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A and an; correct usage Acronyms, as abbreviations, and see organizations
Abbreviations A.D.
of academic titles Additions
in addresses in copy
of agencies and organizations in proofs
of campuses and colleges (University of Minnesota) Addresses (place)
capitalization of abbreviations with
of chemical elements punctuation with
commercial Adjectives
with company names coordinate, punctuation of
of countries derived from names of sacred works
of days of week derived from names
of degrees (academic) Adverbs, transitional, punctuation with
dividing from numbers at end of line Ages. See Periods
of eras (A.D., etc.) Alphabetizing, indexes
with figures a.m., and also see Numbers
general rules for Ampersand
of geographical terms defined
hyphenation of in publisher's or company name
of measurements Animal names
of months Apostrophe
with numbers in coined expressions
and numbers, not divided with plurals
periods with, (see entire section) with possessives
of personal names to show omitted letters
plurals of Appendixes, placement of
of publisher's name, in bibliographies Appositive, punctuation with
to represent signature Archives, names of
of social titles (Ms., Mr., etc.) Armed forces, names of
spelling out, in copy Art exhibits, titles of
of states, territories, possessions Article. See A and an
in text Artistic movements and schools
of time of day (a.m., p.m. ) See Cultural terms
of titles of persons Art, works of
with units of measure permission to reproduce
of University of Minnesota titles of
University of Minnesota rules for Artwork. See also Illustrations
of year Associations, titles of
Academic degrees. See Degrees, academic Astronomical terms
Academic grade point average Author's name, in bibliographies
Academic terms, capitalization of Awards, capitalization of
Acknowledgments, placement of