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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).

p (probability), 3.81, fig. 3.23, 10.56
p., pp., 7.15, 10.48, 14.49–51, 14.123
page count. See length (parts of text)
page numbers (folios)
alternatives to for reflowable electronic publications, 2.40, 13.20, 13.117, 14.59, 14.71
appropriate uses of, 1.6, 9.28
in books, Arabic vs. Roman numerals for, 9.28
cross-checking in text citations and reference lists, 2.37, 13.115
cross-references to specific, 2.40, 2.66
descriptive headers with, 2.43
drop, 1.6–8, 1.55
ebook data on, 14.59, 15.13
fixed, in electronic publications, 1.6, 1.90, 2.40, 13.50, 13.52, 14.59, 14.66
in illustration credit lines, 3.33
inclusive ranges for (see page ranges)
as index locators (see index entries: locators in)
in lists of illustrations and tables, 1.44, 3.41
location of, 1.6, 2.20
in manuscripts, 2.12, 2.20, 2.43
in multivolume works, 1.9, 14.18, 14.22, 14.43
no commas in, 9.56
for permission requests, 4.100
and print and electronic publishing model, 1.90
proofreading, 2.119, 2.139
in running heads for endnotes, 1.15, 1.69, 2.81, 2.119, 2.141, 13.50, fig. 13.6
in source citations (see page numbers, in source citations)
in tables of contents, 1.42, fig. 1.5, 2.20, 2.139
three zeros for temporary, 2.40
unexpressed, 1.6–8, 1.17–18, 1.44, 1.52, 1.55, 3.6
See also inclusive (continuing) numbers; locators; page numbers, in source citations
page numbers, in source citations, 13.20
alternatives to for electronic publications, 13.20, 13.117, 14.59, 14.71
and Arabic vs. Roman numerals, 14.46
in author-date reference system, 13.106, 13.110, 13.115, 13.117, 14.47, 14.52
with citations to notes, 14.56
for classic English works, 14.153
for classical Greek and Latin works, 14.143, 14.151
for ebooks, 14.59
examples and variations of, 13.22, 13.26
ff. and passim with, 14.47–48
for forthcoming works, 14.45
ibid. with, 13.37
with illustration numbers, 14.57
for journal articles, 13.117, 14.71, 14.74
legal-style citations, 14.174, 14.177, 14.185, 14.188, 14.191, 14.195, 14.205, 14.207
for magazine articles, 14.87
for multivolume works, 14.18, 14.22, 14.43
for news articles, 14.89
in notes, 14.52
in notes and bibliography system, 13.20
notes keyed to, 13.56–57, fig. 13.6
p. and pp. with, 14.49–51, 14.123
for periodicals, 14.64
for quotations, 12.78
ranges of (see page ranges: in source citations)
for reprint and modern editions, 14.16
text citations, 13.121, 13.124
volume numbers with (e.g., 10:122), 13.26, 13.117, 14.18, 14.51, 14.74
page ranges
condensing, 9.63, 15.14
en dashes in, 6.83, 9.62, 13.20, 15.108, 15.133
as index locators, 15.12, 15.14, 15.36, 15.108, 15.118, 15.120
for journal articles, 1.88, 1.90, 1.96, 1.101, 13.26, 13.104, 14.71
on journal covers or spines, 1.93, 2.114, 2.139
in running heads, 1.15, 2.81, 13.50, fig. 13.2
in source citations, 13.20, 13.25–26, 14.47–48, 14.66, 14.71; author-date reference system of, 13.104, 13.106, 13.110, 13.115, 14.47; for chapters or parts, 13.104, 13.106, 13.109, 14.8–9, 14.12, 14.52
pages
abbreviations for (p., pp.), 7.15, 10.48, 14.49–51, 14.123
bad breaks in, 15.137
checking overall appearance of, 2.121, 2.122
defined, 1.5
facing: alignment of, 2.122; proofreading, 2.121; tables on (broadside), 2.120, 3.52, 3.87–88, fig. 3.17, fig. 3.26
See also page numbers (folios); pagination; proofs
pagination
avoiding repagination, 2.80, 2.110, 2.123, 2.127
basic guidelines on, 1.6–9
in book review and book notes sections, 1.107, 14.52
and continuous publishing model, 1.91, 14.71
determining page 1, 1.52
for electronic versions published before print, 1.123
of final manuscripts for production, 2.80–81
of folio editions, 14.54
and indexing, 2.109–11, 2.118, 2.123, 15.109
of journals, 1.90–91, fig. 1.11
and metadata, 1.84
of multivolume works, 1.9
of parts of books: back matter, 1.4, 1.8–9; chapter display, 1.8, 1.55; chapters, 1.8, 1.52, 1.55; conclusions, 1.59; dedications, 1.7, 1.40; epigraphs, 1.7, 1.41; front matter, 1.4, 1.7, 1.18, 1.48, 2.43, 2.63; galleries, illustrations, and tables, 1.8, 1.44, 2.120; introductions in front matter, 1.48; introductions in main text, 1.53; part-title pages with text, 1.8; second half titles, 1.4, 1.8, 1.52
Roman numerals in, 1.4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.17–18, 2.43, 2.63, 2.80, 9.28, 14.56
in signed signatures, 14.53
within volumes, 1.90, fig. 1.11
