........................................................14
  Department (1.19-1.21)...............................................2
Proportion (8.32, 12.9m)........................................130, 184
Provided, etc.:
  Capitalization following (3.45).....................................32
  Italic (3.45, 11.11)...........................................32, 178
Province (3.19)...................................................27, 54
  Not abbreviated (9.15).............................................149
Public Law, etc. (3.38)...........................................31, 54
  Not abbreviated (9.41, 9.43)..................................153, 154
Publications. (See Periodicals.)
Punctuation (8.1-8.150)..........................................125-145
  Abbreviations:
    Omitted (8.126, 9.3, 13.13)............................142, 147, 192
    When used (8.39, 9.6).......................................131, 147
  Apostrophe (8.3-8.18)..........................................125-128
  Brackets (8.19-8.22)...........................................128-129
  Colon (8.23-8.33)..............................................129-130
  Comma (8.34-8.59)..............................................130-133
    Before and after abbreviations (8.39)............................131
    Omitted (8.50-8.59)..........................................132-133
    Used (8.34-8.49).............................................130-132
  Dash (em) (8.60-8.70)..........................................133-134
    Not used (8.69-8.70).............................................134
    Used (8.60-8.68).............................................133-134
    (See also Tabular work.)
  Dash (en) (8.72-8.75)..............................................135
    Not used (8.74-8.75).............................................135
    Used (8.72-8.73).................................................135
  Ellipses (8.76-8.82)...........................................135-136
  Exclamation point (8.83-8.84)......................................136
  Function (8.1, 8.2)................................................125
  Hyphen (8.86-8.90).................................................137
    Compounding (6.1-6.52).........................................75-83
  Legends (2.70, 8.112)..........................................16, 140
  Numerals (12.14)...................................................185
  Parentheses (8.91-8.102).......................................137-139
  Period (8.103-8.123)...........................................139-141
    Omitted (8.115-8.123)............................................141
    Used (8.103-8.114)...........................................139-140
  Question mark (8.124-8.126)........................................142
  Quotation marks (8.127-8.144)..................................142-144
    Not used (8.134-8.144).......................................143-144
    Used (8.127-8.133)...........................................142-143
  Semicolon (8.145-8.148)........................................144-145
  Single (8.124, 8.149).........................................142, 145


                                 Q

Quantity. (See Units of quantity.)
quart (9.58).........................................................157
  Metric equivalent..................................................239
quasi, ex, self (6.34)................................................81
Queen (3.35)..........................................................30
Queries:
  Department must answer (1.21)....................................... 2
  Not to be set (2.47)................................................14
  Proofreading (2.75-2.77)............................................16
Question mark (8.124-8.126)..........................................142
  Closed up (8.126)..................................................142
  Direct query (8.45, 8.124)....................................132, 142
  Doubt (8.125, 8.126)...............................................142
  With quotation marks (8.141, 8.144)................................144
Quotation marks (8.127-8.144)....................................142-144
  Addresses, books, etc. (8.129).....................................142
  Called, so-called, etc. (8.128)....................................142
  Direct quotations (8.127)..........................................142
  Display initial with (8.140).......................................144
  Double, single, double (8.144).....................................144
  Entitled, marked, etc. (8.128).....................................142
  Extracts, omitted (2.24, 8.138)................................11, 143
  Indirect quotations (8.139)........................................144
  Letters within a letter (8.131)....................................143
    Complete letter (8.137)..........................................143
  Misnomers, slang, etc. (8.132).....................................143
  More than one paragraph (8.130)................................... 143
  Poetry, alignment (8.134)..........................................143
  Precede footnote references (8.143)................................144
  Punctuation with (8.47, 8.141, 8.142).........................132, 144
  Scientific names (11.10)...........................................178
  Spacing (8.133, 8.144)........................................143, 144
  Vessels (11.7, 11.8)...............................................178
Quotations:
  Capitalization (3.42, 3.43).....................................31, 32
  Comma before (8.35)................................................130
  Ellipses (8.76-8.82)...........................................135-136


