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INDEX
- “A” and “an,” spacing of,
60.
- “a” (negative prefix), compounds of,
50.
- Abbreviations,
- use of period with,
12;
- of firms and corporations; capitalization of,
23;
- of degrees, capitalization of,
25;
- of titles and States, spacing of,
59–60;
- of italicized words in literary and legal references,
64;
- of dates and usages thereto,
65;
- of proper names,
66;
- of Christian names,
66–68;
- of titles,
68–75;
- of commercial terms,
76–77;
- of geographical terms,
77–81;
- miscellaneous,
81–89;
- scriptural,
90;
- of monetary signs,
90–91;
- of mathematical signs,
91–92;
- of medical signs,
92;
- not used in salutation of letters,
117.
- -able and
-ible,
- spelling of words terminating in,
38–39;
- in division of words,
53.
- Abstract ideas: capitalization of personified,
23.
- Accents:
- list of symbols,
2;
- list of accented words,
36–37;
- retention of, in foreign words used in English,
36–37.
- “Accept,” correct use of,
101.
- Acts, juridical, capitalization of,
27.
-
A.D.
(anno Domini):
- set in small caps,
30;
- spacing of,
59.
- “Addenda,” plural of addendum,
109.
- Address (of letters) the: business, formal, and informal,
116.
- Adjectival nouns, capitalization of,
24.
- Adjectives:
- use of comma with,
4,
5,
8;
- capitalization of, in titles of books and essays,
26;
- capitalization, with proper names,
26;
- compound,
46;
- ending in -ical, how to divide,
54.
- ad loc.,
italicized,
64.
- “Administration,” capitalization of,
25.
- “Admire,” correct use of,
101.
- “Admit,” correct use of,
101.
- “Admittance,” correct use of,
99.
- Adverbs:
- use of comma with,
4,
5;
- ending in “-ly” not to be hyphenated with adjectives and participles,
46;
- compound, treatment of,
51;
- position of,
101.
- æ,
rules for use of,
33.
- “Affable,” correct use of,
101.
- “Affect,” correct use of,
101.
- Ages, to be spelled out,
32.
- “Aggravate,” correct use of,
101.
- “Ain’t,” correct use of,
101.
- Alford, Dean: on use of the comma,
4.
- Algebraic, unknown quantities italicized,
64.
- Alignment, of quotation marks,
16.
- Alliances, political, capitalization of names of,
27.
- “All right,” correct use of,
101.
- “Alternative,” correct use of,
101.
-
A.M.
(ante meridiem):
- set in small capitals,
30;
- spacing of,
59.
- Ampere. See Electrical measures.
- Ampersand (&), the use of,
66.
- Analogy of language, influence in diction,
99.
- “And,”
- correct use of,
101;
- when to use comma before,
5.
- “Ante,” compounds with,
50.
- “Anti,” compounds with,
50.
- Antithetical clauses. See Clauses.
- “Any place,” use of,
101.
- Apocrypha, list of abbreviations for,
90.
- Apostrophe:
- rules for use of,
18–19;
- in designating the possessive case,
18;
- in forming plurals of numerals,
19;
- in forming plurals of polysyllabic proper nouns ending in a sibilant,
19;
- in indicating omission of letters or figures,
19;
- in indicating omission of letters in contracted words,
19;
- omission of, in words contracted in poetry,
19.
- Apothecaries’ weight, table of,
150.
- “Apparently,” correct use of,
101.
- “Apt,” correct use of,
102.
- Art, titles of works of, to be quoted,
17.
- Articles:
- definite, not to be treated as part of title of magazines and newspapers,
30;
- correct use of,
102.
- “As,” correct use of,
102.
- Astronomical terms:
- capitalization of,
23;
- names of stars and constellations, italicized,
64.
- “At,” correct use of,
102.
- “At length,” correct use of,
102.
- “Aught,” correct use of,
102.
- “Avail,” correct use of,
102.
- Avoirdupois weight, table of,
150.
- “Aware,” correct use of,
102.
- “Awful,” correct use of,
102.
- “Badly,” correct use of,
102.
- “Bank on,” use of,
102.
- Barrels, measures of, in gallons,
159.
-
B.C.
(before Christ):
- set in small caps,
30;
- spacing of,
59.
- “Beg,” correct use of,
103.
- Bells, use of on board ship,
161.
- “Bi-,” compounds with,
50.
- Bible:
- capitalization of names of books, divisions and versions of,
20;
- abbreviations for books of,
90.
- Biblical:
- parables, capitalization of,
20;
- general terms, capitalization of,
21;
- capitalization of names and terms of,
20–21;
- books, abbreviations for,
90.
- Blocked indention:
- in general,
56;
- of address of letters,
116.
- Books:
- capitalization of titles,
26;
- italicizing of titles,
62;
- biblical abbreviations of,
90.
- Botanical terms:
- capitalization of,
23;
- names of genera and species, italicized,
64.
- Box-heads, omission of period after,
12.
- Brackets, rules for use of,
18.
- Break, or sudden change in sentence, indicated by dash,
13.
- Briefness of form preferred,
99.
- “Bring,” use of,
103.
- British Dependencies, weights and measures of,
159.
- British weights and measures,
153.
- “Brother,” compounds with,
47.
- Builders’ measures, table of,
157.
- Buildings, capitalization of names of,
23.
- Business letter. See Letter.
- “But,” correct use of,
103.
- “By,” compounds with,
48.
- C, soft, do not divide on,
53.
- “Cabinet,” capitalization of,
25.
- Campbell, Dr. Thomas, canons of,
99–100.
- “Can,” distinguished from may,
103.
- Canada, postal rates to,
135.
- “Cannot but,” correct use of,
103.
- “Can’t seem,” correct use of,
103.