See also page numbers (folios); page ranges; recto pages; verso pages
paintings, 8.200, 14.133. See also artwork
pamphlets, brochures, and reports
art exhibition catalogs, 8.204, 14.134
congressional reports and documents, 14.186
in manuscript collections, 14.127
in private collections, 14.129
source citations for, 14.117
titles of, 8.188
paper
durability statements, 1.22, 1.39, 1.93, fig. 1.1
environmental standards of, 1.39
paperback rights, 4.112
paperbacks, 4.112. See also covers of journals and paperback books
paper-only editing. See under manuscript editing
paper-only manuscripts. See under manuscripts
paper-over-board format (lithocase), 1.80
papers, unpublished, 14.115–16. See also unpublished and informally published materials
paragraph (first-line) indentation
defined, 2.14
in glossary entries, 2.27
for lists formatted as paragraphs, 6.141
and paragraph format, 2.14–15
for paragraphs within block quotations, 2.23, 12.22, 12.65
for text following block quotations, 2.23, 12.24
in transcriptions of discussions or interviews, 12.56
paragraph mark, 2.103, 2.131, 10.49, 14.174
paragraph numbers, as locators
in electronic publications, 14.59
in indexes, 2.111, 15.12–13, 15.109
in legal and public documents, 14.174
ranges of, 14.47
paragraph style (indexes). See indexes: in run-in style
paragraphs
abbreviations for, 10.48
within block quotations, 2.23, 12.22, 12.32, 12.34, 12.65
conjunctions at beginning of, 5.209
defined, in word processing, 2.14, 2.87
in dialogue, 12.32, 12.40, 12.45, 12.48
following block quotations or extracts, 12.24
indentation of, 2.14–15, 2.23, 12.22, 12.65
instead of vertical lists, 6.141
interruptions in, 2.15
manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.15, 2.23
marking manuscripts and proofs for, 2.103, 2.131, 10.49, 14.174
notes with multiple, 13.43
symbol for, 2.103, 2.131, 10.49, 14.174
word-processor styles for, 2.87
See also paragraph numbers, as locators
parallel bars, in notes to tables, 3.80
parallel structure, 5.249–52
and auxiliary verbs, 5.252
and correlative conjunctions, 5.251
and en dashes, 6.83
in lists and outlines, 6.138, 6.141
in prepositional phrases, 5.250
in subheads, 2.65
paraphrasing, 4.93, 11.19, 12.4, 12.53
parentheses, 6.101–4
back-to-back, 6.104
font style for, 6.5, 6.140
in indexes: and alphabetization, 15.67–69; with authors’ names after titles, 15.58, 15.105; with continued lines, 15.138; with cross-references, 15.18, 15.20, 15.26; with endnote locators, 15.34. See also glosses: in index entries
marking proofs for, 2.137
multiple sets of, 6.103, 6.107
other punctuation with: brackets, 6.103, 6.107, 13.41, 13.122, 14.16; colons, 6.104; commas, 6.18, 6.104; exclamation points, 6.78, 6.104; periods, 6.13, 6.104; question marks, 6.74, 6.104; quotation marks, 6.104; summary of, table 6.1
scholarly abbreviations in, 10.48
sentences in, 6.13, 6.104
in source citations: for classical Greek and Latin works, 14.150; for dissertations and theses, 14.113; with issue numbers, 14.70, 14.74, 14.84; for journal articles, 13.110, 14.70, 14.74, 14.81; legal-style citations, 14.177, 14.183–87, 14.189, 14.195–96, 14.200, 14.202; for newspaper articles, 14.91; and note reference numbers, 13.29; in notes, 13.18, 13.42; with publication details, 14.29; for reprint editions with multiple dates, 14.16. See also text citations
uses of: with abbreviations, 7.17, 10.3; with attributions for epigraphs, 12.35; with brand names, 8.147; in captions, 3.24; with clarifications of italics for emphasis, 12.73, 13.40; with dates with currency, 9.27; in dialogue, 12.50, 12.52; with editorial interpolations and clarifications, 12.21; with forthcoming or in press, 8.190; with genus, species, and subspecies names, 8.125; with glosses or translations, 6.102, 11.6, 11.11–12, 11.99, 13.101 (see also glosses: in index entries); with i.e. and e.g., 6.54; with illustration credits in captions, 3.31; with letters for parts of books, 8.182; in mathematical expressions, 9.17; with music dynamics, 7.80; with notes to tables, 3.79; with numbers or letters in lists, 6.140–41, 6.143; for parenthetical elements in sentences, 6.51, 6.54, 6.91, 6.101; in table cells with multiple values, 3.70; in table titles and heads, 3.56–57, fig. 3.13; in telephone numbers, 9.58; with text citations for quotations, 2.24, 12.75–83; with time zones, 10.47; with translations of quotations, 11.14–17
See also glosses; parenthetical elements in sentences; punctuation; text citations