                                 R

Railroads, abbreviated (9.27, 13.8).............................151, 191
Reference marks. (See Footnotes and references.)
region (3.9)......................................................24, 55
  Ordinals (12.10)...................................................185
Regular, etc. (3.17)..............................................26, 55
Related numbers:
  Group (12.5, 12.25)...........................................181, 188
  Ordinals (12.10-12.12).............................................185
Religious terms (3.34)............................................30, 55
Report (3.38, 3.39)...............................................31, 55
  With quotation marks (3.39, 8.129).............................31, 142
Reports and hearings.............................................297-312
Representative (3.18).............................................26, 55
  Not abbreviated (9.30).............................................152
Reprint:
  Dates (2.113-2.114).................................................20
  Pickup (2.31).......................................................12
  Set ``all roman (no italic),'' when to set italic (11.5)...........177
  Signature marks (2.126).............................................21
Republic (3.19)...................................................27, 55
reservation (3.5).................................................23, 55
  State name with (9.12).............................................148
Resolution (3.38).................................................31, 55
  Abbreviation (9.42, 13.11)....................................153, 191
Resolved, etc. (3.45).................................................32
  Italic (3.45, 11.11)...........................................32, 178
Reverend, etc. (9.31)................................................152
Revising (2.88-2.100)..............................................17-19

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  Galley (2.88-2.91)...............................................17-18
  Page (2.92-2.98).................................................18-19
  Press (2.99-2.100)..................................................19
road..................................................................55
  Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
  Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Roman numerals...................................................55, 189
  Army corps (12.10).................................................185
  Figure columns:
    Indexes and contents (15.22).................................... 213
    Tabular work (13.62).............................................198
  List (12.29).......................................................189
  Not preferred (12.3)...............................................181
  Period:
    Aligned in contents (15.28)......................................214
    Not used after (8.115-8.123).................................... 141
  Preliminary pages (2.4).............................................10
Royal titles (3.34, 3.35, 3.37)................................30-31, 50
Rules in tables (2.23, 13.3).....................................11, 191
Running heads:
  Copy for, supplied (1.19)............................................2
  Makeup (2.10-2.11)..................................................10
  Period omitted (8.115).............................................141


                                 S

Sales notices (2.121-2.122)...........................................21
Salutation:
  Capitalization (3.55, 16.15)...................................34, 220
  Colon after (8.25, 16.15).....................................129, 220
  Italic (8.25, 16.14)..........................................129, 220
Scientific terms:
  Abbreviations, punctuation omitted (9.3)...........................147
  Capitalization (3.26-3.29)..........................................29
  Compounding (6.42-6.45).............................................82
  Italic (11.9-11.10, 13.95)....................................178, 201
  Quotation marks with (11.10).......................................178
  Set in roman (11.9)................................................178
Scriptures, etc. (3.33)...........................................29, 56
seaboard (3.22)...................................................28, 56
seal (16.27, 16.28)..................................................224
Seasons (3.23)........................................................28
2d, 3d, etc.:
  Comma omitted before (8.39, 8.59, 9.32)..................131, 133, 152
  Ordinals (12.10-12.11).............................................185
  Type (9.32, 16.3).............................................152, 217
Secretary, etc. (3.35)............................................30, 56
  General.............................................................56
    No hyphen (6.40)..................................................82
    Plural form (5.8).................................................68
section (3.9).....................................................24, 56
  Abbreviation (9.38, 13.10)....................................153, 191
    Not abbreviated (9.39)...........................................153
  Caps and small caps (9.39).........................................153
  Italic to indicate (11.15).........................................179
  Roman, over figure column (15.21)..................................213
Section mark:
  Footnote reference (15.14).........................................212
  Space after (10.6).................................................171
See, see also:
  Italic (11.11, 15.20).........................................178, 212
  Roman (13.96)......................................................201
See footnote, etc. (15.4)............................................211
Self, ex, quasi (6.34)................................................81
Semicolon
(8.145-8.148)....................................................
144-145.................................................................
  Avoid, where comma will suffice (8.148)............................145
  Before summarizing matter (8.147)..................................145
  Clauses containing commas (8.145)..................................144
Senator...............................................................56
  Not abbreviated (9.30).............................................152
Serial:
  Letter, italic (11.15).............................................179
    Parentheses (8.94)...............................................138
  Numbers:
    Comma omitted (8.54, 12.14).................................133, 185
    Figures used (12.7)..............................................182
    Parentheses (8.94)...............................................138
session:
  Abbreviation (9.41, 13.11)....................................153, 191
  Ordinals (9.41, 13.11)........................................153, 191
Shape, letters used (2.35-2.37).......................................13
  Plurals (8.11).....................................................127
Shilling mark, in fractions (12.27)................................. 188
  Sign (10.18).......................................................174
Signature marks (2.101-2.112)......................................19-20
Signatures:
  Abbreviations (9.24, 16.19)...................................150, 220
  Capitalization (3.55, 16.2)....................................34, 217
  Examples (16.17-16.26).........................................220-224
  Preceded by dash (8.66, 16.17)................................134, 220
  Preparation (2.26)..................................................12
  Punctuation (16.23)................................................221
  Quoted matter (16.25)..............................................222
signed (8.128) ......................................................142
  In signatures (16.24)..........................................221-222
Signs and symbols (10.1-10.18)...................................171-176
  Chemical:
    Elements (6.43, 10.16).......................................82, 173
    Formulas (6.44, 10.15, 12.15)...........................82, 172, 186
  Coined words and symbols (8.11, 9.48).........................127, 155
  Degree mark (9.50-9.51, 9.53, 10.4, 12.9f)...........155-156, 171, 183
  Equations (10.8-10.15).............................................172
  Footnote references (15.12-15.17)................................. 212
    Sequence (15.14).................................................212
  Foreign money (9.60)...............................................157
  Italic letters (2.73, 10.7-10.8, 11.12-11.14).........16, 171-172, 179
  Legends (2.73)......................................................16
  List (10.18).......................................................174
  Mathematical signs (10.2-10.3).....................................171
  Preparing copy (2.33-2.34)..........................................13
  Standardized (10.17)...............................................174
  Symbol columns (13.115-13.116).................................202-203
  , crossed with, magnification (10.3)......................171
Single punctuation (8.124, 8.149)...............................142, 145
Sink (2.8)............................................................10
Small caps:
  etc., et al. (3.53).................................................33

