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SUGGESTIONS TO AUTHORS AND GEN

ERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Bear-off not included in clears, 5.

Broad tables must read up, 8.

Clears do not include bear-off, 5.

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Addresses, salutations, signatures, and heads, words capitalized in, 23 (19, 19a). Adherents to organized bodies, 18 (6a). Adherents to religious bodies and faiths, 20 (15). Adjectives, when capitalized, 16 (3), 23 (19, 19a), 105 (284a).

Adverbs, when capitalized, 23 (19, 19a), 105 (284a). American and British names, particles in, 17 (3a, 3b).

Bible and other sacred writings, 20 (15).
Bibliographies, synonymies, etc., 22 (17d).
Books in foreign languages, titles of, 22 (17c).
Calendar divisions, 19 (9).

Capitalize certain derivatives of proper names, 15 (2).

Capitalized words in matter set in caps and small caps and caps and lower-case, 23 (19a). Cases, legal, titles of, 22 (176).

Certain geographic terms not proper names, 16 (3d).

Chapters, parts, etc., of books, 21 (17).
Coined terms in scientific names, 20 (12a).
Common adjectives used in proper names, 16 (3).
Common-noun substitutes for organized bodies, 18
(6).

Common noun used with date or number, not

proper name, 16 (3c).

Common noun used alone for short title for proper name, 16 (3a).

Common nouns used in proper names, 16 (3).

Confessions of faith and religious bodies, 20 (15). Conjunctions, when capitalized, 23 (19, 19a), 105 (284a).

Countries, domains, and administrative divisions, 18 (7, 7a).

Definite article in proper names, 16 (4), 17 (4a).
Deity, words denoting, 20 (15).

Derivatives of proper names capitalized, 15 (2).
Derivatives of proper names lower-cased, 15 (2a), 30.
Descriptive term to denote direction or position, 19
(8b).

Earth, moon, etc., 20 (12d).
Fanciful appellations, 20 (13).
Feast and fast days, 19 (10).

First words capitalized or lower-cased, 22-23 (18).
Foreign names, particles in, 17 (5, 5b).

Geographic terms, 16 (3, 3a, 3b, 3d), 19 (8), 33.

Heads, addresses, and signatures, words capitalized in, 23 (19, 19a).

Historic events, 19 (10).

Historic papers, documents, etc., 23 (21).

Holidays, feast and fast days, 19 (10).

Interjections, 23 (20).

International organizations, 18 (6).

Legal cases, titles of, 22 (176).

Lower-case certain derivatives of proper names, 15

(2a), 30.

Market grades, 19 (11), 36.

Months and days, 19 (9).

Names of members of organized bodies, 18 (6a).

Names of organized bodies, 17-18 (6).

National governmental units, 17 (6).

Nouns, when capitalized, 16 (3, 3a), 23 (19, 191), 105 (284a).

O and oh, 23 (20).

Organized bodies, 17-18 (6).

Particles in names of persons, 7 (5, 5a, 5b).

Parts of books, plays, etc., titles of, 21 (17). Personifications, 20 (14).

Planets, 20 (12d).

Plural form of common noun as part of proper name, 16 (3b).

Plurals of generic names, 20 (126).

Prepositions, when capitalized, 23 (19, 19a), 105 (284a).

Pronouns, when capitalized, 23 (19, 19a), 105 (284a). Publications, documents, etc., titles of, 21 (17). Religious bodies and adherents to, 20 (15).

Religious terms, 20 (15).

Seasons of year, 19 (9).

Second person, titles in, 21 (16c).

Scientific names, 19-20 (12, 12a-12d).

Short titles of acts, 22 (17a).

Signatures, addresses, and heads, words capitalized

in, 23 (19, 19a).

Soil groups, 24 great, 19 (8a), 40.
Species, genus, etc., 19 (12).

Subdivisions of countries, 18 (7, 7a).

Substitutes for names of organized bodies, 17–18 (6). Sun, moon, etc., 20 (12d).

Terms used in soil science, 19 (Sa).

The, when capitalized, 16 (4), 17 (4a).

Title following namie, 20-21 (16a).