parenthetical clarifications. See glosses
parenthetical elements in sentences, 6.51, 6.54, 6.91, 6.101
Parliament (UK), 14.201–3
participial phrases, 5.115, 5.119, 5.238, 6.33, 6.35
participial prepositions, 5.181
participles
as adjectives, 5.94, 5.115
adverbs modifying, 5.118
be-verbs with, 5.122, 5.159
in compound terms, hyphenation of, 7.96 (sec. 2)
dangling, 5.119
formation of, 5.114
fused, 5.118
vs. gerunds, 5.117
and negation, 5.238
past, 5.94, 5.104, 5.114, 5.123
and prepositions, 5.181
present, 5.114, 5.122, 7.41
table titles as, 3.55
and word division, 7.41
See also gerunds; participial phrases
particles
negating, 5.238
in phrasal verbs, 5.106, 5.161
See also under personal names
parties, political, 8.67
parts and part titles
articles, stories, chapters, and such, 1.12, 8.179
division into, 1.54
editing, 2.64
format of terms for, 8.181–82
generic terms for, 8.181–82, 14.12
introductions to, 1.42
in letters and diaries, 1.58
manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.21
numerals for, 9.28
pagination of, 1.4, 1.8, 1.52, 2.80
part-title pages with text, 1.8
in poetry, 1.57
in running heads, 1.12, 1.16
source citations for, 14.46, 14.49
submission of, 2.4
in tables of contents, 1.42, fig. 1.5, 2.37
See also books: parts of
parts of books. See books: parts of
parts of speech, 5.5. See also adjectives; adverbs; articles (definite and indefinite); conjunctions; interjections; nouns; prepositions; pronouns; verbs; word usage
Party, party, 8.67
passim, 7.57, 14.48, 15.12
passive voice
and dangling participles, 5.119
defined, 5.122
infinitives in, 5.110
linking verbs in, 5.105
long (with by), 5.198
with past participles, 5.123, 5.139, 5.159
password protection, 2.93
past perfect (pluperfect) tense, 5.130–31, 5.137
past tense, 5.104, 5.129–30, 5.134, 5.137
patents, 14.158
path names, 6.120. See also file names
patronymics, 8.13
pattern matching, 2.84–85
PCN (Preassigned Control Number), 1.38
PDF files
accessibility of, 2.143
annotated for audiobook notes, 2.144
annotation of, 2.77, 2.124, 2.138
for continuous publishing model, 1.91, 1.123, 14.71
defined, 14.58
for digital artwork, 3.15
edited manuscripts sent as, 2.77, 2.93
electronic journals as, 1.86
indexers’ use of, 15.111, 15.114
line breaks in, 7.36
for manuscript submission, 2.5, 2.10, 2.42
prepress proofs as, 2.112
proofing and testing, 2.142
proofreading, 2.2, 2.77, 2.105, 2.108, 2.124, 2.138
searching, 2.116, 2.138, 15.111, 15.114
tables in, 3.89
time and user stamps in, 2.138
pedigree charts, 3.47. See also genealogical charts
peer review, 2.6, 2.54, 4.66
pencil editing. See manuscript editing: paper-only
per vs. slash, 6.116, 10.4
percent, percentage, 3.83, 7.96 (sec. 1), 9.8, 9.20
percent sign, 3.83, 9.8, 9.20, 10.64
percentage, followed by of, 5.192
performances
recorded, as copyrightable, 4.3
and rights, 4.14, 4.112
source citations for, 14.99, 14.101, 14.166–67
periodicals
copyright registration forms for, 4.50
defined, 14.63
indexes of periodical literature, 10.44
and ISSNs, 1.22, 1.88, 1.93, 1.95, 1.101, 1.112
regular departments, columns, and features in, 8.179, 14.88, 14.93
and serial rights, 4.112
source citations for, 14.63–98; author-date reference system of, 13.110, 14.70, 14.87, 14.89, 14.98; basic information in, 14.64; basic structure of, 14.66; journal articles (see journal articles, source citations for); journals vs. magazines, 14.65; legal-style citations, 14.173; magazines (see under magazines); newspapers and news sites (see under newspapers and news sites); reviews, 14.99–102; URLs in, 14.63–64
titles of: abbreviations for, 10.8, 14.69, 15.57; articles and features within, 8.179; in building or award names, 8.174; generic terms in, 8.173; indexing, 15.56–57; initial The in, 8.172, 14.69, 14.87, 14.91–92; italics for, 8.164, 8.170; in legal-style citations, 14.173; in text, 8.170
volumes, issues, and page numbers in, 9.29
See also journals; magazines; newspapers and news sites; reviews
periods (punctuation), 6.12–15
with abbreviations, 10.4; academic and professional designations, 10.4, 10.23–24; biblical citations, 10.51–53, 14.139; business and commerce, 10.77; company names, 10.29–30; at end of sentences, 6.14; eras, 9.36; in legal-style citations, 14.175, 14.199; military titles, 10.17; organization names, 10.28, 10.31; scholarly, 10.48; slashes instead of, 6.116; specific, 5.254; technical, 10.55; time designations, 10.44–46; units of measurement, 10.4, 10.72; US vs. non-US styles, 8.69