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  Heads spaced with regular justification spaces (2.50)...............14
  Italic inferior letters (10.8).....................................172
  Proper names (3.47-3.48)............................................32
  Roman numerals (2.4, 15.22)....................................10, 213
  seal (16.27-16.28).................................................224
  v., in names of legal cases (11.8).................................178
Soil names (3.29).................................................29, 57
someone, some one (6.12)..............................................76
spelling
(5.1-5.26).........................................................
63-73...................................................................
  Anglicized and foreign words (5.3-5.4)...........................67-68
  Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18).........................125-128
  cede, ceed, sede (5.13).............................................71
  Doubled consonants (5.14-5.15)...................................71-72
  Geographic names (5.20-5.21)........................................72
  Idiomatic phrases (6.52)............................................83
  Indefinite articles, use of (5.16-5.19).............................72
  List (5.2)..........................................................63
  Nationalities (5.22-5.24)...........................................73
  Native American words (5.25)........................................73
  Plural forms (5.5-5.10)..........................................68-69
  Transliteration (5.26)..............................................73
square................................................................57
  Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
  Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Stars. (See Ellipses.)
State, etc. (3.19)................................................27, 57
Staten Island (9.14).................................................149
States (3.6, 3.19, 3.21)......................................24, 27, 57
  Abbreviations (9.12-9.13)......................................148-149
  Counties...........................................................243
  Natives of (5.23)...................................................73
station (3.6, 3.9)................................................24, 57
  State abbreviation with (9.12).....................................148
Statutes, etc. (3.38).............................................31, 58
  Abbreviations (9.43, 13.11)...................................154, 191
street................................................................57
  Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
  Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Subentries (8.27, 13.90-13.91, 13.113, 14.15).........129, 200, 202, 208
Subheads:
  Indexes and contents (15.29).......................................214
  Leaderwork (14.10).................................................208
Suffixes (6.29-6.35)...............................................80-81
Summation sign (10.14)...............................................172
Sun (3.30)........................................................29, 58
  Sign (10.18).......................................................174
Superior figures and letters:
  Astrophysical matter (9.59)........................................157
  Chemical elements (6.43)............................................82
  Comma omitted (8.50)...............................................132
  Equations (10.8)...................................................172
    Follow inferiors (10.15).........................................172
  Footnote references (13.67, 15.12, 15.17).....................198, 212
  Italic letters (8.50, 10.8, 11.12).......................132, 172, 179
  Preparing (2.33)....................................................13
  Type (8.150).......................................................145
  With punctuation (8.133)...........................................143
supra:
  Italic (11.3)......................................................177
  Not abbreviated (9.49).............................................155
Survey (3.17).....................................................26, 58
Symbols. (See Signs and symbols.)


