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• Post (11.3), 265
• Post Office, 68

  Box, as part of address, 68

  Directory of Post Offices (5.20), 93

  ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1), 203, 309

• Pound mark (see Money, Number).
• Preface (2.3g, 2.12), 10, 11
• Prefixes (6.7, 6.29-6.35), 96, 102-104

  Metric (9.56), 236-237

• Preliminary pages (2.3-2.4), 9-10

  Roman numerals for (2.4), 10

• Preparing copy:

  Abbreviations spelled out (2.43), 15

  Bill style (2.41), 15

  Capitalization (2.25,2.35), 12, 14

  Copy kept clean (2.46), 16

  Cut-in notes (2.32), 14

  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (2.26), 13

  Addresses (16.9-16.16), 311-313

  Datelines (16.5-16.8), 309-311

  Signatures (16.17-16.26), 313-319

  Decimals (2.27), 13

  Et cetera, etc. (2.28), 13

  Extracts (2.24), 12

  FIC & punc, Fol. lit. (2.38-2.42), 14-15

  Figures (2.38, 2.40), 15

  Folioing and stamping (2.29), 13

  Footnotes and reference marks:

  Tabular work (13.66-13.85), 289-291

  Text (15.1-15.19), 303-305

  Heads (2.30, 3.46-3.54), 13, 40-42

  Instructions to be followed (2.42, 11.5), 15, 177

  Italic (2.26, 2.38), 13, 14

  Pickup (2.31), 13

  Plurals (2.36, 8.13), 14, 196

  Punctuation followed (2.38-2.42), 14-15

  Sidenotes (2.32), 14

  Signs, symbols, etc. (2.33-2.34), 14

  Type to indicate shape (2.35-2.37), 14

• Prepositions (3.49), 40

  In compound nouns (6.47), 107

• Presidents and Vice Presidents, U.S., 321-322
• Pronouns:

  Compounding (6.12, 6.13), 98

  Possessive (8.8-8.9), 194, 195

• Proofreader's marks (1.22), 4-5
• Proofreading (2.74-2.87), 18-20
• Proofs:

  Clean (2.46, 2.96a), 16,21

  Department (1.18-1.20), 2

• Proportion (8.32, 12.9m), 199, 273
• Provided, etc.:

  Capitalization following (3.45), 40

  Italic (3.45, 11.11), 40, 267

• Province (3.19), 32

  Not abbreviated (9.15), 224

• Public Law, etc. (3.38), 38-39

  Not abbreviated (9.41, 9.43), 232, 233

• Publications (see Periodicals).

  GPO(1.21),3

• Puerto Rico (9.12, 9.13), 223, 224, 364
• Punctuation (8.1-8.150), 193-219

  Abbreviations:

  Omitted (8.123, 9.3, 13.13), 214, 221, 282

  When used (8.39, 9.6), 200, 221

  Apostrophe (8.3-8.18), 193-197

  Brackets (8.19-8.22), 197-198

  Colon (8.23-8.33), 198-200

  Comma (8.34-8.59), 200-204

  Before and after abbreviations (8.39), 200

  Omitted (8.50-8.59), 202-204

  Used (8.34-8.49), 200-202

  Dash (em) (8.60-8.70), 204-205

  Not used (8.69-8.70), 205

  Used (8.60-8.68), 204-205

  Dash (en) (8.72-8.75), 206

  Not used (8.74-8.75), 206

  Used (8.72-8.73), 206

  Ellipses (8.76-8.82), 207-208

  Exclamation point (8.83-8.84), 208

  Function (8.1, 8.2), 193