em dashes instead of, 6.91
leaders (several spaced periods), 3.65, fig. 3.17
marking manuscripts and proofs for, 2.98, 2.100, 2.137
omitting, 6.14, 6.132, 10.4, 10.55, 13.98
other punctuation with: after abbreviations, 6.132; apostrophes, 6.126; brackets, 6.13; closing quotation marks, 2.85, 6.9; ellipses, 12.62–63, 12.65–67, 13.99; em dashes, 6.95; exclamation points, 6.133; parentheses, 6.13, 6.104; question marks, 6.133; 3-em dashes, 6.100
permissible changes to, 11.9, 12.7
single space after, 2.11, 6.7, 6.12
slashes instead of, 6.116
uses of: with a.m. and p.m., 9.39; in captions, 3.21, 3.23; classical Greek and Latin works, citing, 14.149–50; with compass points in addresses, 10.39; as decimal points, 6.12, 9.57; in double or multiple numbering, 1.63, 2.33–34, 3.11, 3.51; with ff., 14.48; in glossaries, 1.68, 2.27; in imperative sentences, 6.12; in indexes, 15.17, 15.20, 15.105; with initials of personal names, 7.69, 10.4, 10.14; in news headlines, 14.90; with numerals for sovereigns, 9.43; in outlines and lists, 2.25, 6.141–43; preceding quotations, 12.17; in publishing histories on copyright pages, 1.27; with questions as exclamations, 6.76; with run-in subheads, 1.62, 2.22, 2.65; in source citations, 13.18, 13.27, 13.40, 14.66, 14.73, 14.154; between titles and subtitles in European style, 13.91; in transcriptions of discussions or interviews, 12.56; in twenty-four-hour system of time, 9.42; with words or phrases standing alone, 6.12
See also ellipses (punctuation); punctuation; URLs
periods of time, 8.72–75
descriptive designations for, 8.73
numerical designations for, 8.72
prehistoric, 8.75
traditional names of, 8.74
periphrastic comparatives, 5.89, 5.168
periphrastic superlatives, 5.90, 5.169
permalinks, 13.8, 13.17
permanent compounds, 7.88. See also compound terms
permissible changes to quoted and referenced materials
basic approach to, 2.49
capitalization in, 8.167, 12.7, 12.18–21, 13.90
cautions about, 2.49, 2.67
ethnographic field notes, 12.58
initial a, an, or the in, 8.171
non-English, 11.9, 11.17–18, 11.21, 11.29, 11.31, 12.7
overview of, 12.7–8
punctuation in, 8.167, 8.169, 11.9, 11.13, 11.21, 12.7, 12.30–31, 13.90
spaces and spacing in, 11.9, 11.13, 11.21
titles of works in, 8.167, 8.169, 11.9, 13.90, 13.93, 13.99
and translations, 11.17–18
typography and layout in, 12.8
See also editorial interpolations and clarifications
permissions
and acknowledgments, 4.106–7
and alt text, 4.104
blanket, 3.33
for case studies and field notes, 12.58
checking, 4.83
on copyright pages, 1.22, 1.33, 4.82
criteria for, 12.3
defined, 4.17
and dissertations and theses, 4.64
for edited volumes, 2.46, 4.109
for epigraphs, 1.41
and fees and record keeping, 4.83, 4.100–101, 4.103, 4.105, 4.108–9
granting, 4.111, 4.115
manuscript and editorial concerns with, 2.2, 2.4, 2.71, 4.83
in notes, 13.58
obtaining, 4.79–87; for authors’ own work, 4.82; authors’ role in, 4.80; basic principles for, 4.79; communications on, 4.99–105; complexity of process for, 4.80; beyond immediate use, 4.84; independent professionals for, 4.80n1; interview and photo releases, 4.81; and “orphan works” problem, 4.85–86; publishers’ rights and permissions staff for, 4.110; sample letters for, 4.100
overview of, 4.1
in prefaces, 1.46
for special types of material: archival material, 4.87; compilations, 4.109; email addresses, 14.111; illustrations, 2.2, 2.4, 3.18, 3.30–33, 4.100–106; interviews, 14.108; poetry, 4.100, 12.3; previously published materials, 2.2, 2.4, 4.71, 4.82, 4.109; tables, 3.78, 4.100; unpublished works, 2.2, 2.4, 4.85, 4.87, 12.3
unnecessary, 4.97
US Supreme Court on, 4.97
See also acknowledgments; copyright; fair-use doctrine; illustration credits and credit lines; source notes
persistent URLs (permalinks), 13.8, 13.17
person
of nouns and pronouns, 5.14, 5.33, 5.42–43
of verbs, 5.141, 5.143, 5.148
personal communications
permissions for, 2.2, 2.4
posts on private electronic forums as, 14.107
social media messages as, 14.106, 14.111
source citations for, 14.111
See also social media; text messages
personal names
and abbreviations, 10.13–24; for civil titles, 10.15, 10.16; for given names, 10.13; for honorifics, 10.20; initials (see initials: in and as names); Jr., Sr., 6.46, 7.42, 10.21, 15.49; lists of, 13.64; punctuation and spacing with, 10.14; for speakers in discussions or interviews, 12.56