- Capitalization:
- of religious terms,
20–22;
- of proper names,
22–24;
- of titles,
24–26;
- of institutional terms,
26–28;
- of references,
28;
- of ordinals,
29;
- in general,
29–30;
- of abbreviation of academic degrees,
25;
- of abstract ideas personified,
23;
- of acts juridical,
27;
- of adjectives derived from proper nouns,
22;
- of adjectives and nouns designating definite geographical regions,
22;
- of astronomical terms,
23;
- of political alliances,
27;
- of books of the Bible,
20;
- of titles of books,
26;
- of botanical terms,
23;
- of buildings,
23;
- of “church,”
20;
- of civic titles,
25;
- of word following a colon,
26;
- of compound titles,
21;
- of hyphenated compounds,
29;
- of sessions of Congress,
29;
- of conventions,
25;
- of corporations — names and abbreviations,
23;
- of names of dynasties,
29;
- of ecclesiastical appellations,
26;
- of epithets used as proper names,
22;
- of titles of essays,
26;
- of “father,”
22;
- of “Fathers” — early church,
22;
- of foreign titles, as prefixes,
25–26;
- of geographical terms,
22–23;
- of geological terms,
23;
- of “gospel,”
20–21;
- of “government,”
25;
- of historical epochs,
22;
- of holidays,
26–27;
- of judiciary bodies,
28;
- of names of laws,
27;
- of names of legislative bodies,
28;
- of letters (correspondence),
29;
- of units of measurement,
29–30;
- of medical terms,
23;
- of military terms,
25;
- of monastic orders,
20;
- of “mother,”
24;
- of months of year,
23;
- of names for the Evil One,
21;
- names of political parties,
27;
- names of races, tribes, etc.,
27;
- names of regiments,
29;
- of names of societies,
25;
- of popular names for the solar system,
23;
- of streets, parks, etc.,
23;
- of titles of parables (biblical),
20;
- of titles of periodicals,
30;
- of “Pilgrim Fathers,”
22;
- of poetry,
29;
- of political alliances,
27;
- of political divisions,
28;
- of pronouns referring to the Deity,
21;
- of quotations,
29–30;
- of “revolutionary,”
22;
- of scientific terms,
23;
- of social organizations,
25;
- of side-heads,
29;
- of “State,”
24–25;
- of words on title-pages,
30;
- of names of treaties,
27;
- of “van” and “von” as prefixes,
25–26;
- of words with special meanings,
29;
- of zoölogical terms,
23;
- rules for,
20–30.
- Capitalized words, list of:
- religious,
21;
- proper,
24.
- Capitals:
- original use of,
20;
- rules for use of,
20–30;
- and small capitals, rules for use of,
28–30;
- how indicated in MS.,
30.
- Cases: confusion of,
103.
- Caxton: his influence on punctuation,
9.
- Centered head-lines, omission of period after,
12.
- Centigrade. See Thermometers.
- Centuries, numbers of, to be spelled out,
32.
- cf., to be set in roman,
64.
- “Cherubim,” plural of cherub,
109.
- “Childlike,” correct use of,
103.
- Christ, pronouns referring to, how capitalized,
21.
- Christian names, abbreviation of,
66–68.
- “Church,” when capitalized,
20.
- Circa
(ca.), italicized,
64.
- Circular measure, table of,
151.
- Circulars, postal rates and regulations for,
130.
- Citation of legal causes:
- names of, italicized,
64;
- of author’s own words, quotation marks used,
16;
- of different works by same author or by different authors without intervening original matter, to be quoted,
16.
- Civil titles, capitalization of,
25.
- Classes of mail, rates, etc.,
129–132.
- Clauses, use of comma with:
- inverted,
5;
- independent,
6;
- relative,
6;
- dependent,
6;
- parenthetical,
5;
- co-ordinate,
6;
- antithetical,
7;
- Use of dash before concluding clause,
13.
- Cloth measure, table of,
151.
- “Co-,” compounds with,
47–48.
- Coins, foreign: list of, showing comparative values,
145–147.
- “College,” capitalization of,
27.
- Colon:
- definition and use of,
10–11;
- capitalization, following use of,
26,
29,
30;
- use of in formal salutatory phrases beginning letters,
11,
117;
- in titles of literary references,
11;
- of names of publishers,
11;
- first word following, in quotation, capitalized,
11;
- use of, with quotation-marks,
11;
- before formal quotations,
11;
- separating chapter and verse in scriptural references,
11;
- in separating divisions of time,
11;
- use of hair-space before,
59;
- separating city of publication and publisher’s name,
11.
- “Colonel,” when spelled in full, and when abbreviated,
68–69.
- “Color,” hyphenization of compounds of,
46.
- “Come,” correct use of,
103.
- Comma:
- definition and use of,
4;
- when omitted,
7–8;
- omitted between two adjectives,
4;
- use of, with adverbs,
4,
5;
- with adjectives,
4,
5;
- before “but,”
6.
- With clauses:
- antithetical,
7;
- co-ordinate,
6,
7;
- dependent,
6;
- parenthetical,
5;
- and relative,
6.
- Use of:
- with conjunctions,
4–7;
- separating degrees from names of persons,
7;
- indicating ellipses,
7;
- separating numbers,
7;
- with quotation-marks,
4;
- with phrases, inverted and in opposition,
5–6;
- before “of” in connection with residence,
7;
- in salutatory phrase,
7,
117;
- in inverted sentences,
5;
- separating titles from names,
6;
- separating vocative words,
7;
- substitution of dashes for,
14;
- use of with exclamation point,
15;
- rules for use of,
4–8;
- omitted with pronouns used with
nouns for emphasis,
8.
- Comments, notes of, inclosed in brackets,
18.
- Commercial terms, abbreviation of,
76–77.
- “Common,” correct use of,
103.
- “Company”:
- capitalization of,
23;
- abbreviation of,
66;
- use of (&) with,
66.
- Compass:
- capitalization of points of,
22,
23,
24;
- hyphenization of points of,
49.
- Complimentary close, of letters,
121.
- Compound:
- adjectives,
46;
- adverbs,
51.
- Compound titles, spelling, abbreviation,
and capitalization of,
68–96.
- Compound words:
- general theory of and rules for,
45–51;
- list of,
49;
- division of, to be avoided,
54.
- Compounds, hyphenated: capitalization of,
29.
- Compounds, with:
- “a-” (negative prefix),
50;
- “ante,”
50;
- “anti,”
50;
- “bi,”
50;
- “brother,”
47;
- “by,”
48;
- “co,”
47–48;
- “daughter,”
47;
- “demi,”
50;
- “deutero,”
51;
- “elect,”
47;
- “electro,”
51;
- “ex,”
47;
- “extra,”
48;
- “eye,”
51;
- “father,”
47;
- “fellow,”
47;
- “foster,”
47;
- “general,”
47;
- “god,”
47;
- “half,”
47;
- “holder,”
51;
- “in,”
50;
- “infra,”
48;
- “inter,”
50;
- “intra,”
50;
- “life,”
47;
- “like,”
49;
- “man,”
49;
- “master,”
47;
- “mid,”
46;
- “monger,”
51;
- “mother,”
47;
- “non-,”
50;
- “over,”
50;
- “parent,”
47;
- “post,”
50;
- “pre,”
47–48;
- “pseudo,”
51;
- “quarter,”
47;
- “quasi,”
48;
- “re,”
47–48;
- “school,”
51;
- “self,”
47;
- “semi,”
48,
50;
- “sister,”
47;
- “sub,”
50;
- “sulpho,”
51;
- “super,”
50;
- “supra,”
48;
- “thermo,”
51;
- “to,”
50;
- “tree,”
49;
- “tri,”
50;
- “ultra,”
48;
- “un” (negative prefix),
50;
- “under,”
50;
- “vice,”
46;
- “woman,”
49;
- “world,”
47.