                                 T

table (3.9).......................................................24, 58
Table of contents. (See Contents.)
Tabular work
(see also Leaderwork) (13.1-13.124)..............................
191-206.................................................................
  Abbreviations (13.4-13.13).........................................191
  Bearoff (13.14-13.17)..............................................192
    Leaderwork (14.2-14.4)...........................................207
    Tables without rules (13.117, 13.120).......................203, 204
  Boxheads (13.18-13.23).........................................192-193
    Horizontal (13.19-13.21).........................................192
  Centerheads, flush entries, and subentries (13.25-13.28).......193-194
  Ciphers (13.29-13.36)..........................................194-195
  Column numbers or letters (13.23)..................................193
  Continued heads (13.37-13.38)..................................... 195
  Dash instead of colon (13.26)......................................193
  Dashes or rules (13.39-13.40)......................................195
    To separate nonmoney groups (13.53)..............................197
  Date column (13.28)................................................194
  Decimals, alignment (13.29-13.36, 13.64)..................194-195, 198
  Ditto (Do.) (13.41-13.50)..........................................196
    Closing quotes (13.41)...........................................196
  Dollar mark (13.51-13.56)..........................................197
  Figure columns (13.57-13.65)...................................197-198
    Decimals (13.29-13.32, 13.63-13.64).....................194-195, 198
  Footnotes and references (13.66-13.85).........................198-199
  Fractions (13.86-13.87)............................................200
  Hairline rules (2.23)...............................................11
  Headnotes (13.88-13.89, 13.104)...............................200, 202
  Indentions and overruns (13.90-13.94)..............................200
    Subentries (13.90-13.91).........................................200
    Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).....................200
  Italic (13.95-13.96)...............................................201
  Leaders (13.97-13.101).............................................201
  Leading:
    Boxheads, solid in leaded tables (13.20).........................192
    Notes (13.85)....................................................199
  Makeup. (See Makeup.)
  No. (13.22)........................................................193
  None (13.33, 13.35, 13.45)....................................195, 196
  Numerals (13.102)..................................................201
  Reading columns (13.110-13.114)....................................202
  Subentries (13.90-13.91, 13.113)..............................200, 202
  Symbol columns (13.115-13.116).................................202-203

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  Tables without rules (see also Leaderwork) (13.117-
    13.120)......................................................203-204
  Total, mean, and average lines (13.92-13.94).......................200
  Tracing figures (13.107, 13.109)...................................202
  Type (2.23, 13.3)..............................................11, 191
  Units of quantity (13.121-13.123) .....................................................................205
    Spacing (13.28)..................................................194
  Years (13.28)......................................................194
    Spacing (13.28)..................................................194
Technical terms. (See Scientific terms.)
Temperature, abbreviations (9.53)....................................155
terrace:
  Abbreviation (9.16, 13.6).....................................149, 191
  Ordinals (12.13, 13.6)........................................185, 191
Territory, etc. (3.19)............................................27, 58
Text footnotes. (See Footnotes and references.)
The:
  Part of speech (3.49)...............................................33
  Title, part of (3.11-3.12, 9.31)...............................25, 152
Time:
  Abbreviations (9.54, 9.55, 9.58, 9.59)........................156, 157
  Astronomical (12.9b, 12.14)...................................182, 185
  Capitalization......................................................58
  Clock time (12.9n).................................................184
  Military (12.9b, 12.14).......................................182, 185
  Use of figures (9.59, 12.9b, 12.9n).......................157 182, 184
title (3.9).......................................................24, 58
Title page:
  Back of (2.3d).......................................................9
    Congressional....................................................309
  Imprints, etc. (2.113-2.128).....................................20-21
  Makeup (2.2, 2.3)..................................................7-9
  Part of book (2.3c)..................................................9
  Period omitted at ends of lines (8.115)............................141
  U.S., not abbreviated (9.9)........................................148
Titles:
  Acts (3.40).....................................................31, 35
  Civil and military:
    Abbreviations (9.25, 9.29-9.37)..............................150-152
    Compound (6.40-6.41)..............................................82
    Plurals (5.8).....................................................68
  Common nouns (3.35).................................................30
  Foreign books (3.41)................................................31
  Heads of state.....................................................230
  Legal cases (3.38, 11.8).......................................31, 178
  Persons (3.34-3.37).............................................30, 31
  Publications, papers, etc. (3.38-3.39, 8.129, 11.2).......31, 142, 177
  Second person (3.37)................................................31
to:
  En dash for (8.74, 12.9c, 12.9m, 13.111)............135, 183, 184, 202
To Whom It May Concern (8.25, 16.14)............................129, 220
Tracing figures. (See Tabular work.)
Trade names (3.25)....................................................28
Treasury, etc. (3.17).............................................26, 59
treaty (3.9, 3.38)............................................24, 31, 59
Tribunal (3.17)...................................................26, 60
tunnel................................................................60
Type:
  Boldface, punctuation in (8.150)...................................145
  Brackets (8.150)...................................................145
    Illustrating shape and form (2.35-2.37)...........................13
  Composition:
    Correcting pickup (2.45)..........................................14
    Proofs, clean (2.46)..............................................14
  Dash (8.150)....................................................145...
  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.2-16.3)...................217
  Extracts (2.24, 8.138).........................................11, 143
  Footnotes (15.5)...................................................211
  Headnotes (2.14, 13.88)........................................11, 200
  Heads, center and side (2.30).......................................12
  Increase of text by using leads....................................241
  Indexes and contents (15.20, 15.29)...........................212, 214
  Italic (11.1-11.15)............................................177-179
    Vessels (11.6-11.7)..........................................177-178
  Jr., Sr. (9.37, 16.3).........................................152, 217
  Leaderwork (14.1)..................................................207
  Legends (2.69)......................................................16
  Mr., Mrs., etc. (9.37, 16.3)..................................152, 217
  Note (8.107, 13.53)...........................................139, 197
  Parentheses (8.150)................................................145
  Picas translated to inches.........................................241
  Punctuation:
    Boldface (8.150).................................................145
  seal (16.27, 16.28)................................................224
  Signature marks (2.101).............................................19
  Special typefaces (1.12).............................................1
  Tabular work (2.23, 13.3)......................................11, 191
  Text (2.23).........................................................11
  Words and ems to square inch...................................... 241