alphabetizing, basic rules for, 15.79–82 (see also alphabetization: of personal names)
alternative spellings of, 6.113
articles in, 8.8, 8.12, 15.83
capitalization of (see personal names, capitalization of)
clerical titles with, 8.27, 8.34, 10.20, 15.47
compound, 8.7, 15.80, 15.92
as compound modifiers, en dashes between, 6.85
consistency in spelling of, 8.3
deadnames, 13.84, 15.42
and epithets, 8.35–36
familiar forms of, 11.85, 13.76, 15.41, 15.79
of fictional characters, 8.36
honorifics with (see honorifics)
hyphenated and extended, 8.7–8, 8.15, 11.97, 15.44, 15.80
incomplete or unknown, 15.51–52
indexing (see under indexing)
Indigenous, 8.5, 14.137
and initials (see initials: in and as names)
and kinship terms, 8.37
letters standing for, 7.69
in lists of contributors, 1.71
Mac, Mc, or O’ in, 15.81
married women’s, 8.12, 15.44, 15.92
non-English (see non-English names: personal)
numerals with, 6.46, 7.42, 9.44, 10.9, 10.21, 15.45, 15.49, 15.74
with particles: alphabetizing, 15.79, 15.92; capitalization of, 8.4–5, 8.8–11; and hyphens, 8.7; married Spanish women’s names, 8.12
patronymics, 8.13
personal preferences for, 8.3–4
as phrasal adjectives, 5.97
plurals of, 7.9
possessive forms of, 7.17, 7.19, 7.28
prefixes with, 8.5, 8.15
pseudonyms, 4.26, 12.58, 13.82–83, 13.126, 15.42
of religious figures, 8.94, 8.96, 10.22, 13.85, 15.50
resources on, 8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 15.79, 15.92
with Saint, 15.82
of saints, 8.94, 10.22, 13.85, 15.50
screen and stage names, 8.6, 10.14, 14.105–6, 15.42, 15.72
shortened, 8.7, 8.12, 8.15, 15.51
of sovereigns and other rulers, 9.43, 15.45, 15.74, 15.106
of titled persons, 15.46
2-em dashes to indicate omitted, 6.99
unusual capitalization of, 8.4
and word division, 7.42
words derived from, 8.61–62
See also authors’ names; contributors to edited volumes and journals; editors’ names; titles and offices of people; translators’ names
personal names, capitalization of, 8.4–6, 8.8–11
Arabic, 8.15
Chinese, 11.90, 11.97
Dutch, 8.11
epithets and nicknames, 8.35–36, 8.49
French, 8.8
German, 8.9
Italian, 8.10
Japanese, 11.97
Korean, 11.97
non-English names, 8.8–11
particles with, 8.4–5, 8.7–12
Portuguese, 8.9
resources on, 8.3
Russian, 8.13
Spanish, 8.12
personal pronouns. See under pronouns
person-first vs. identity-first language, 5.260–61
personification, 5.46, 8.38
PEs (printer’s errors), 2.140
Philippines, names in, 15.95
philosophical terms and movements, 8.80, 8.95
phonemic transcriptions, 6.119
phonetics, 6.109, 6.119, 7.67, 11.24
photocopying
for classroom and educational use, 4.71, 4.110
and copyright issues, 4.17, 4.36, 4.71, 4.112
for cropping, 3.19
and fair-use doctrine, 1.112
of manuscripts, 2.7, 2.77, 2.96–97, 2.121
musical examples, fig. 3.5
photocopy, use of term, 14.116
previously published materials, 2.48
process and fees for, 1.112
See also print-on-demand (POD) titles
photographs
of authors, 2.113
commissioned, 3.34
copyright registration forms for, 4.50
fair use of, 4.94
halftones, 3.3, 3.6, figs. 3.1–2
labeled in illustrations, fig. 3.6
original, labeling, 3.16
permissions and credit lines for, 3.30–31, 3.34, 4.101–2, 4.105
previously published, 2.52
releases for, 4.81
reproduction-quality prints of, 2.32
source citations for, 14.133
titles of, 8.200
See also illustrations
photomicrographs, 3.27
phrasal (complex) prepositions, 5.180
phrasal adjectives (compound modifiers), 5.80, 5.83, 5.96–97, 6.85, 7.91–92, 7.96 (secs. 2, 3)
phrasal adverbs, 5.166
phrasal conjunctions, 5.203
phrasal connectives, misleading, 5.147
phrasal pronouns, 5.30
phrasal verbs, 5.106, 5.161, 5.187
phrases
adjectival (compound modifiers), 5.80, 5.83, 5.96–97, 5.182, 5.184, 6.85, 7.91–92, 7.96 (secs. 2, 3)
adverbial, 5.163, 5.166, 6.34–35, 7.96 (sec. 3)
articles affecting meaning of, 5.80
with correlative conjunctions, 6.49
introductory (see introductory words and phrases)
with not, 6.48
parallel structure in, 5.249
parenthetical, 6.51, 6.54, 6.91, 6.101
participial, 5.115, 5.119, 5.238, 6.33, 6.35
restrictive and nonrestrictive, 5.26, 6.32–33, 6.44, 6.53
standing alone, 6.12
with such as and including, 6.53
with the more and the less, 6.50
used as words, 7.66
verb, 5.108, 5.176, 5.246, 5.252, 7.96 (sec. 2)
See also clauses; conjunctions; noun phrases; parenthetical elements in sentences; prepositional phrases
physical characteristics, 8.44
physical quantities, 9.14–19
