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• Dash (8.150), 219

  Datelines, addresses, and signatures (16.2-16.3), 309

  Extracts (2.24, 8.138), 12,217

  Footnotes (15.5), 303

  Headnotes (2.14, 13.88-13.89), 11, 292

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

  Indexes and contents (15.20, 15.29-15.30), 305, 307

  Italic (11.1-11.16), 265-268

  Vessels (11.6-11.7), 265-266

  Jr., Sr. (9.37, 16.3), 231, 309

  Leaderwork (14.1), 299

  Legends (2.69), 18

  Mr., Mrs., etc. (9.37, 16.3), 231, 309

  Note (8.107, 13.53), 212, 288

  Parentheses (8.150), 219

  Picas converted to inches, 341

  Seal (16.27, 16.28), 319

  Signature marks (2.101), 22

  Special typefaces (1.11), 2

  Tabular work (2.23, 13.3), 12, 281

  Text (2.23), 12

 

• U
• Under Secretary (see also Secretary), 75
• Union (3.19), 32, 75

  & in name (9.25), 225-226

  Comma omitted between name and number (8.53), 203

• Unit modifiers (see Compounding).
• United Nations (3.17), 30-32, 75
• Units of quantity:

  Leaderwork (14.14), 301

  Numerals (12.6, 12.9), 270-274

  Tabular work (13.120, 13.121-13.123), 297, 298

• U.S. (see Possessions, Territories):

  Abbreviation (9.9-9.10, 13.7), 222-223, 281

  Closed up (9.7), 222

  Spelled out (9.9-9.10), 222-223

  Presidents and Vice Presidents (14.14), 321-322

• USD (9.60), 238, 338
• Useful Tables (Chapter 17), 321-341

  Chemical elements, 261

  Currency, 334-338

  Demonyms (nationalities), 332-334

  Foreign countries, capitals, chief of state, etc., 325-331

  Geologic time, 343

  Measures, metric, etc., 339-341

  Meridians and base lines, 346

  Military titles, 226-230

  Most populous U.S. cities, capitals, 322-324

  Physiographic regions, U.S., 344-345

  Postal abbreviations, 224

  Public land surveys, 347

  Rivers, 347

  Roman numerals, 280

  Signs and symbols, 262-264

  Temperature conversion, 339

  U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents, 321-322

 

• V
• v.:

  Italic (11.8, 13.95), 266, 293

  Roman (11.8), 266

• Van, von (3.13, 3.14, 3.16), 30
• Verbs:

  Adverb compounds (6.9), 96

  Capitalization (3.49), 40

  Infinitive (3.49, 3.52), 40

  Improvised (6.48), 107

• Vessels:

  Abbreviations (9.27), 226

  Italic (11.6-11.7, 13.95), 265-266, 293

  Quotation marks (11.7, 11.8), 266

• Virgin Islands (9.12, 9.13), 223, 224, 367
• Volume (3.9), 28, 76

  Abbreviation (9.38, 9.58), 231, 237

  Metric (9.56), 236-237

• Vowels:

  A, an, before (5.16-5.19), 92

  Hyphen, to avoid doubling (6.7), 96