- Concealed mail matter, law concerning,
133.
- “Confess,” use of,
103.
- Congress:
- sessions of, capitalization,
29;
- numbers of, spelled out,
32.
- Conjunctions:
- use of comma with,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8;
- capitalization of, in titles of books and essays,
26.
- “Conscious,” correct use of,
103.
- Consonants, construction of, rules for division of words,
52–53.
- Constellations, names of, italicized,
64.
- “Constitution,” capitalization of,
25.
- “Continual,” correct use of,
103.
- Contraction of word, use of apostrophe,
19.
- Conventions, capitalization of names of,
25.
- Co-ordinate clauses. See Clauses.
- Corporations, capitalization of names, of abbreviations, and of “Co.,”
23.
- Corrections, indicated by use of brackets,
18.
- Correctness, a requisite of discourse,
99.
- Credits, italicizing of,
62.
- Criticisms, indicated by use of brackets,
18.
- Cuba, postal rates to,
135.
- Cubic measure, table of,
152.
- Cut-in side notes, omission of period after,
12.
- Dashes:
- use of, with changed construction, dates, abrupt terminations, rhetorical emphasis, verse and page references, short, snappy sentences, omitted letters, concluding clauses,
13;
- for separating subject-matter from its authority,
13;
- to precede addition to completed sentence,
14;
- substitution of, for commas or parenthesis,
14;
- with colon, to mark long quotation,
14;
- substitution of, for quotation-marks,
14;
- misuse of,
12;
- rules for,
13–14;
- use in France,
14;
- use of hair-space with,
59;
- examples of,
60;
- use of in salutatory phrases of letters,
117.
- “Data,” plural of datum,
109.
- Date-lines, omission of period after,
12.
- Dates:
- use of dash to connect,
13;
- abbreviation of,
65–66;
- st, d, rd, and th, to be omitted,
65;
- of letters, where placed, when capitalized and italicized,
30;
- ult., inst., and prox., not used,
65;
- the Dewey,
66;
- of letters,
115.
- “Daughter,” compounds with,
47.
- Days of week:
- capitalization of,
23;
- abbreviation of,
65–66.
- “Deadly,” correct use of,
103.
- Decades, specific references to, spelled out,
32.
- “Decided,” correct use of,
104.
- “Definite,” correct use of,
104.
- Degrees:
- capitalization and abbreviations of,
25;
- use of comma separating, from name of person,
6.
- “Demean,” correct use of,
104.
- “Demi,” compounds with,
50.
- Dependent clauses, use of comma,
6.
- Derivation, influence of, in division,
52,
53.
- “Deutero,” compounds with,
51.
- Devil. See Evil One.
- Dewey abbreviations of dates, the,
66.
- Diction,
- correct and faulty,
99–113;
- Dr. Campbell’s canons,
99;
- use of standard authors,
100;
- list of words and phrases,
101–113.
- Dictionary, the function of,
100.
- “Different,” correct use of,
104.
- Diphthongs, general rules for,
33.
- Directions, use of brackets in indicating,
18.
- “Directly,” use of,
104.
- Disbelief, in statement, indicated by use of exclamation-point,
15.
- “Discover,” correct use of,
104.
- Display composition, use of period after,
12.
- Division of words:
- rules for,
52–54;
- avoid unnecessary,
52;
- on two letters to be avoided,
53.
- Divisional mark, avoid separating from matter it pertains to,
54.
- Dollars ($),
- no space between symbol and following figures,
60;
- table of monetary signs,
90–91.
- Domestic postal rates,
134.
- “Donne,” plural of donna,
109.
- “Don’t,” correct use of,
104.
- Drop-folios, enclosed by brackets,
18.
- Dry measure, table of,
150.
- Dynasties:
- capitalization of names,
29;
- numbers of, to be spelled out,
32.
- “Each other,” correct use of,
104.
- Ecclesiastical appellations, capitalization of,
26.
- “Effect,” correct use of,
104.
- e.g., set in roman,
64.
- “Egoists,” correct use of,
104.
- “Either,” correct use of,
104.
- “Elect,” compounds with,
47.
- Electrical measures,
155–156.
- “Electro,” compounds with,
51.
- Ellipses:
- comma indicating,
7;
- period indicating,
12;
- to be treated as part of quotation,
17.
- Emphasis, rhetorical:
- use of dash to secure,
13;
- of exclamation-point,
15;
- of paragraph,
57–58;
- of italics,
62.
- En échelon indention:
- described,
56;
- use of in addressing letters,
116;
- “Enormity,” correct use of,
104.
- “Enthuse,” (verb) correct use of,
104.
- Enumerations, use of parentheses in connection with letters or figures used to express subdivisions in,
18.
- Envelopes, rules for addressing,
123–124.
- Epithets:
- capitalized when used as proper names,
22;
- hyphenization of compound personal,
49.
- Essays, capitalization of titles,
26.
- etc., quotation-marks to include,
17.
- Euphony, authority of,
100.
- European countries, weights and measures of,
159–160.
- “Every place,” written everywhere,
104.
- Evil One, the capitalization of names for,
21.
- “ex-,” prefixed to titles,
47.
- “Excellent,” never qualified,
104.
- “Except” (verb), correct use of,
104.
- “Exceptional,” correct use of,
105.
- Exclamation-point:
- proper use of,
14–15;
- with quotation-marks,
14–15;
- origin,
15;
- expressing strong emotion,
15;
- sarcasm or doubt,
15;
- use of, with comma,
15;
- as distinguished from vocative,
15;
- use of hair-space preceding,
59.
- “Expect,” correct use of,
105.
- Expositions, capitalization of names of,
25.
- “Extra,” compounds with,
48.
- “Eye,” compounds with,
51.
- Fahrenheit. See Thermometers.