with abbreviations and symbols, 9.18–19
dimensions, 3.27
in general contexts, 9.14
simple fractions, 9.15
whole numbers plus fractions, 9.16
See also International System of Units; metric system; units of measurement
physical science terminology, 8.148–53
abbreviations for, 10.69
chemical names and symbols, 7.96 (sec. 1), 8.150, 10.69
compound terms, 7.96 (sec. 1)
laws and theories, 8.149
mass numbers, 8.151
metric units, 8.153
radiations, 8.152
resources on, 8.148, 10.69
See also scientific and technical terminology
Pinyin romanization system, 11.89–92, 15.85. See also Chinese language; Wade-Giles romanization system
pitches, musical, 7.76, 8.162
place, conjunctions as indicating, 5.207
place-names, 8.45–60
abbreviations for, 10.32–33, 10.35–37, 11.28, 14.191, 15.101
adjectives derived from, 5.73, 8.46
alphabetizing, 15.98–101
capitalization of (see under capitalization)
continents, countries, oceans, 8.46, 8.48
definite articles with, 8.60, 15.99, 15.100
in forewords, 1.45
with generic terms, 10.35, 11.28, 15.98, 15.101
indexing, 15.29, 15.52–53, 15.70, 15.98–101
institutional names with, 6.42, 6.87
for manuscript collection depositories, 14.125
on maps in text, 2.66, 3.20, 8.46
mountains, rivers, and such, 8.54–56, 10.35, 15.98
non-English (see under non-English names)
non-English terms in, 8.56, 11.28, 15.98, 15.100
old vs. present forms of, 15.29
plurals of, 7.9, 8.52, 8.54, 8.57–58
political divisions in, 8.52–53
popular names and epithets of, 8.49
possessives of, 7.17
public places and structures, 8.57–60, 9.8
punctuation with, 5.73, 6.17, 6.42
real vs. metaphorical, 8.51
recent changes in, 15.98
regions, 8.48, 8.55
resources on, 8.45
with the, 8.46, 8.60, 10.33, 15.99
topographical divisions in, 8.54–56, 10.35, 15.98
urban areas, 8.50
US states and territories, 10.32, 14.30
See also cities and towns; geographic terminology; maps; places of publication
places of publication, 14.30–31
for books published before 1900, 13.81, 14.31, 14.36
cities, 14.30
and countries of printing, 1.22, 1.29, 14.30
English names for non-English cities, 14.30, 14.35
for journals, 14.81
in legal-style citations, 14.207
“no place,” 10.48
in self-published books, omitted, 14.36
in source citations, 13.22, 14.2, 14.29–30
states, provinces, and countries, 14.30
plagiarism, 1.100, 4.79, 4.96
planets, 8.139–43
plants. See botanical terminology
plates. See illustrations: plates
Platonic ideas, 8.95
plays. See classical Greek and Latin works; dialogue; drama; speech
please, 5.161
pledges, 8.85
PLSclear, 4.99
pluperfect (past perfect) tense, 5.130–31, 5.137
plurals, 5.15–18, 7.5–15
abbreviations of, 7.15, 8.122, 10.55, 10.58–59, 10.73, 10.75, 14.49
alternative forms of, 7.6
anomalies of, 5.18
apostrophes in, 6.124, 7.13, 7.15
of centuries and decades, 7.8, 9.34–35
of collective nouns, 5.9, 5.17
of compound terms, 7.7
of count nouns, in indexes, 15.9
for gender neutrality, 5.265
genitives of, 5.22
of Indigenous group names, 7.10
of letters (alphabet), 7.15, 7.67–68
of names ending in unpronounced s or x, 7.11
of non-English words, 7.12, 11.3
of noun coinages, 7.14
of numbers, 7.15, 9.55
and phrasal adjectives, 5.96
of place-names, 7.9, 8.52, 8.54, 8.57–58
of political divisions, 8.52
possessive forms of, 7.16 (see also possessives)
of pronouns, 5.56, 5.71
proper nouns, 5.17, 7.9, 7.11
singular forms for, 7.11
with singular sense, 5.16, 7.20
standard forms of, 7.5
of titles of works, 7.12
of units of measurement, 9.21, 10.73, 10.75–76
used as words, 5.16
of words in quotation marks, 7.13
of words or phrases in italics, 7.12
See also number (grammar): of nouns and pronouns
plus sign, 7.77, 7.83, 9.58, 11.2, 11.139
p.m., a.m., 9.39, 9.40, 10.46
POD (print-on-demand) titles, 1.30, 1.31
podcasts, 8.191, 14.168
poetry
abbreviations in (e.g., v. for verse), 10.48
book divisions for, 1.57
fair use of, 4.90–91
first lines of poems: indexes of, 15.6, 15.143–44; references to, 8.184
in Hebrew language, 11.106
interjections in, 5.214
proofreading, 2.118
quotations from, 12.25–29; centered, 2.24, 12.25; and ellipses, 12.66; format of, 12.25; formatting instead of generic markup for, 2.86; indentation of, 2.14, 2.24, 12.25–27; manuscript preparation guidelines on, 2.24; multiple stanzas in, 12.33; in notes, 13.41; and paragraph format, 2.15; permissions for, 4.100, 12.3; quotation marks within, 12.28; run in to text, 6.118, 6.121, 12.29, 12.33; runover lines in, 2.24, 12.25, 12.27; text citations for, 2.24, 12.82–83