                                 U

Under Secretary (see also Secretary)
                                                                      60
Union
(3.19)............................................................
27, 60..................................................................
  & in name (9.27)...................................................151
  Comma omitted between name and number (8.53)....................132...
Unit modifiers. (See Compound words.)
United Nations (3.17).............................................26, 60
Units of quantity:
  Leaderwork (14.14).................................................208
  Numerals (12.6, 12.9)..............................................182
  Tabular work (13.120, 13.121-13.123).......................204, 205...
U.S.:
  Abbreviation (9.9-9.10, 13.7).................................148, 191
    Closed up (9.7, 13.7).......................................147, 191
    Spelled out (9.9-9.10)...........................................148
Useful tables
.................................................................
225-242.................................................................
  Chemical elements (10.16)..........................................173
  Foreign countries:
    Capitals.........................................................228
    Heads of state, etc..............................................228
    Money............................................................236
    Nationalities....................................................233

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  Geologic terms.....................................................225
  Meridians and base lines...........................................227
  Metric tables......................................................239
  Physiographic terms................................................225
    Physical divisions...............................................226
  Type tables........................................................241
  Weights and measures...............................................240


                                 V

v.:
  Italic (11.8, 13.95)..........................................178, 201
  Roman (11.8).......................................................178
van, von (3.13, 3.14, 3.16).......................................25, 26
Verbs:
  and adverbs (6.9)...................................................76
  Capitalization (3.49)...............................................33
    Infinitive (3.49, 3.52)...........................................33
  Improvised (6.48)...................................................83
Vessels:
  Abbreviations (9.27)...............................................151
  Italic (11.6, 13.95)..........................................177, 201
  Quotation marks (11.7, 11.8).......................................178
Virgin Islands (9.12, 9.13).....................................148, 149
  Municipalities.....................................................255
volume
(3.9).............................................................
24, 60..................................................................
  Abbreviation (9.38, 9.58).....................................153, 157
    Metric (9.56)...............................................156, 239
Vowels:
  a, an, before (5.16-5.19)...........................................72
  Hyphen, to avoid doubling (6.7).................................... 76


                                 W

War (3.24)........................................................28, 61
ward (3.9)........................................................24, 61

Webster's Dictionary (5.1, 7.5)...................................63, 85

Weights:

  Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58)....................................156, 157
  Atomic (10.16).....................................................173
  Foreign countries..................................................240

  Metric (9.56)......................................................156
    Metric equivalents...............................................239
  Numerals (12.9j)...................................................184
Widow lines (2.6).....................................................10
Word division (8.87).................................................137
  Land descriptions (9.22)...........................................150
  Latitude and longitude (9.52)......................................155

Words. (See Spelling.)

                               X Y Z

, crossed with, magnification (10.3)
                                                                     171

yard (9.58)..........................................................157

  Metric equivalent..................................................239

yze, ise, ize (5.12)..................................................71

Your Honor, etc. (3.37)...........................................31, 61

ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1).................................. 132, 217

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