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Page numbers
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Plurals
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for front matter (preliminary
pages) |
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of abbreviations |
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in indexes |
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of abbreviations
of measurements |
Page proof
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of acronyms |
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correcting |
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with
collective nouns |
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defined |
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of compounds |
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for indexing |
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irregular |
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master |
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of letters |
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runover footnotes
in |
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of numbers, and
in forms and uses |
| Paintings (art). Permission
to reproduce, titles
of |
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of proper nouns |
| Pamphlets,
titles of |
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of words used as words |
| Paper,
for typing copy |
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p. m., abbreviation, use |
Paragraphing
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Poems,
titles of |
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marking, in copy |
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Point |
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marking, in proofs |
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Political
divisions, organizations, systems |
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quotations |
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Positions. See Titles
of persons |
| Parallel
construction |
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Possessives |
| Parentheses |
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false (descriptive) |
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for abbreviations |
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formation
of |
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colon with |
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to indicate
joint possession |
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comma with |
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of proper
names |
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with enumerations
in text |
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Preface,
placement of |
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with exclamation
point |
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Prefixes |
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for explanatory
information |
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and end-of-line
break |
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with parenthetical
elements |
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in
metric system |
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with period |
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spelling words with |
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with question
mark |
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Preliminary pages. See Front
matter |
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with semicolon |
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Printing |
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with source
citations |
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letterpress printing |
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with that is,
etc. |
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Photo-offset |
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with translations
or definitions |
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Offset
printing |
| Parenthetical
elements, punctuation with |
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Prizes |
| Participial
phrase, punctuation with |
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Process
color printing |
| Participle,
end-of-line break in |
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Pronouns
(masculine/feminine), use of |
| Parties
(political) |
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Proof |
| Pen-and-ink drawings. See Line
copy |
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galley
proof |
| Percentages |
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page proof |
| Perfect
binding |
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repro proof |
| Period |
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Proofreaders
marks |
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with abbreviations, places,
time & measures |
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Proofreading |
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with brackets |
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Proper names.
See also Personal names; Place names
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with captions and
legends |
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abbreviation
of |
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with ellipsis |
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capitalization
of |
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at end of
sentence |
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in
indexes |
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with etc.,
et al. |
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for
plants and animals |
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following source
citation |
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plurals
of |
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in lists |
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with or
as possessives |
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omission of |
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scientific |
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with parentheses |
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words
derived from |
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with quotation marks |
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Publication,
city of, in bibliographies |
Periodicals
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Publication
date |
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titles of, in bibliographies |
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Publication,
facts of, in bibliographies |
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titles of (in quotation
marks) |
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Publisher's
name, in bibliographies |
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volume, numbers
of |
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Punctuation.
See also Punctuation marks |
| Periods (of
time) |
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with appositives |
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geological |
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of captions |
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historical
and cultural |
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of compound sentence |
| Permission
to reprint |
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correcting, in
proofs |
| Personal communications. See Letters |
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of credit lines |
| Personal names. |
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of dates, |
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See also Proper names;
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with dependent elements |
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Titles of persons
abbreviation of |
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with direct address |
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in bibliographies, capitalization
of, |
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of direct discourse |
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characterizing
phrase used with |
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in direct quotations |
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characterizing
word in place of |
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with display
lines |
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with civil or military
titles |
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with ellipsis |
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dividing at end
of line |
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with footnote references |
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in indexes |
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of index entries |
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initials only |
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of interjections |
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initials in place
of |
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of large numbers |
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with Jr., Sr.,
etc. |
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of lists |
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kinship |
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of phrases
introducing quotations |
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letters for |
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of restrictive elements |
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numerals with |
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of series |
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plurals of |
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with single quotation
marks |
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possessive of |
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with that is, etc. |
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with Reverend and
Honorable |
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with transitional
adverbs |
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with social titles
(Ms., Mr., etc.) |
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Punctuation
marks. See also under individual marks
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spelling
of |
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multiple (two
in same place), in
quotations, with
ellipsis |
| Photocomposition |
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with numbers, colon, money, decimals |
| Photograph. See Halftone |
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Punctuation of parenthetical elements |
| Photo-offset |
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comma |
| Photostat |
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semicolon |
| Physics,
terms in |
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colon |
| Pica and Pica
type |
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exclamation point |
| Pick
up |
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question mark |
| Place names |
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abbreviations
of |
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capitalization
of |
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with or as possessives |
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| Planets |
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| Plate |
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| Plays,
titles of |
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