rhyme schemes of, 7.72
source citations for: classic English works, 14.153–54; classical Greek and Latin works, 14.143; footnotes keyed to line numbers, 13.56, fig. 13.5; short forms of, 12.83, 14.154; sound recordings of, 14.164; text citations, 2.24, 12.82–83
terms (e.g., canto, stanza), 8.186
titles of poems, 1.12, 8.183, 13.88
See also classical Greek and Latin works
points. See ellipses (punctuation); periods (punctuation)
Polish language, 11.77
political parties, 8.67
popes, 8.27, 9.43, 15.45
portable document format (PDF) files. See PDF files
Portuguese language, 8.9, 11.77, 15.91
positive (absolute) adjectives, 5.88
positive (absolute) adverbs, 5.167
positive questions, 5.242
possessives, 7.16–29
of abbreviations, 6.46–47, 7.17
adjectives after, 5.84
as antecedents of pronouns, 5.32
apostrophes in (see under apostrophes)
with appositives, 6.30–31
vs. attributive forms, 7.27
basic rule for and exceptions, 7.16, 7.20–22
of compound terms, 7.24
vs. contractions, 5.54
definition and uses of, 5.22
distributive, 5.25
in for . . . sake expressions, 7.21
and fused participles, 5.118
genitives with, 5.22, 7.25
with gerunds, 7.28
in glossed ASL, 11.144
has, have to denote, 5.158
independent, 5.53
for initialisms, 7.17
of italicized or quoted terms, 7.29
joint (group), 5.24
joint vs. separate possession, 7.23
in names of diseases, 8.145
of nouns plural in form, singular in sense, 7.20
of numbers, 7.17
of with, 7.20, 7.25–26, 7.29
of plural nouns, basic rule for, 7.16
and prepositions, 5.189, 7.26
of pronouns (see under pronouns)
of proper nouns, 7.17, 7.19–20, 7.27–28
resources on, 7.28
text citations following, 13.119
of words ending in unpronounced s, 7.18
See also genitive case
post, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
Postal Atlas of China, place-name spellings of, 11.89, 11.92
postal codes
for Canadian provinces and territories, 10.33
for compass points, 10.39
in places of publication, 14.30
punctuation with, 6.42, 10.4, 10.34
small caps avoided for, 10.9
vs. spelled-out forms or traditional abbreviations, 10.32–33
zip codes with, 10.34
See also addresses, mailing
posters presented at meetings, 14.115
postpositive adjectives, 5.83
postscripts, 1.60
pound sign (number sign), 2.103, 2.130, 3.80, 11.141
pound sterling symbol, 9.22, 9.24
powers of ten (scientific notation), 9.10, 9.12–13
praise pages, 1.4, 1.17
pre, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
Preassigned Control Number (PCN), 1.38
predicate adjectives, 5.83, 5.86, 5.175
predicates
compound, 5.225, 6.24–25, 6.49
defined, 5.20
as linking verbs, 5.86, 5.105
nominative, 5.20, 5.146
prefaces
acknowledgments in, 1.47
and acknowledgments in back matter, 1.65
authors’ and editors’, order for, 1.46
defined, 1.46
and edited volumes, 2.46, 2.49
editorial methods explained in, 1.50
vs. forewords, 1.53, 5.254
format of term, 8.181, 14.12
illustration credits in, 3.31
indexing, 15.32
vs. introductions, 1.53
material appropriate for, 1.48
pagination of, 1.7
placement of in books, 1.4
quotation issues explained in, 12.7, 12.56, 12.67, 12.70, 12.72
in revised and expanded editions, 1.28
running heads for, 1.11
in second or subsequent editions or reprintings, 1.46
source citations for, 14.12
submission of, 2.4
prefixes
combining forms, 7.88, 7.96 (secs. 2, 4)
defined, 7.88
division of words with, 7.40
in Greek language, 11.131
in Hebrew language, 11.102
and hyphenation, 6.86, 7.40, 7.87, 7.96 (secs. 2, 4), 8.162
in Latin language, 11.65
mid- as, 7.94
negating, 5.237
numerical expressions with, 9.11–12, 10.55–56
personal names with, 8.5, 8.15
in Russian language, 11.115–16
in SI units, 9.11–12, 10.55–56, 10.61–62
standing alone, 7.96 (sec. 4)
See also compound terms
prehistoric cultural periods, 8.75
preliminary pages (prelims). See front matter
prelims. See front matter
prepositional phrases, 5.182–89
active voice to eliminate, 5.198
as adjectives or adverbs, 5.182, 5.184
adverbs replacing, 5.196
clashing (repeated), 5.187
defined, 5.182
elliptical, 5.188
function of, 5.183
with intransitive verbs, 5.102
limiting, 5.193–98
objective (accusative) case in, 5.47, 5.178, 5.189
parallel structure in, 5.250
and personal pronouns, 5.47, 5.189
as phrasal connectives, 5.147
placement of, 5.184–85
pronouns affected by, 5.189
prepositions, 5.178–201
vs. adverbs, 5.190
adverbs modifying, 5.161
appropriate use of, 5.201