- “Falseness,” correct use of,
105.
- Family names, capitalization of,
24.
- “Fathers”:
- capitalization of,
24;
- use of compounds with,
47.
- “Federal,” capitalization of,
25.
- “Fellow,” compounds of,
47.
- Figures:
- rules for use of,
31–33;
- use of apostrophe to indicate omission of,
19;
- used to mark divisions in enumerations, to be placed in parentheses,
18;
- percentage, figures always to be used,
31;
- use of, in statistics,
32;
- spacing of,
59;
- spacing between, and $, £,
60.
- “Fix,” correct use of,
105.
- Foreign languages:
- capitalization of titles, as von, le, da, etc.,
25–26;
- spelling of words ending in re (French),
36;
- words and phrases, when italicized,
62–63;
- list of italicized and not italicized words,
63;
- use of accents,
36–37.
- Foreign titles, capitalization of,
25–26.
- Foreign words, plurals of. See Plurals.
- Formal letter. See Letter.
- “Former,” correct use of,
105.
- Forwarding of mail matter,
132.
- “Foster,” compounds with,
47.
- Fractions, use of hyphens in spelling,
48.
- France, use of dash in,
14.
- French endings in re, not to be used,
36.
- G, soft, do not divide on,
53.
- “General,” compounds with,
47.
- “Gentleman,” correct use of,
105.
- “Gentleman friend,” to be avoided,
105.
- Geographical terms:
- capitalization of,
22;
- abbreviations of,
77–81.
- Geological terms:
- capitalization of,
23;
- italicized,
64.
- Geometric symbols, as unknown quantities, italics,
64.
- “Go,” correct use of,
105.
- God:
- pronouns referring to, capitalization of,
21;
- compounds with,
47.
- “Gospel,” when capitalized,
20–21.
- “Got,” correct use of,
105.
- “Gotten”:
- obsolete,
105;
- improper use of,
105.
- “Government,” capitalization of,
25.
- Governmental terms, capitalization of,
25.
- Grain and Hay, measures of,
157–158.
- “Guess,” correct use of,
105.
- Hair-space, use of,
59–61.
- “Half,” compounds with,
47.
- Half-diamond indention,
56.
- “Hanged,” distinguished from hung,
105.
- Hanging indention, described,
56.
- “Hardly,” never preceded by not,
105.
- “He,” correct use of,
105.
- Headings:
- capitalization of certain words,
30;
- of letters (correspondence),
115.
- Head-lines, omission of period after,
12.
- “Healthful,” correct use of,
105.
- “Her,” correct use of,
106.
- “Him,” correct use of,
106.
- Historical epochs, capitalization of appellation for,
24.
- “Hoi polloi,” never preceded by the,
106.
- “Holder,” compounds with,
51.
- Holidays, capitalization of names of,
26–27.
- “Holy,” capitalization of,
21.
- “Honorable,” correct use of,
106.
- Honorary titles, capitalization of,
25.
- “Hung,” distinguished from hanged,
106.
- Hyphenated compounds:
- capitalization of,
29;
- avoid division of,
54.
- Hyphenization, rules for,
45–51.
- Hyphens:
- list of hyphenated words,
49;
- rules for use of,
45–51;
- purpose of,
19;
- use of hair-space with,
59.
- See Compounds.
- “I”:
- capitalization of word,
29.
- See under Me.
- Ibid.,
italicized,
64.
- -ible and -able. See -able.
- -ical, in divisions,
54.
- Idem,
italicized,
64.
- i.e.,
set in roman,
64.
- “If,” correct use of,
106.
- Illustrations, legends beneath, omission of period,
12.
- “In,” correct use of,
106.
- “In-” (negative prefix), compounds with,
50.
- Indention:
- rules for,
55–56;
- prose, each paragraph indented,
55;
- numbered paragraphs, treatment of,
55;
- of poetry, reverse indention,
55;
- of quotations,
55;
- different forms of, viz.: En échelon, Hanging, Half-diamond, Lozenge, Blocked, and Irregular,
55–56;
- use of in addressing letters,
116.
- Independent sentences, first word capitalized after colon,
29.
- Infinitive, the, never separated from to,
106.
- Informal letter. See Letter.
- “Infra,”
- compounds with,
48;
- italicization of,
64.
- -ing: verbal nouns (ending in) distinguished from participles,
106.
- Initials, not to be divided,
54.
- “Inside of,” distinguished from within,
106.
- Inst.,
not used,
65.
- Institutional terms, capitalization of,
26–28.
- “Inter,” compounds with,
50.
- International money orders, fees for,
137.
- Interrogation-point:
- origin of,
15;
- use of, with quotations,
16;
- after direct questions,
16;
- to express doubt,
16;
- omission in indirect questions,
16;
- use of hair-space preceding,
59.
- “Intra,” compounds with,
50.
- “Invent,” distinguished from discover,
106.
- Ironical word or phrase, use of quotation marks for,
17.
- Irregular indention, described,
55.
- -ise and -ize, spelling of words terminating in,
37–38.
- Italicizing:
- of abbreviations in literary and legal references,
64;
- of ad loc.,
64;
- of algebraic unknown quantities,
64;
- of astronomical names,
64;
- of titles of books,
62;
- of names of botanical genera and species,
64;
- of names in citations of legal causes,
64;
- of circa (ca.),
64;
- of names of constellations,
64;
- of credits, at end of article,
62;
- for purpose of emphasis,
62;
- of names of geological subjects,
64;
- of geometric unknown quantities,
64;
- of ibid.,
64;
- of idem,
64;
- of infra,
64;
- of loc. cit.,
64;
- of literary references,
64;
- of names of scientific genera and species,
64;
- of stars,
64;
- of titles of newspapers and periodicals,
64;
- of op. cit.,
64;
- of passim,
64;
- of poetry,
62;
- in prefaces,
62;
- of word “Resolved,”
64;
- in running heads,
62;
- of abbreviations of “shillings,” “pence,”
64;
- of names of ships,
62;
- of side-heads,
62;
- of signatures,
62;
- of supra,
64;
- of s.v.,
64;
- of vide,
64;
- of zoölogical genera,
64;
- rules for,
62–64;
- lists of foreign words, italicized and not,
62–64;
- of dates in letters,
30.
- Italics:
- origin of,
62;
- rules for,
62–64;
- list of foreign words and phrases not italicized,
63;
- list of italicized words,
63;
- how to indicate in MS.,
64;
- italic punctuation marks, following,
64.
