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 INDEX TO MANUAL

[The numbers, unless otherwise indicated, refer to sections] "A" and '*an": use of, before h and «,

"A" an "an" : use of, before h and u; spacing of, 268.

"a-" (negative particle), compounds with, 205.

Abbreviations: in literary references, 110, 237 (cf. 37); no space between elements of, 52, 103; not to be divided, 219; of academic titles, 22; of biblical and apocryphal books, list of, 109; of names of states, 106; of titles of publications, omission of period after initials used for, 123; rules for, 106-11; use of apostrophe in, 123; of period after, 123.

"-able" and "-ible," in divisions, 224.

Academic degrees, abbreviation and capitalization of, 21-22.

Accents, retention of, in foreign words incorporated into English, 59. Acquired, limited, or special meaning, words having, capitalization of. 25.

Acts, juridical, capitalization of names of, 18.

A.D. (anno Domini): spacing of, 52, 219; use of small caps for, 52.

Address, capitalization of titles in direct, 21.

Address line: at end of letters, etc., how to set, 50; at opening of letters, etc., how to set, 64; omission of comma after, z6x.

Addresses, titles of: capitalization of principal words in, 41; to be roman-quoted, 82.

Adjectives: capitalization of, in titles of publications, 41; compound, 183; capitalization of, derived from proper nouns, 1; ending in "-ical," how to divide, 229; omission of comma between two, 147: proper, capitalization of, 2 (cf. S, S3).

Administrative bodies, capitalization of names of, 12.

Adverbial clauses, 150.

Adverbs: capitalization of, in titles of publications, 41 : ending in "-ly," not to be hyphenated with adjectives or participles, 183; use of comma in connection with, 145.

æ, rules for use of, 215.

Ages: historical, linguistic, and geological, capitalization of, 14; to be spelled out, 99.

Algebraic formulae: letters used to designate unknown quantities in, 67; spacing of, 273.

Alignment, quotation marks to be "cleared" in, 90.

Alliances, political, capitalization of names of, 16.

Alphabetizing of names, rules for, 240.

(ante meridiem): 52, 219; use of small caps for, 52.

American system of divisions, 221.

"Ampersand": definition of, 107; when used, 107.

And: "short," 107; when to use comma before, 143.

Anglicized derivatives from Latin and Greek, form of diphthongs a and as in, 115.

"Angström units," abbreviation for 111.

"Ante," compounds with, 208.

"Anti," compounds with, 208.

Antithetical clauses, 149.

Apocrypha: list of abbreviations for, 109; titles of, to be set in roman, 60.

Apostles, omission of "St." in connection with names of, 108.

Apostrophe: rules for use of, 163–65; use of, in abbreviations, 123; to form plural of numerals, 165; to form possessive, 164 (cf. 1x3); to mark omission of figures or letters, 163 (cf. 123).

Appositional clauses, 150.

Arabic numerals, spacing of, at beginning of lines, 271; in headlines, spacing of, 271.

Art, titles of works of, to be roman-quoted, 84.

Article: definite, not to be used in connection with "Rev." and "Hon.," 92; not to be treated as part of title of periodicals, 41; indefinite, form of, before eu, sounded h', "one," etc., and long u, 114. 127