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Index

  • Allmark (2.103-2.104, 2.112, 2.117), 22, 23, 24
    American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 7-9
    American Samoa (9.12, 9.13), 223, 224, 348
    Ampersand (&):
    Comma omitted before (8.56), 203
    Firm names (9.25), 225-226
    Index entries (15.27), 306
    Anglicized foreign words (5.3-5.4), 85-86
    ANSI (American National Standards Institute) (2.2), 7-9, 255
    Anyone, any one (6.12), 98
    Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18), 193-197
    Abbreviations (8.11-8.12), 195-196
    Authentic form in names to be followed (8.6), 194
    Coined plurals (8.11), 195-196
    Contractions (8.11), 195-196
    Possessive (8.3-8.8, 8.10), 193-194
    Pronouns (8.8-8.9), 194, 195
    Spelled-out words (8.13), 196
  • Appendix:
    Abbreviation (9.38), 231
    Footnote numbering (15.2), 303
    Part of book (2.3m), 10
    Plural form (5.10), 88-89
  • Area:
    Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58), 236, 237
    Metric equivalents, 339-341
  • Army, 45-46, 227-230
  • Article:
    Abbreviation (9.38, 9.39), 231, 232
    Capitalization (3.11-3.12, 3.49), 29-30, 40
    Caps and small caps (9.39), 232
  • Assembly:
    Legislative, 63
    United Nations (3.17), 30-32, 75
  • Association (9.25), 225-226
    Asterisk(s):
    Ellipses (8.76-8.82), 207-208
    Footnote reference (13.68-13.69, 15.13-15.14, 15.17), 290, 304, 305
  • Astronomical:
    Bodies, capitalization (3.30), 35
    Time (12.9b), 271
  • Astrophysical abbreviations (9.59), 237
  • Atomic numbers (10.16), 261
  • B
  • Backstrips, run down (2.20), 12
  • Base lines and meridians, 346-347
  • Basin, 47, 60
  • B.C. (9.61, 12.9c), 239, 271
  • Bible, etc. (3.33), 36-37
  • Bibliography:
    Footnote numbering (15.2), 303
    Part of book (2.31), 10
    References (2.130, 8.29, 8.58, 8.71), 25-26, 199, 203, 205
  • Bill style (2.41), 15
  • Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.15), 2
  • Board on Geographic Names (5.20, 5.21), 93
  • Boldface:
    Page numbers, contents (15.30), 307
    Punctuation (8.150), 219
  • Braces, equations (10.14), 260
  • Brackets (8.19-8.22), 197-198
    Dates abbreviated in (9.45), 233
    Emphasis added, etc. (8.19), 197
    Equations (8.21, 10.14), 198, 260
    Headnotes (13.88-13.89), 292
    More than one paragraph (8.22), 198
    Type (8.150), 219
  • Bylines in parentheses (8.101), 211
  • C
  • Calendar divisions:
    Abbreviations (9.44-9.46, 13.5), 233, 281
    Capitalization (3.23), 34, 48
  • Called, so-called (8.128), 215
  • Capacity:
    Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58), 236, 237
    Metric equivalents, 339, 340
  • Capitalization Rules (3.1-3.57), 27-42
    Addresses, salutations, and signatures (3.55, 16.2), 42, 309