Title preceding name, 20 (16).

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Accents and diacritical marks, 44-45 (24).
Approved forms of spelling, 43 (22).

Consonants, double, in derivatives, 49 (42).

Consonants not doubled in certain derivatives, 49
(42a).

Contractions and plurals, 48 (38).

Diacritical marks, 44-45 (24).

Doubled consonants in derivatives, 49 (42).

Endings in cede, ceed, and sede, 47 (31).

Endings in ible and able, 46 (29).

Endings in ise, ize, and yze, 47 (30).

Geographic names, 45 (25).

Ligatures, 44 (23).

Nationalities, 45 (28a).

Plural forms, 47.

Plurals and contractions of letters, figures, and

symbols, 48 (38).

Plurals of nouns ending in o, 47 (33).

Plurals of titles, 47 (34).

Plurals which may cause difficulty, 47 (35).

Possessive forms, 48-49 (36-41).

Possessives and apostrophes, 48.

Shapes and forms, plurals of, 48 (38).

Titles, plurals of, 47 (34).

Transliterations, 45 (26).

Words ending in cede, ceed, and sede, 47 (31).
Words ending in ible and able, 46 (29).
Words ending in ise, ize, and yze, 47 (30).

COMPOUND WORDS

Accent, to insure definite, 51 (446).

Adjective elect and prefixes er and self, 53 (58a).
Capital letters joined to words, 51 (44c).
Civil and military titles, 53 (55).

Color terms, 52 (51).

Combining forms, 53-54 (58-58b).

Compass directions, complex terms of, 52 (46).
Compound adjectives, 52 (48-51).

Compound containing possessive noun, 52 (47).

Compound nouns, 51 (45).

Compounds, derivatives of, 52 (50).

Conflicting or duplicating terms, 51 (44e).

Derivatives of compounds, 52 (50).

Doubling a vowel, 51 (44a), 54 (58b).

Duplicating or conflicting terms, 51 (44e).

Duplicating prefixes, 54 (58b).

Elliptical compounds, 53 (53).

Fractions, 53 (56).

Hyphen a mark of punctuation, 51.

Idiomatic phrases, 53 (57).

Improvised compound, to join elements of, 51 (44d).

Insure definite accent, to, 51 (446).

Latin terms used as unit modifiers, 52 (52).

Military and civil titles, 53 (55).

Misinterpretation, to prevent, 54 (586).

Mispronunciation, to prevent, 51 (446), 54 (58b).
Numbers, compound, 52 (46).

Numerator and denominator, hyphen omitted be-
tween, 53 (56).

Participle, past, as second element of compound
adjective, 52 (48).

Participle, present, as second element of compound
adjective, 52 (49).

Past participle as second element in compound
adjective, 52 (48).

Possessive noun, compound containing, 52 (47).
Prefix to proper name, 54 (58b).

Prefixes and suffixes, 53 (58).

Prefixes, co, de, pre, pro, re, 51 (44a), 54 (58b).

Prefixes, duplicating, 54 (58b).

Prefixes ex and self and adjective elect, 53 (58a).

Present participle as second element of compound
adjective, 52 (49).

Prevent mispronunciation, 51 (44b), 54 (58b).

Proper name, prefix to, 54 (58b).

Proper names used as unit modifiers, 53 (52c).

Quotation marks, unit modifiers enclosed in,
52 (52a).

Scientific terms, 53 (54).

Suffixes and prefixes, 53 (58).

Three or more words, noun consisting of, 51 (45).
Titles, civil and military, 53 (55).

Titles, compound, 52 (46).

Treatment, uniformity of, 55.

Tripling a consonant, 51 (44a), 54 (58b).
Uniformity of treatment, 55.

Unit modifiers, 52-53 (52-52d).

Unit modifiers enclosed in quotation marks, 52 (52a).
Unit modifiers following words modified, 53 (526).

Unit modifiers which read back, 53 (526).
Units of measurement, compound, 52 (46).
Words joined to capital letters, 51 (44c).

ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations in common use, 90 (74).
Abbreviations take form of symbols, 87 (59a).
Abbreviations used after names, 89 (67b).

a. m., p. m., etc., 91 (78).

