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States Relations

Steamboat Inspection

Soviet, etc.-Continued

of Labor and Defense
regime
system

Moscow Soviet; city soviet; the
soviet

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Special Order No. 12; Special Orders, No. 12; a special order (17) Speedway, the (District of Columbia) (3a)

Spirit of '76 (painting) (17); but spirit of '76 (in general sense)

Sister; Sisters (adherent of religious spring (season) (9)

order) (15)

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Squadron, only if part of proper name;

the squadron (3): North Atlantic, etc. Square, only if part of proper name; the square (3): Lafayette, etc. Staked Plains (8)

Star of Bethlehem (15) Star-Spangled Banner (13) statehood (7)

statehouse
State prison (7)

State rights; States' rights (7)
State-wide (United States) (7)
State's attorney (7)

state's evidence (7)

States (8):

Eastern; but western Gulf (8b) Gulf; Lake

Middle

Middle Western

Midwestern

Solonetz

Soloth

Terra Rossa Tundra

North Atlantic

Wiesenboden Yellow

Podzol

Soldiers' Home, if part of proper name (3): Ohio Soldiers' Home; the soldiers' home; etc.

Soldiers' Home, the (District of Columbia only) (3a)

Solicitor for the Department of Commerce, etc.; the Solicitor (16a) Solicitor General (Department of Justice) (16a)

Son of Man (Christ) (15)

Sons of the American Revolution (organization); a Son; a Real Son (6, 6a) Sound, if part of proper name; capitalized, standing alone, only if referring to Long Island Sound or Puget Sound (3, 3a):

Albemarle Sound; the sound
Pamlico Sound; the sound

South Atlantic (8)

South Pole (8)

South, the (section of United States) (8) southerners

Soviet, if part of proper name; capitalized, standing alone, only if referring to a central governmental unit (6):

a soviet

of People's Commissars

Pacific Coast

Thirteen Original (8)

Station, only if part of proper name (3); not capitalized if referring to surveying or similar work:

Broad Street Station; the station (3) Key West Naval Station; Key West station; the station (3)

Nebraska Experiment Station; Nebraska station; the station (3) Union; Union Depot; the depot (3) substation A (3c)

Statistical Abstract; the Abstract (17) Statue of Liberty; the statue (3) Statutes at Large (United States only) (17)

Street, only if part of proper name; the street (3):

K Street

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table 2, II, A, etc. (3c); but Table 2, Umpire, in an international arbitration

with title (17)

Territorial, if referring to a political subdivision (7)

Territory, capitalized if part of proper name; capitalized, standing alone, if referring to a political subdivision (7): of Hawaii; the Territory; etc. The, as part of a name, capitalized (4); lower-cased (4a):

The Adjutant General (chief adjutant general)

The Assistant Secretary (chief assistant in Labor, Navy, and War Departments)

The National Archives

The Dalles; The Hague; The Weirs; but the Dalles region; the Hague Conference; the Weirs streets

but the Times; the Mermaid; the Federal Express

Thirteen American Colonies; the Thirteen Colonies; Thirteen Original Colonies; the Colonies (8)

Thirteen Original States (8)

Tidal Basin (District of Columbia); the Basin (3, 3a)

time: standard; central; eastern; mountain; Pacific

title 2, II, A, etc. (3c); but Title 2, with title (17)

(16a)

Under Secretary, if referring to a national governmental officer; the Under Secretary (16a):

of Agriculture

of State

of the Treasury

Union, if synonym for United States or part of proper name; lowercased in general sense (7a):

Pan American Union; the Union plumbers' union; typographical union; etc.

Station; Union Passenger Station; etc. (3)

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U. S. S. R.) (6):

Central Control Commission; the
Commission

Central Executive Committee; Central Committee; the Committee Central Soviet (R. I. L. U.)

Congress (of central government)
Executive Bureau (R. I. L. U.)

Executive Committee of the Com

munist International; the Committee

Political Bureau; the Bureau Presidium (of Central Executive Committee)

Red International of Labor Unions

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Unknown Soldier; Unknown Soldier's Tomb; the tomb (3)

Upper, only if part of proper name (3): Upper Egypt

Upper Peninsula (of Michigan) but upper House of Congress

Veterans' Administration; the Administration (6)

vice consul, British, etc. (16a) Vice Governor of the Philippines; the Vice Governor (16a)

Vice President (same as President) (16a) volume 2, A, II, etc. (3c); but Volume 2, with title (17)

Volunteer Naval Reserve; the Reserve (6)

War, only if part of proper name (3): between the States

Boxer Rebellion

Civil War

European war

French and Indian War (1754–63) French and Indian wars

Great War

Indian war

Mexican War

of the Nations

of the Rebellion; the Rebellion

of the Revolution; the Revolution

of 1812; but war of 1914
Philippine Insurrection
Revolutionary War
Seven Years' War
Spanish War

Spanish-American War
with Mexico
with Spain

World War (1914-18)

War Mothers (organization); a Mother (6, 6a)

ward 1, 2, etc.; first, second, etc. (3c)
Washington's Farewell Address (17)
West Coast (Africa) (8)

West End, etc. (section of city) (8)
West Florida (1763-1819) (85)

West, the (section of United States) (8)
Western Hemisphere (8)

Wheat Belt; the belt (8)
Whisky Rebellion (10)
White Army (Russia) (6)
White Caps (organization) (6)
White House (3):

Blue Room

East Room

Red Room

State Dining Room

winter (9)

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (6)

Woman's Party (National); the party Woods, only if part of proper name; the woods (3):

Belleau Wood

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SPELLING

(See also Compound Words; Abbreviations)

To avoid the confusion and uncertainty of various authorities on spelling, the Government Printing Office must of necessity adopt a single guide for the spelling of words the preferred forms of which are not otherwise listed or provided for in this manual. This guide is Webster's New International Dictionary, which has been the accepted authority for Government printing for the past 70 years. Unless herein otherwise authorized, the Government Printing Office will continue to follow Webster's spelling. Colloquial and dialect spellings are not to be used unless required by the subject matter or specially requested.

Approved forms.

22. The forms given in the following list are to be used in preference to any other forms.

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23. Ligatures are not used in anglicized or Latin words; in other foreign words national practice is followed.

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