- J, do not divide on,
53.
- Journals. See Periodicals.
- Judiciary bodies, capitalization of names of,
28.
- Juridical acts, treaties, etc., capitalization of names of,
27.
- Kerned letters, spacing of,
60.
- “Kind,” correct use of,
106.
- “Kind of,” not followed by a or an,
106.
- “Lady.” See under Gentleman.
- “Lady friend.” See under Gentleman friend.
- Language, must convey writer’s meaning,
99.
- “Last,” distinguished from latest,
107.
- “Latter,” correct use of,
107.
- Laws, capitalization of names of,
27.
- “Lay,” distinguished from lie,
107.
- Legal references, words, phrases, and abbreviations italicized,
64.
- Legends, omission of period after,
12.
- Legislative bodies, capitalization of names of,
28.
- “Less,” distinguished from fewer,
107.
- Letter, Business:
- heading,
115;
- address,
116;
- salutation,
116;
- text of,
118;
- complimentary close,
121;
- signature,
122;
- envelope,
123;
- correct example of,
126.
- Letter, Formal:
- Letter, Informal:
- Letter writing:
- introductory remarks on,
114;
- rules for,
115–125;
- examples of correct,
126–128;
- the signature,
122–123;
- envelope,
123–124;
- postal cards,
125;
- in general,
125;
- business, formal, informal, treatment of,
115–122.
- Letters (correspondence):
- capitalization, punctuation, etc., rules for,
11,
12,
29;
- dates, where placed and when capitalized,
30;
- postal regulations,
129–141.
- Letters:
- use of dash to indicate omission of,
13;
- use of apostrophe to indicate omission of,
19;
- used to mark divisions in enumerations, to be set in parentheses,
18;
- spacing of superior and inferior,
59.
- “Liable,” distinguished from likely,
107.
- “Life,” compounds with,
47.
- “Like,” compounds with,
49.
- “Likely,” correct use of,
107.
- Linear measure, table of,
150.
- Liquid measure, table of,
150.
- Literary references: minor subdivisions, not capitalized,
28.
- “Loan,” not used as a verb,
107.
- “Locate,” distinguished from settle,
107.
- Loc. cit.,
italicized,
64.
- “Love,” distinguished from like,
107.
- Lozenge indention, described,
56.
- “Luxuriant,” distinguished from luxurious,
107.
- “Mad,” distinguished from angry,
107.
- Magazines. See Periodicals.
- Mail matter:
- first class, defined,
129;
- second class,
129;
- third class,
130;
- fourth class,
131;
- wrapping of,
132;
- forwarding of,
132;
- what cannot be mailed,
132;
- concealed matter,
133;
- domestic rates,
134;
- foreign rates,
134;
- rates for Cuba, Mexico, Canada, and Panama,
135;
- foreign parcels post,
136;
- money orders,
137;
- international money orders,
137;
- registered, domestic, and foreign,
138;
- special delivery,
139;
- postal distances and time from New York,
140.
- “Major,” when spelled in full,
68.
- “Man,”
- compounds with,
49.
- See under Gentleman.
- Manuscript:
- how to indicate capitals in,
30;
- italics in,
64.
- Manutius, Aldus:
- relation to punctuation of,
3;
- designer of italic types,
62.
- Mariners’ measure, table of,
151.
- “Master,” compounds with,
47.
- Mathematical signs, list of,
91–92.
- “May.” See under Can.
- “Me,” correct use of,
107.
- “Means,” either singular or plural,
107.
- Measures:
- tables of, and general rules for,
149–160;
- linear,
150;
- square,
150;
- dry,
150;
- liquid,
150;
- paper,
151;
- time,
151;
- circular,
151;
- cloth,
151;
- mariners’,
151;
- surveyors’,
151;
- cubic,
152;
- British,
152;
- electrical,
155;
- builders’,
157;
- of timber and wood,
157;
- grain,
157;
- hay,
158;
- yard,
158;
- of barrels,
159;
- in the British Dependencies,
159;
- in European countries,
159–160.
- Medical:
- signs, list of,
92;
- capitalization of, terms,
23.
- “Memoranda,” plural of memorandum,
109.
- Metric system:
- of weights and measures,
149;
- of equivalents,
152.
- Mexico, postal rates to,
135.
- “Mid,” compounds with,
46.
- Military bodies, numbers of, spelled out,
32.
- Miscellaneous measures, table of,
151.
- Miscellaneous terms, abbreviations of,
81–89.
- Monastic orders, capitalization of,
20.
- Monetary signs,
- abbreviations of,
90–91;
- spacing of,
60.
- Money order fees,
137.
- “Monger,” compounds with,
51.
- Months of year:
- capitalization of,
23;
- numbers preceding spelled out,
32;
- abbreviations of,
65–66.
- “Most,” avoid using for almost,
107.
- “Mother”:
- capitalization of,
24;
- compounds with,
47.
- “Must,” correct use of,
107.
- “Mutual,” distinguished from common,
108.
- Names:
- capitalization of proper,
22–24;
- of publishers, in literary references, use of colon,
11;
- of societies, expositions, and conventions, capitalization of,
25;
- of races, tribes, etc., capitalization of,
27;
- abbreviation of proper,
66;
- Christian,
66–68;
- of scientific genera and species, italicized,
64;
- of stars, italicized,
64.
- “Negligence,” distinguished from neglect,
108.
- “Neither,” correct use of,
108.
- “News,” is singular,
108.
- Newspapers:
- titles of, article not treated as part of,
30;
- titles of, italicized,
62;
- postal rates and regulations for,
129.
- New Testament, list of abbreviations for,
90.
- “Nice,” correct use of,
108.
- Nobility, capitalization of titles of,
25.
- “No place,” written nowhere,
108.
- “Non-,” compounds with,
50.
- “Nor.” See under Or.
- “Not . . . but,” double negative,
108.
- Notes, use of brackets in enclosing,
18.
- “Notorious,” correct use of,
108.
- Nouns:
- capitalization of geographical, simple and compounded,
22;
- capitalization of, followed by capitalized roman numeral,
28;
- hyphenization of, standing in objective relation to each other,
46–47;
- formation of possessive case of common and proper,
18–19;
- plural of polysyllabic proper ending in sibilant, how formed,
19;
- verbal, ending in -ing, distinguished from participles,
106.
- “Nowhere near,” vulgarism for not nearly,
108.
- Number:
- pronouns must agree with their antecedents,
108;
- of nouns and verbs must agree,
108.