Art., fig., pt., sec., vol., etc., 89 (68).

Avenue, boulevard, etc., where abbreviated, 88 (62).
Bro., Bros., etc., 89 (66).

Building, etc., where abbreviated, 88 (62).

Capitalization of abbreviations, 87 (59).

Christian names, 88 (65).

Civil, military, or naval titles, 89 (67).

Common abbreviations, 90 (74).

Compass directions, 91 (75).

Congress and session, where abbreviated, 90 (69).

Congress, terms relating to, 90.

Contents, tables of, regarded as text, 87.
Corporation not abbreviated, 89 (66).

Cut-in side heads regarded as text, 87.
Descriptions of tracts of land, 88 (64).
Dollar mark, pound mark, etc., 93 (81).
Foreign countries, 88 (61a).

Fort, port, etc., not abbreviated, 88 (63).
Gravity and temperature, 91 (77).
Hyphenation of abbreviations, 87 (59).
Inc., Ltd., etc., 89 (66).

Indexes regarded as text, 87.

Insular possessions, 88 (61a).

Land descriptions, 88 (64).

Latitude and longitude, where abbreviated, 91 (76).

List of common abbreviations, 90 (74).

Ltd., Inc., etc., 89 (66).

Metric abbreviations, 92 (79).

Metric-system abbreviations, periods omitted

after, 87 (596).

Midnight, abbreviation for, 91 (78).

Money abbreviations and symbols, 93 (81).

Months, where abbreviated, 90 (72).

Names and titles, 88.

Noon, abbreviation for, 91 (78).

Parts of publications, 89 (68).

Periods omitted after abbreviated compass direc-
tions, 87 (595).

Periods omitted after metric-system abbreviations,

87 (596).

Port, fort, etc., not abbreviated, 88 (63).

Pound mark, dollar mark, etc., 93 (81).

Publications, parts of, 89 (68).

Railroad and railway, where abbreviated, 89 (66a).
Rev. Stat., Stat. L., etc., 90 (71).

Signatures, forms of names in, 88 (656).
States, forms of abbreviations, 87 (61).
Steamship, where abbreviated, 89 (66a).
Street, avenue, etc., where abbreviated, 88 (62).

Tables of contents regarded as text, 87.
Temperature and gravity, 91 (77).
Terms of measure, 91-92 (75-80).
Terms relating to Congress, 90.
Territories, 88 (61a).

Time, units of, 92 (80).

Titles, civil, military, or naval, 89 (67).
United States, when abbreviated, 87 (60).
Units of time, weight, and measure, 92 (80).

Weight and measure units, 92 (80).

Age, 95 (83).

NUMERALS

Astronomical time, 95 (83).

Biblical citations, 97 (84c).

Bonds, expressions in connection with, 96 (83).
Built-up fractions used in text, 97 (86).

By and x used in dimensions, 96 (83).

Caliber of guns and projectiles, how expressed, 95
(83).

Chemical formulas, figures used in, 97 (85).

Ciphers, when used before and after decimal point,
95 (83).

Clock time, how expressed, 95 (83).
Colon, how used in clock time, 95 (83).
Colon, when used in proportion, 96 (83).

Comma not used in expressions of time, 96 (83).
Comma not used in figures, when, 95 (82).
Comma not used in serial numbers, 97 (84c).
Comma, when used in figures, 95 (82).
Commercial c, how used, 96 (83a).

Consecutive years, how expressed, 95 (83).
Dates, 95 (83).

Decimals, how expressed in text, 95 (83).

Degree mark and other symbols, how used, 95
(83), 96 (83a).

Degree mark, when and how used, 96 (83a).
Degrees, etc., 95 (83), 96 (83a).

Distance, how expressed, 96 (83).

En dash, when used in dates, 95 (83).

En dash, when used in proportion, 96 (83).
Enumerations, 96-97 (84), 98 (90).

Enumerations as unit modifiers, when spelled, 96
(83).

Enumerations less than 10, when spelled, 98 (90c).
Enumerations preceding compound modifiers, 98
(90a).

Exceptions to use of comma in figures, 95 (82).

