Index
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- galleries (see under illustrations)
- galley proofs, 2.109
- games, 8.192. See also video games
- gatefolds (French flaps), 1.79, 2.113
- gay, lesbian, transgender, 8.42
- gender
- avoiding bias, 5.50–52, 5.82, 5.254, 5.260, 5.263–66
- identity or expression, 5.46, 5.52, 5.264, 5.266, 8.42, 10.26
- for named natural phenomena, 8.78
- nonbinary people, 5.46, 5.52, 5.264, 5.266
- and non-English personal names, 8.12–13
- of nouns and pronouns, 5.13, 5.46, 5.50, 5.61
- See also inclusivity
- genealogical charts, 1.67, 3.47, fig. 3.11
- general, compound terms with, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- generic markup. See markup for manuscript editing (generic markup)
- generic terms. See capitalization; common nouns (concrete, abstract, and collective)
- genetics, 8.132–34, 10.55
- genitive case
- definition and uses of, 5.11, 5.22–24
- form of, 5.44
- joint (group), 5.24
- of-genitive, 5.23, 5.197
- and possessives, 5.22, 7.25
- pronouns and gender in, 5.46
- of reciprocal pronouns, 5.57
- See also possessives
- genus and species names, 8.120–28
- capitalization of, 8.159–60, 13.97
- divisions higher than genus, 8.127
- English derivatives from, 8.128
- italics for, 8.2, 8.121–24, 8.175, 13.97
- plant hybrids, 8.126
- resources on, 8.120
- geographic terminology
- abbreviations for: Canadian provinces and territories, 10.33; compass points, 10.39–40; country names, 10.36–37, 14.191; latitude and longitude, 10.41; place-names with generic terms, 10.35, 11.28, 15.98, 15.101; postal vs. standard abbreviations, 10.38; US states and territories, 10.4, 10.32, 10.34, 14.30, 14.91; US vs. United States, 10.4, 10.37
- capitalization of, 8.46, 8.48, 8.54–56
- compass points and directions, 7.96 (sec. 1), 8.47–48, 10.39–41
- generic terms, 8.54–57, 10.35, 11.28, 15.98, 15.101
- non-English terms, 8.56, 11.28–29, 11.108, 15.101
- real vs. metaphorical names, 8.51
- resources on, 8.48, 15.40
- See also place-names
- geological terminology, 8.135–37
- German language, 11.41–48
- articles (part of speech) in, 15.60
- billion, 5.254
- capitalization in, 7.56, 8.9, 11.42
- names, 8.9
- nouns, 7.56, 11.42
- orthographic reform of, 11.41, 11.46, 11.48
- punctuation in, 11.43–44
- special characters in, 11.48
- titles of works in, indexing, 15.56, 15.60
- word division in, 11.45–47
- Germany
- currency in, 9.25
- decimal markers in, 9.57
- formerly GDR (German Democratic Republic) and FRG (Federal Republic of Germany), 10.36
- See also German language
- gerunds
- in compound terms, hyphenation of, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- dangling, 5.120
- defined, 5.116
- vs. participles, 5.117
- possessives with, 7.28
- and word division, 7.41
- See also participles
- ghostwritten books, source citations for, 14.7
- global changes, 2.75, 2.84–85, 2.90, 2.116, 2.118, 2.127
- global positioning coordinates, 10.41
- glossaries
- boldface for terms appearing in, 7.58
- format of term, 8.181
- formatting and alphabetizing, 1.68, 2.27
- and indexing, 15.32
- placement of in books, 1.4
- submission of, 2.4
- glosses
- for ASL signs, 11.138–45
- in index entries, 15.54, 15.56, 15.58, 15.105 (see also for personal names in indexes below)
- parentheses for, 6.102
- for personal names in indexes: clerical titles, 15.47; entities with same name, 15.53, 15.70; married women, 15.44; people with same name, 15.43; persons with unknown full names, 15.51; pseudonyms, 15.42; saints, 15.50; sovereigns and other rulers, 15.45, 15.105; titled persons, 15.46
- single quotation marks for, 11.70
- translations of non-English terms, 6.102, 6.106, 11.6
- See also editorial interpolations and clarifications; translations and translated works
- GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), 10.47
- God, alternative names for, 8.93
- gold open access, 4.67
- Google Books, 13.9
- Google Books Ngram Viewer, 5.201
- Google Fonts, 2.19
- Google Play Books, 14.58. See also file formats and devices
- Gothic (Fraktur) type, 11.48
- governmental entities
- abbreviations for, 10.31, 14.182
- acts and treaties of, 8.68, 8.81–82, 14.176, 14.191
- administrative, 8.64
- capitalization of, 8.53, 8.63–66
- courts, 4.97, 8.65, 14.177–80, 14.195, 14.200, 14.206
- forms published by, 8.189
- legislative and deliberative, 8.63, 14.182–93
- loose-leaf services of, 14.117
- numbered divisions of, 9.48
- numbers for successive, 9.47
- programs of, 8.68, 8.76, 8.81
- titles and offices of people, 8.20, 8.23
- works produced by, 4.21, 4.46, 4.70, 4.79
- See also cities and towns; civil and civic concerns; countries; institutions; legal and public documents; legal cases; legislation; presidential documents; states (US); unpublished and informally published materials
- grades, scholastic, 7.68
- graduate student publications. See dissertations and theses
- grammar
- correction of in previously published materials, 2.49
- defined, 5.1
- mechanical editing for, 2.55
- parts of speech, 5.5
- prescriptive vs. descriptive, 5.3
- preventive, 5.61
- schools of thought on, 5.2, 5.225
- stability and renewal in, 5.267
- vs. usage, 5.253
- See also adjectives; adverbs; conjunctions; errors in grammar and punctuation; exclamations; interjections; nouns; prepositions; pronouns; syntax; verbs; word usage
- grants and subventions, 1.22, 1.34, 4.68
- graphs. See charts and graphs
- grayscale, 3.3
- great, great-grand, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- Great Britain. See British style; United Kingdom
- Greek alphabet
- beta (β) vs. eszett (ß), 11.48
- for chemical terms, 8.152
- for mathematical copy, 7.73
- numbers in, 11.127, table 11.5
- transliteration of, 11.120–25, table 11.4
- typesetting, 11.121
- See also Greek language
- Greek language, 11.120–31
- ligatures in, 7.34
- possessives in, 7.19
- punctuation in, 11.126
- resources on, 11.120
- unaccented words in, 11.124
- word division in, 11.128–31
- See also classical Greek and Latin works; Greek alphabet
- green open access, 4.66
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), 10.47
- greeting, words of, 6.57
- group (joint) genitive, 5.24
- groups of people, 5.261–62, 8.39–44, 10.27
- abbreviations and, 10.25–27
- adjectives designating, 8.1, 8.39–40, 12.21
- gender identity or expression, 5.46, 5.52, 5.264, 5.266, 8.42, 10.26
- generations, 8.43
- identity-first vs. person-first language, 5.260–61
- kinship terms, 7.96 (sec. 3), 8.37
- labels for, 5.259
- national identities, 7.10, 7.96 (sec. 2), 8.1, 8.39–40, 10.25
- racial and ethnic identities, 8.1, 8.39–40, 10.25
- sexual orientation, 8.42, 10.26
- socioeconomic classes, 8.41
- See also disabilities and abilities; inclusivity; Indigenous peoples; personal names; titles and offices of people
- guillemets
- in non-English languages, 11.31–34, 11.44, 11.54, 11.70–71, 11.110
- permissible changes to, 11.9, 11.13, 11.21, 12.7