- Numbers:
- use of comma with,
7;
- when to spell out,
31–33;
- use of apostrophe to indicate omission of,
19;
- percentage, figures always used,
31;
- in statistics, figures used,
32;
- in ordinary matter, of less than three digits, to be spelled out,
32;
- in groups, varying in digits use figures,
32;
- round, treatment of,
32;
- commencing a sentence, spelled out,
32;
- expressed in figures, not to be divided,
54.
- Numerals:
- use of period, following roman,
12;
- of apostrophe in forming plural,
19;
- roman, origin and early use of,
93–96;
- list of roman and arabic,
96–97;
- rules for use of roman,
98.
- “O,” capitalization of word,
29.
- œ,
rules for use of
33.
- “Of”:
- correct use of,
108;
- use of comma before, in connection with proper name,
7.
- Ohm. See Electrical measures.
- Op. cit.,
italicized,
64.
- “Open punctuation,”
- favored by best usage,
3–4;
- and “close punctuation,”
3–4.
- “Or,” correct use of,
108.
- Orders, monastic, capitalization of,
20.
- Ordinals, capitalization of,
29.
- Orthography:
- rules of,
33–36;
- final f, l, or s,
33;
- final consonant following diphthong,
33;
- added terminations after final accented syllable,
33–34;
- after diphthong or two vowels,
34;
- after final syllable ending in two consonants,
34;
- after final silent e,
34–35;
- after ce or ge,
35;
- after final e in participles,
35;
- after final ie,
35;
- after final y,
35–36;
- of French endings in -re,
36;
- of possessives of proper nouns,
36;
- of -sion and -tion,
36;
- of -or and -our,
34.
- “Ought,” never combined with had,
109
- -our, words ending in,
34.
- “Out loud,” never used for aloud,
109.
- “Over” compounds with,
50.
- Panama, postal rates to,
135.
- Paper measure, table of,
151.
- Parables, biblical, capitalization of titles,
20.
- Paragraphs,
- explanation of,
57;
- rules for,
55–58;
- unity,
57;
- emphasis,
57,
58;
- length,
57;
- coherence,
57;
- connective words between related sentences,
58;
- space used proportional to importance,
58;
- length,
58;
- indention of,
55,
57,
58,
60.
- Parcel post,
- “Parent,” compounds of,
47.
- Parentheses:
- substitution of dashes for,
14;
- use of, with interrogation-point,
16;
- placing of period with,
11;
- defined,
18;
- use of, in figures or letters to mark divisions in enumerations,
18;
- subdivided by brackets,
18.
- Parenthetical clauses. See Clauses.
- Parks, capitalization of names of,
23.
- “Partake of,” never used for eat,
109.
- Participles:
- list of, how spelled,
37;
- not to be hyphenated with adverbs ending in “-ly,”
46;
- ending in -ing, distinguished from verbal nouns,
106.
- Particles, in French, German, Italian, and Dutch, capitalization of,
25–26.
- Parties, political, capitalization of names of,
27.
- “Party,” never used for person,
109.
- Passim,
italicized,
64.
- Pence. See Shillings.
- Peoples, capitalization of names or epithets of,
27.
- “Per,” correct use of,
109.
- Percentage, use of figures in,
31.
- “Perception,” correct use of,
109.
- Periodicals:
- titles of, definite article not to be treated as part of,
30;
- use of italics for,
62;
- postal rates, etc.,
129.
- Periods:
- placing of, in connection with quotation-marks,
11;
- rules for use of,
11–12;
- omitted after running-heads,
12;
- after box-heads in tables,
12;
- after cut-in side notes,
12;
- after centered head-lines,
12;
- after legends,
12;
- after subheads,
12;
- after date-lines,
12;
- after signatures,
12;
- after titles, blocked headings, etc.,
12;
- after roman numerals,
12;
- use of, after abbreviations,
12;
- after a complete sentence,
12;
- to indicate an ellipsis,
12.
- Personifications: abstract ideas, capitalization of,
23.
- Phrases:
- inverted, use of comma,
5;
- in apposition, use of comma,
6;
- salutatory, use of comma,
7;
- foreign, italicization of,
62–63.
- “Pilgrim Fathers,” capitalization of,
22.
- Plays, rule for references to,
66.
- Plurals, of foreign words: cherub, memorandum, datum, donna, stratum, addendum, and rubai,
109.
-
P.M.
(post meridiem):
- set in small capitals,
30;
- spacing of,
59.
- Poetry:
- rules for quotation alignment, in setting,
17;
- titles of poems, to be quoted,
17;
- omission of apostrophe in poems when word is contracted for meter,
19;
- capitalization of first word of each line,
29;
- indention of,
55;
- italicizing of,
62.
- Points of compass:
- capitalization of,
22,
23,
24;
- hyphenization,
49.
- Political alliances, parties, divisions, capitalization of names of,
27,
28.
- Political divisions, capitalization of,
28.
- Possessive case, how designated,
19.
- Possessives of proper nouns ending in s, how formed,
36.
- “Post,” compounds with,
50.
- Postal cards, use of,
125.
- Postal regulations,
129–141.
- Pounds (£), no space between symbol and preceding figures,
60.
- “Pre-,” compounds with,
47–48.
- Preface, use of italic in,
62.
- Prefixes, “co-,” “pre-,” and “re-,” hyphenization of,
47–48.
- Prepositions, capitalization of, in titles of books and essays,
26.
- “President,”
- capitalization of,
25;
- when spelled in full,
68.
- “Pretty,” correct use of,
109.
- “Professor,” when spelled in full,
68.
- Pronouns:
- used with noun for emphasis, comma omitted,
8;
- referring to Deity, capitalization of,
21.
- Pronunciation, correct, influence of, in division of words,
52–54.
- Proper names:
- capitalization, of,
22–24;
- abbreviation of,
66;
- derivatives from, familiarly used, not capitalized,
24.
- Proper nouns: formation of possessive,
36.
- “Propose,” distinguished from purpose,
109.
- Prox.,
not used,
65.
- Psalms:
- capitalization of titles of,
21;
- capitalization of,
22.
- “Pseudo,” compounds with,
51.
- Publications:
- use of colon in titles of literary references,
11;
- use of italics for,
62.
- Publishers: use of colon separating city of publication and name of, in literary references,
11.
- Punctuation:
- origin and purpose of,
3;
- rules for,
3–19;
- of headings of letters,
115;
- “open” and “close,”
3–4.