Exceptions to use of figures in expressing time, 96
(83).

Exceptions to use of figures in unit modifiers, 96
(83).

Expressions of time, comma omitted in, 96 (83).
Figure fractions used as unit modifier, 97 (87).
Figures denoting vision, how expressed, 96 (83).
Figures, how used in colloquial expressions, 96 (83).
Figures in chemical formulas, how used, 97 (85).
Figures spelled out, when, 96 (81α).
Figures under 10 spelled, when, 96 (84a).
Figures used for mathematical expressions, 96 (83).
Figures, when used in unit modifiers, 96 (83).
Foreign money, symbols used for, 96 (83).
Fractions, common, 97 (86).

Fractions, spelled, 98 (90c).

Fractions standing alone, 98 (94).

Fractions used in degrees, how expressed, 95 (83).
Fractions used in unit modifiers, 96 (83).
Greek mu used as symbol, 96 (83a).

Groups of enumerations within a sentence, 96 (84a).
Indefinite enumerations, 98 (906).

Inferior figures in chemical formulas, 97 (85).
Isolated figures of 10 or over, 97 (845).

Latitude and longitude, how expressed, 95 (83), 96
(83a).

Legal citations, 97 (84c).

Market quotations, how expressed, 96 (83).

Mathematical expressions, use of figures in, 96 (83).
Measurements, figures used for, 96 (83).

Million and similar terms spelled, 98 (91).
Money symbols, 96 (83).

Nails, sizes, 96 (83).

Number following a colon, 97 (88).

Numbers beginning a sentence, 97 (88).

Numbers larger than 1,000, how spelled, 98 (89a).
Numbers spelled out, 97.

Omit ciphers after decimal point, when, 95 (83).
Ordinal numbers, how used in dates, 95 (83).
Ordinal numbers spelled, 98 (90d).

Page numbers, 97 (84c).

Patent numbers, comma not used, 97 (84c).

Percentage, how expressed, 96 (83).

Proportion, figures used in, 96 (83).

Quantities and measurements, 95-96 (83).

Related numbers, 98 (92).

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Shilling mark and full-sized figures may be used,

when, 97 (86).

Sizes of nails, how expressed, 96 (83).

Sizes of yarns and threads, how expressed, 96 (83).
Specific gravity, how expressed, 95 (83).
Street and avenue numbers, 97 (84c).

Sums of money, how expressed, 96 (83).
Superior letters, when used in clock time, 95 (83).
Symbols, how used in dimensions, 96 (83, 83a).
Symbols used with figures, 96 (83, 83a).
Telephone numbers, 97 (84c).

Threads and yarns, how to express sizes, 96 (83).
Time, how expressed, 96 (83).

Use of by and x in dimensions, 96 (83).

Use of cipher denoting exact measurement, 95 (83).
Use of comma in dates, 95 (83).

Use of comma in figures, 95 (82).

Use of figures in market quotations, 96 (83).

Use of figures in unit modifiers, 96 (83).

Vision, how expressed, 96 (83).

Weights and measures, how expressed, 96 (83).

Yarns and threads, how to express sizes, 96 (83).

Year not repeated, where, 95 (83).

Years, sums of money, etc., at beginning of sentence,
97 (88).

SYMBOLS

Chemical symbols, 99 (96).

Equations, mathematical, 99 (95a).
Letter symbols, 99 (95).

Mathematical equations, 99 (95a).
Standardized symbols, 99 (97, 98).

PUNCTUATION

Abbreviations, apostrophes omitted in, 102 (100).
Abbreviations, periods not used after certain, 107
(114g).

Abbreviations, periods used after, 107 (114g).

Address, complimentary, colon used after, 102
(1046).

Apostrophe, 101-102 (99, 100).

Apostrophe used to form possessive case, 102 (99c).
Apostrophes omitted in abbreviations, 102 (100).
Asterisks used to denote an ellipsis, 105 (109).
Biblical citations, colon used in, 103 (104e).
Box heads, periods omitted after, 108 (1156).
Braces, use of, 102 (101).

Bracket, single, used in indexes and poetry, 102
(103).

