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Index
[Numbers in parentheses refer to rules; bold indicates chapter heading]

 

• A
• Abbreviations and Letter Symbols (9.1-9.64), 221-258

  Addresses:

  Correspondence (16.3, 16.9-16.16), 309, 311-313

  Ordinals (12.10), 274

  Signatures, lists of names (9.37, 16.3), 231, 309

  Street (9.16-9.19, 13.6), 224-225, 281

  Article, section (9.39), 232

  Calendar divisions (9.44-9.46, 13.5), 233, 281

  Closed up, with periods (9.7), 222

  College degrees (9.32, 9.35-9.36), 230, 231

  Comma before and after (8.39), 200

  Company, etc. (9.25), 225-22, Not abbreviated (9.26), 226

  Congressional terms (9.30, 9.41-9.43, 13.11), 230, 232-233, 282

  Dates (9.44-9.46, 13.5), 233, 281

  Et al, etc. (3.53, 8.59), 41, 204

  Figure, not abbreviated (9.40), 232

  Foreign countries (9.11), 223

  Geographic terms (9.9-9.15), 222-224

  Grammatical (7.14), 110

  Information technology (9.64), 255

  Land descriptions (9.20-9.22, 13.9), 225, 281

  Latin (9.63, 11.3), 251-255, 265

  Lists (9.61-9.64), 238-258

  Measures, weights, etc. (9.5, 9.50-9.59), 221,235-237

  Metric (9.56-9.57), 236-237

  Military titles, U.S. (9.29), 226-230

  Money (9.60, 12.9k), 238, 273

  Foreign, 334-338

  Numerals used with (9.5, 9.51, 13.4), 221, 235,281

  Organized bodies (9.8), 222

  Parts of publications (9.38-9.40, 13.10), 231-232,281

  Period used (8.103-8.114), 211-213

  Not used (8.115-8.123), 213-214

  Preparing copy (2.43), 15

  Provinces, etc. (9.13, 9.15), 223, 224

  Senator, Representative (9.30), 230

  States (9.12-9.13), 223-224

  Tabular work (13.4-13.13), 281-282

  Technology (9.64), 255-258

  Territories and possessions (9.12-9.14), 223-224

  Time zones (9.47), 234

  Titles, civil and military (9.29), 226-230

  U.S.:

  Before Government or Government organization (9.9, 13.7), 222-223, 281

  As adjective (9.10, 13.7), 223, 281

  Vessels (9.27, 11.6-11.7), 226, 265-266

• -able, words ending in (5.11, 6.30), 89-91, 103
• About This Manual, v
• Accents:

  Anglicized and foreign words (5.3-5.4), 85-86

  Geographic names (5.20-5.21), 93

  List (10.18), 262

• Acronyms and coined words (9.48, 9.61, 9.64), 234-235, 238-247, 255-258

  Plurals (8.11, 8.13), 195, 196

• Act, 43
• Adjectives (see also Compounding):

  Capitalization (3.5-3.6), 27-28

  Modifier (7.7), 109

  Nationalities (demonyms), 93, 332-334

• Administration, 43
• Adverbs ending in -ly (6.20), 100
• Advice to Authors and Editors (1.1-1.22), 1-5
• Air Force, 44, 227-230 433

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