- Punctuation marks:
- list of,
2;
- after italics to be italic,
64.
- Q, inseparable from u,
53.
- “Quarter,” compounds with,
47.
- “Quasi,” compounds with,
48.
- Queries, when bracketed,
18.
- Question-mark. See Interrogation-point.
- “Quite,” correct use of,
109.
- Quotation-marks:
- use of,
16–17;
- double and single,
16–17;
- in poetry,
16;
- in ellipses,
17;
- repetition in paragraph beginnings,
17;
- in titles of poems, books, etc.,
17;
- serial titles,
17;
- names of ships,
17;
- titles of works of art,
17;
- words and phrases accompanied by definitions and specially emphasized, or intended to possess unusual, technical, or ironical meanings,
17;
- use of colon with,
10;
- substitution of dash for,
14;
- use of comma with,
7;
- use of colon and dash before,
14;
- use of exclamation-point with,
15;
- capitalization of first word in,
29;
- following colon,
30;
- use of hair-space inside,
59.
- Quotations: indention of,
55.
- Races, capitalization of names of,
27.
- “Railroad,” to be spelled out,
66.
- “Raise,” never used as noun,
109.
- “Rarely ever,” vulgarism for rarely,
109.
- Rates, postal,
129–132.
- “Re-,” compounds with,
47–48.
- -re, French ending not used,
36.
- Réaumur. See Thermometers.
- “Reference,” used with with not in,
109.
- References,
- capitalization of, nouns,
28;
- literary references,
28;
- use of colon in scriptural,
11;
- italics used in words, phrases, and abbreviations of literary and legal,
64.
- “Regard.” See under Reference.
- Regiments, capitalization of names of,
29.
- Regions, or parts of the world, proper capitalization of,
22–23.
- Registered mail, domestic and foreign, regulations for,
138.
- “Relative,” use of the word,
99.
- Relative clauses, use of comma with,
6.
- Religious terms, capitalization of,
20–22,
26.
- Residence, use of comma before “of” in connection with,
7.
- Resolutions:
- word “Resolved” in, italicized,
64;
- word “Whereas,”
26.
- “Resolved,” in resolutions,
- word following, to be capitalized,
26;
- italicization of,
64.
- Respect, capitalization of titles of,
25.
- “Respect.” See under Reference.
- “Reverend,” always preceded by the,
110.
- Reverse indention,
55.
- “Revolutionary,” capitalization of,
22.
- Roman:
- used in medical terms,
64;
- in certain words and phrases, literary and legal,
64.
- Roman numerals:
- use of period after,
12.
- See Numerals.
- “Rubaiyat,” plural of rubai,
109.
- Running-heads, period not used following,
12.
- Salutatory phrase:
- of letters, business, formal and informal,
116–118;
- use of comma,
7.
- See Phrase.
- “Same,” not used as pronoun,
110.
- “Same as,” distinguished from just as,
110.
- Sarcasm, indicated by use of exclamation-point,
15.
- “Scarcely.” See under Hardly.
- “School,” compounds with,
51.
- Scientific terms,
- capitalization of,
23;
- italicizing of,
64.
- Scriptural terms, abbreviations of,
90.
- Scripture, punctuation of:
- comma,
9;
- colon,
11;
- dash,
13;
- spacing of, references,
60.
- Seasons, capitalization of,
23.
- “Seldom ever.” See under Rarely ever.
- “Self,” compounds with,
47.
- “Semi,” compounds with,
48,
50.
- Semicolon:
- defined,
8,
9;
- compared with comma,
9;
- placing of, in connection with quotation-marks,
9;
- rules for use of,
9;
- dividing compound sentences,
9;
- separating passages in Scripture references containing chapters,
9;
- use of hair-space preceding,
59.
- “Sensible of,” distinguished from sensitive to,
110.
- Sentences:
- first word of, capitalized,
29;
- first word after colon capitalized in independent,
29;
- connection of, in paragraph,
58.
- Serial titles, to be quoted,
17.
- “Set,” distinguished from sit,
110.
- “Sewage,” correct use of,
110.
- “Shall,” correct use of,
110.
- “She.” See under Her.
- Shillings and pence, abbreviations, s. and d., italics,
64.
- Ships:
- names of, quoted,
17;
- names of, italicized,
62;
- time and watch on board,
161.
- “Should,” correct use of,
111.
- “Show,” correct use of,
111.
- “Show up,” vulgarism for expose,
111.
- Side-heads:
- capitalization of,
29;
- italicizing of,
62.
- Signatures,
- omission of period after,
12;
- italicizing of,
62;
- general rules for,
122.
- “Since,” correct use of,
111.
- -sion and -tion, spelling of words terminating in,
39–40.
- “Sister,” compounds with,
47.
- “Size up,” vulgarism for estimate,
111.
- Small capitals:
- how indicated in MS.,
30;
- rules for,
30.
- “So,” correct use of,
111.
- Social organizations, capitalization of,
25.
- Solar system, capitalization of popular names of,
23.
- “Some,” correct use of,
111.
- “Some one,” not a compound word,
51
- “Some place,” written somewhere,
111.
- “Sort.” See under Kind.
- “Sort of,” correct use of,
111.
- Sovereigns, abbreviation of names of,
69.
- Spaces, examples of,
61.
- Spacing:
- rules for,
59–61;
- uniformity of,
59;
- hair-spaces in connection with punctuation marks,
59;
- of abbreviated titles,
25,
59–60;
- of Scripture references,
60;
- of A.M., P.M., etc.,
59;
- symbols and figures,
60;
- at end of paragraph,
60;
- in regard to turn-overs,
60;
- kerned letters, f and j require hair-spaces,
60;
- wide spacing,
60;
- examples, dashes and spaces,
60–61;
- of abbreviations of railroads,
66.
- Special delivery, mail system,
139.
- Species, scientific names of:
- use of capitals,
23;
- italicizing of,
64.
- Spelling:
- rules for,
31–34;
- difficulties and choice of usages,
31;
- of decades, ages, centuries, dynasties,
32;
- of numbers of military bodies, streets, sessions of Congress,
32;
- of numbers,
31–32;
- of time of day,
32–33;
- use of diphthongs,
33;
- rules of orthography,
33–36, see Orthography;
- lists of words, — accented words,
37;
- participles,
37;
- variable endings, -ize,
37–38;
- ending in -ise,
38;
- ending in -ible and -able,
39;
- ending in -sion and -tion,
39–40;
- pronounced alike, but varying in meaning according to spelling,
40–44.