Brackets used to indicate corrections, interpola-
tions, etc., 102 (102a).

Center heads, periods omitted after, 108 (1156).
Citations and references in parentheses, 107 (113,

113a).

Clock time, colon used in, 102 (104d).
Colon, 102-103 (104-104g).

Colon used to formally introduce matter that
follows, 102 (104c).

Comma, 103-104 (105-106d).

Comma omitted in dates, 104 (106a).
Commas omitted wherever possible without danger
of ambiguity, 104 (106d).

Conjunctions, commas used before, 104 (105i, 105j).
Contraction indicated by apostrophe, 101 (99a).
Credit line, dash used before, 105 (107g).

Dash, 104-105 (107a-108b).

Dash not used at beginning of line 105 (108a).
Dash used with question mark, 105 (107e).

Dates, commas omitted in, 104 (106a).
Ellipsis, 105 (109).

Entitled, termed, etc., matter following, quoted, 108
(1176).

En dash used in absence of word to, 105 (107j).
En dashes in combinations of letters, figures, etc.,
105 (107j).

Equal space each side of colon, 102 (104d), 103 (104ƒ).
Exclamation point, 106 (110).

Extracts indented or set in smaller type not quoted,
109 (118).

Extracts, solid, in leaded matter, not quoted, 109
(118).

Figures, commas in, 103 (105h).

Figures, letters, etc., plurals of, 101 (996).

Figures, superior, commas omitted between, 104
(106c).

PUNCTUATION-Continued

Footnote reference follows quotation marks, 109
(120).

Full space after colon, 103 (104e).

Hyphens used between letters of a spelled word,
106 (111c).

Indented extracts not quoted, 109 (118).
Interjections O and oh, 106 (110a, 110b).

Interruption indicated by 2-em dash, 105 (1076).
Introductory lines, colons used after, if subentries
follow, 103 (104g).

Legends, periods used after, 107 (114h).

Letters, figures, etc., en dash used in combinations
of, 105 (107j).

Letters, figures, etc., plurals of, 101 (996).

Letters, quotation marks not used to enclose, 109
(118).

Line of stars, 105 (109).

Multiplication, period used to indicate, 107 (114i).
O and oh, how used, 106 (110a, 110b).

Omission of words, comma used to indicate, 103
(105c).

Omitted matter indicated by brackets, 102 (1026).
Organization, comma used between name and num-
ber of, 104 (105m).

Parentheses, use of, 106 (112a-112c).

Period used to indicate multiplication, 107 (114).
Period, use of, 107 (114).

Period, where omitted, 108 (115).

Periods not used after certain abbreviations, 107
(114g).

Periods used after abbreviations, 107 (114g).
Periods used after legends, 107 (114h).

Periods used to denote an ellipsis, 105 (109), 107
(114d).

Periods, where used after run-in side heads, 107
(114e).

Periods, where used after words set in columns,
107 (114j).

Plurals of letters, figures, etc., 101 (996).

Poetry, how quoted, 109 (121).

Possessive case indicated by apostrophe, 102 (99c).
Proportion, colons used in, 103 (104f).

Punctuation marks outside of quotation marks,
109 (119).

Punctuation, single, 110 (124).

Question mark, 108 (116).
Quotation marks, 108 (117).

Quotacion marks inside of punctuation marks,
109 (119).

Quotation marks not borne off from adjacent
characters, 109 (117e).

Quotation marks not used to enclose certain ex-
tracts, 109 (118).

Quotation marks not used to enclose complete
letters, 109 (118).

Quotation marks precede footnote reference, 109
(120).

Quotation marks used to enclose slang expressions,
109 (117d).

Quotation marks, use of, limited, 109 (117c).
References and citations in parentheses, 107 (113,
113a).

Roman numerals, periods omitted after, 108 (115a).
Semicolon, use of, 110 (122).

Serial numbers, commas omitted in, 104 (1066).
Short, direct quotation, comma used before, 103
(1056).

Signature, dash used before, 105 (107g).
Single punctuation, 110 (124).

Slang expressions, use of quotation marks, 109
(117d).

So-called, known as, etc., matter following, not
always quoted, 108 (1176).

