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Chapter 1
Punctuation 1
General Principles. Ampersand. Apostrophe. Brackets
Colon. Comma. Dash. Ellipsis Points. Exclamation
Point. Hyphen. Parentheses. Period. Question Mark
Quotation Marks, Double. Quotation Marks, Single.
Semicolon. Virgule.
Chapter 2
Capitals, Italics, and Quotation Marks
Beginnings. Proper Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives
Other Uses of Capitals. Other Uses of Italics.
Chapter 3
Plurals, Possessives, and Compounds
Plurals Possessives Compounds
Chapter 4
Abbreviations
Punctuation. Capitalization. Plurals, Possessives and
Compounds. Specific Styling Conventions.
Chapter 5
The Treatment of Numbers
Numbers as Words or Figures. Ordinal Numbers. Roman
Numerals. Punctuation, Spacing, and Inflection Specific
Styling Conventions.
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Chapter 6
Composition and Grammar
Parts of Speech Phrases Clauses Sentences
Paragraphs.
Chapter 7
Notes and Bibliographies
Footnotes and Endnotes. Parenthetical References.
Bibliographies and Lists of References. Special Cases
Chapter 8
The Treatment of Quotations
Choosing between Run-in and Block Quotations Styling
Block Quotations. Alterations, Omissions, and
Interpolations. Quoting Verse. Attribution of Sources
Chapter 9
Copyediting and Proofreading
Manuscript Format. Copyediting the Manuscript Special
Text Elements. Galley Proofs. Page Proofs.
Index
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