- “Splendid,” correct use of,
111.
- Square measure, table of,
150.
- Squares, capitalization of names of,
23.
- Standard time:
- meaning and explanation of,
142–144;
- table of,
144.
- Stars, names of, italicized,
64.
- “Start,” distinguished from begin,
111.
- “State,” capitalization of,
24–25.
- States:
- spacing of abbreviations of,
60–61;
- list of abbreviations of,
77–81.
- Statistics, treatment of numbers in,
32.
- “Stop,” distinguished from stay,
111.
- “Strata,” plural of stratum,
109.
- Streets:
- capitalization of names of,
23;
- numbers of, spelled out,
32.
- “Sub,” compounds with,
50.
- Subdivisions: in literary references, not capitalized,
28.
- Subheads,
- omission of period after,
12;
- italicizing of,
62.
- Subject-matter: separation of, by dash, from its authority,
13.
- “Sulpho,” compounds with,
51
- “Super,” compounds with,
50.
- “Supra,”
- compounds with,
48;
- italicized,
64.
- Surveyors’ measure, table of,
151.
- s.v.,
italicized,
64.
- Symbols:
- monetary,
90–91;
- mathematical,
91–92;
- medical,
93;
- spacing of monetary,
60.
- Tables: box-heads in, omission of period,
12.
- “Take,” correct use of,
111.
- “Take stock in,” slang expression,
112.
- Technical:
- use of figures in, matter,
32;
- words or phrases, use of quotation-marks for,
17.
- Tense, common errors of,
112.
- Text of letters: business, formal, and informal,
118–120.
- “That.” See under Which.
- “The,” not part of title of magazines and papers,
30.
- “Them,” distinguished from they,
112.
- “Thermo,” compounds with,
51.
- Thermometers, comparative table: Réaumur, Centigrade, Fahrenheit,
148.
- “They.” See under Them.
- “This,” not used as adverb,
112.
- Thoroughfares:
capitalization of names of,
23;
numbers of, spelled out,
32.
- “Through,” distinguished from finished,
112.
- Timber and wood, measures of,
157.
- Time:
- use of colon between hours and minutes,
11;
- of day, when spelled out,
32;
- standard, explanation of,
142–144;
- on board ship,
161.
- Time measure, table of,
151.
- -tion and -sion. See -sion.
- Title-pages, capitalization of certain words,
30.
- Titles:
- capitalization of,
24–26;
- of poems, series, and works of art, to be quoted,
17;
- of parables (biblical), capitalization of,
20;
- of psalms, capitalization of,
20;
- use of colon in literary references,
10–11;
- capitalization of compounded,
22;
- use of comma separating, from names,
6;
- of honor, nobility, and respect, capitalization of,
25;
- civil and military, capitalization of,
25;
- foreign, capitalization of,
25–26;
- of books or essays, capitalization of,
26;
- of treaties, laws, and acts, capitalization of,
27;
- definite article not treated as part of, in newspapers or magazines,
30;
- “ex,” “vice,” “general,” “elect,” etc., use of hyphen in connecting,
47;
- italicizing of books, newspapers, and periodicals,
62;
- abbreviations of, with lists,
68–75;
- capitalize when used alone
68–69;
- of sovereigns,
69.
- “To,” compounds with,
50.
- “Too,” correct use of,
112.
- “Treat,” followed by of,
112.
- Treaties, capitalization of names of,
27.
- “Tree,” compounds with,
49.
- “Tri-,” compounds with,
50.
- Tribes, capitalization of names of,
27.
- Troy ounce, uses of the,
154–155.
- Troy weight, table of,
150.
- “Try,” followed by to,
112.
- Two-letter syllables, avoid division of,
53.
- “Ugly,” correct use of,
112.
- Ult.,
not used,
65.
- “Ultra,” compounds with,
48.
- “Un-” (negative prefix), compounds with,
50.
- “Under,” compounds with,
50.
- “United States,” when abbreviated,
66.
- Units of measure, not capitalized,
29–30.
- Unity of paragraphs,
57.
- “University,” capitalization of,
27.
- Unknown quantities: algebraic, geometric, etc., italicized,
64.
- v.
(versus), set in roman,
64.
- “Van,” capitalization of,
25–26.
- Verbal nouns, ending in -ing, distinguished from participles,
106.
- Verbs, not to be omitted from sentence,
112.
- Versions of Bible, capitalization of,
20.
- “Very,” correct use of,
112.
- “Vice,” compounds with,
46.
- Vide,
italicized,
64.
- “Visitor,” distinguished from visitant,
113.
- “viz.,” set in roman,
64.
- “Vocation,” distinguished from avocation,
113.
- Vocative words,
- comma separating,
7;
- “O” as distinguished from exclamatory “oh,”
15.
- Volt. See Electrical measures.
- “Von,” capitalization of,
25–26.
- Vowels, rules for division of words based upon,
52–53.
- “Want,” correct use of,
113.
- Watch on board ship, the,
161.
- Watt. See Electrical measures.
- “Way,” not to be used for away,
113.
- Week, days of:
- capitalization of,
23;
- abbreviation of,
65–66.
- Weights:
- metric system, table
149;
- apothecaries’,
150;
- avoirdupois,
150;
- British,
153;
- the Troy ounce,
155;
- Indian,
159;
- foreign,
160;
- and measures, tables and rules for,
149–160.
- “What,” distinguished from that,
113.
- “Whereas,” in resolutions, use of capital,
26.
- “Which,” correct use of,
113.
- “Who,” correct use of,
113.
- “Will.” See under Shall.
- “Woman,”
- compounds with,
49;
- correct use of, See Gentleman.
- “Womanly,” distinguished from womanish,
113.
- Words:
- accompanied by definition, to be quoted,
17;
- of unusual, technical, or ironical meanings, to be quoted,
17;
- specially desired to attract attention, to be quoted,
17;
- contraction of, omission indicated by apostrophe,
19;
- derived from proper names, capitalization of,
24;
- with special meaning, capitalization of,
29;
- accented,
37;
- pronounced alike, but varying in meaning, according to spelling, list of
40–44;
- foreign, italicizing of,
62–63.
- “World,” compounds with,
47.
- “Would.” See under Should.
- Wrapping, of mail matter,
132.
- X, do not divide on,
53.
- Yard measures, table of,
158.
- Years, numbers preceding, spelled out,
32.
- Zoölogical terms:
- capitalization of,
23;
- italicizing of,
64.