Solid extracts in leaded matter not quoted, 109
(118).

Spelled words, how printed, 106 (111c).
Stars, line of, 105 (109).

Superior figures or letters, commas omitted between,
104 (106c).

Supplemental clause preceded by a colon, 102 (104a).
Time, clock, colon used in, 102 (104d).

Title, comma used between name of organization
and, 104 (105).

Titles, etc., following names, commas used before,
103 (105f).

Words set in columns, periods omitted after, 107
(114j).

TABULAR WORK

Abbreviated units of quantity in stub, 115 (168).
Abbreviation do., where used, 114 (161).
Abbreviations, 111.

Abbreviations in center heads, 113 (142).
Abbreviations may be used, when, 119 (210).
Abbreviations used in footnotes, 117 (191).
Abbreviations used to save overruns, 111 (126).
Aircraft and vessels, names of, how set, 117 (197).
Alinement of figures in figure columns, 115 (174).
Alinement of months and figures in date columns,
114 (155).

Alinement of words and dashes in double money
columns, 115 (171).

Arrangement of footnotes to parallel tables, 116
(182).

Arrangement of footnotes to table and text at bot-
tom of page, 116 (186).

Article, section, etc., when abbreviated, 111 (1256).
Asterisks, etc., used for footnote references, 116
(180).

Avenue, etc., when abbreviated, 111 (125a).

Bear-off either side of parallel rule in double-up
table, 115 (173).

Bear-off in date and reading columns, 111 (128).
Bear-off not used before certain reference marks
116 (180).

Bear-off of figures in tables in rules, 118 (207).
Bear-off omitted, when, 111 (128).

Bear-off used above and below box head, 112 (131).
Bear-off used in 8-point tables, 112 (140).
Blank lines followed, when, 111 (129).
Blank lines omitted, 111 (129).

Bold-faced do. not used, 114 (162).

Box heads containing two lines, how set, 112 (137).
Box heads in parallel tables, how set, 112 (138).
Box heads set crosswise, 112 (133).
Box heads 10 ems or over, 112 (132).
Box heads under 10 ems, 112 (132).
Box heads, when run up, 112 (133).
Braced groups, do. under, 114 (164).
Braces, where placed in columns, 112 (141).
Building, when abbreviated, 111 (125a).
Capitalize do., where, 114 (161).

Center head, flush entry, or subentry carried to
second part of double-up table, 115 (172).
Center heads in figure columns, how set, 113 (146).
Center heads over parallel tables, how set, 113 (142).
Center heads over tables, when leaded, 113 (142).
Cipher at left of decimal, when used, 113 (148).
Cipher before decimal in mixed units, 113 (148).
Cipher used alone in money or decimal column,
where placed, 113 (148).

Ciphers omitted in money columns consisting
entirely of even dollars, 113 (149).

Clears and indentions, bear-off not included in, 111
(128).

Clears for decimals to be indicated by copy pre-
parer, 116 (179).

Colon, when used after entries and subentries,
113 (143).

Column consisting of units of quantity, 118 (209a).
Columns containing both dollars and cents, ciphers

in, 113 (149).

Columns of dates considered reading columns, when,
114 (157).

Columns of single or double years, 114 (160).
Columns of tracing figures, how considered, 114 (161).
Comma not used between references, 116 (183).
Compound boxes, how set, 112 (136).
Continued heads, how set, 113 (150, 150a, 151).
Continued, how abbreviated, 113 (150).
Continued, when not set in roman, 113 (151).
Continued, when used in parallel tables, 118 (202).
Contractions and abbreviations, how used in
tabular work, 111 (125-125b).

Copy preparer to indicate clear, 117 (195).
Cross rules, decimals under, 113 (148).

Cross rules, dollar mark repeated under, 115 (170).
Cross-reference used instead of repeating footnote,
116 (181).

Crowded tables, how set, 115 (174).

Daggers, etc., used for footnote references, 116 (180).
Dash, when used after box head, 112 (130).

Dash, when used instead of colon after entry or
subentry, 113 (143).

Dashes and words, alinement of, in double money
columns, 115 (171).

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