avoiding overuse of, 5.193–98
complex (phrasal), 5.180
vs. conjunctions, 5.190
with dates in titles of works, 13.95
defined, 5.178
ending sentences with, 5.186
functional variation of, 5.190
idiomatic uses of, 5.199–201
in indexing, 15.61, 15.76
in Latin expressions, 8.160
like, 5.191, 5.254
and nominalizations, 5.195
in non-English languages, 11.65, 11.131
with nouns used as adjectives, 5.27
of plus plural nouns, 5.192
of-genitives, 5.23, 5.197
participial, 5.181
in personal names, 8.12
in phrasal verbs, 5.106
and possessives, 5.189, 7.26
resources on, 5.201
simple and compound, examples of, 5.179
in title case, 8.160
See also prepositional phrases
prepress (preliminary presswork), 2.2, 2.112
prepress services, 3.15
preprints, 1.122, 4.66, 14.75–76
prescriptive grammar, 5.3
present perfect tense, 5.136
present tense, 5.129, 5.133
President, president, 8.20, 8.22–23
presidential documents
orders and proclamations, 14.190
programs, 8.76
speeches, 8.77, 14.190
treaties, 8.81–82, 14.176, 14.191
Press, in publishers’ names, 14.33
press releases (news releases), 14.98
press sheets, 2.112
preventive grammar, 5.61
previously published materials
editing, 2.67, 2.96
permissions for, 2.2, 2.4, 4.71, 4.82, 4.109
source citations for, 13.58, 14.80
See also compilations of previously published materials; derivative works; quotations
prices, 1.84, 1.107, 2.113–14, 2.139, 4.75
prime and double prime symbols, 9.18–19, 10.41, 10.67, 10.74, 11.101
print and electronic publishing model
for books, 1.2, 14.58
and CIP data, 1.38
common practice of, 1.2, 1.86
common use of, 1.2
embedded indexes for, 15.7
and formats, 1.86, 3.14
and illustrations, 1.116, 3.9–10, 3.12, 3.17, 3.26
ISBNs for, 1.22, 1.36, fig. 1.4, 4.112
ISSNs for, 1.88, 1.95
for journals, 1.2, 1.86, 1.88, 1.95, 3.26
and letters to the editor, 1.110
noting differences in versions, 1.87, 1.90, 1.96, 1.116, 1.124, 2.142, 3.9, 3.17, 3.24, 3.26, 13.14
page ranges in, 1.90
source citations for, 13.14, 14.58
and tables, 1.115
and version control, 1.121
workflow for, 2.87, 2.142
See also electronic files; electronic publications; multiple formats, books in; supplementary data, electronic
print technologies
digital printing, 1.31
folded-and-gathered signatures (F&Gs), 2.2, 2.112
offset printing, 3.3
prepress (preliminary presswork), 2.2, 2.112
printed sheets. See press sheets
printer’s errors (PEs), 2.140
print-on-demand (POD) titles, 1.30–31
privacy, right of, 4.77
prizes and awards, 1.108, 8.32, 8.84, 8.116, 8.174
pro, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
probability
in mathematical copy and expressions, 9.21, 10.56
resources on, 3.81
in tables, 3.77, 3.81, fig. 3.23
proceedings of conferences and symposia, 1.19, 1.44, 4.8, 4.63, 14.115. See also conferences; edited volumes; special issues, journal
process color printing, 3.3
proclitics (Greek), 11.124
product codes (bar codes), 1.78, 1.83, 1.93
production editors, 2.82
professional titles. See titles and offices of people
progressive (imperfect, continuous) tenses, 5.123, 5.132, 5.139, 5.160
prologues. See introductions
promotion
and abstracts, 1.85, 2.29
artwork for, 4.81, 4.103, 4.105
blurbs, 1.17, 1.79, 1.84, 12.21, 12.38
on covers and jackets, 1.79–80, 12.38
in journals, 1.17, 1.79, 1.86, 1.93, 1.95, 2.114
in metadata, 1.84
praise pages, 1.4, 1.17
quotation marks for, 12.38
prompts for AI tools, 14.112
pronouns, 5.30–71
and adjectives, 5.32, 5.53, 5.82, 5.84–85
antecedents of: absent, 5.33, 5.65; defined, 5.31; demonstrative pronouns, 5.56; errors with, 5.31; and gender, 5.61; multiple, 5.37; and number, 5.35–36, 5.45, 5.61, 5.65, 5.265; plural, for gender neutrality, 5.265; possessives as, 5.32; relative pronouns, 5.61, 5.63–66
and appositives, 5.14, 5.39, 5.55
articles as substitutes for, 5.82
and assimilation of quoted material into text, 12.12
attribute, 5.48
classes of, 5.41; adjective, 5.53; demonstrative (deictic), 5.56; indefinite, 5.50, 5.71, 5.144, 5.266; interrogative, 5.33, 5.58–59, 5.62; personal (see personal below); reciprocal (each other, one another), 5.57; relative (see relative pronouns)
in contractions, 5.108–9
definition and uses of, 5.30–33
distributive, 5.71
em dashes between introductory nouns and, 6.92
and gender inclusivity, 5.46, 5.50–52, 5.265–66
as interjections, 5.215
it, 5.50, 5.119, 5.246–47, 8.78, 8.119
for named natural events, 8.78
negating, 5.237, 5.240
neopronouns, 5.52
person of, 5.33, 5.42–43
personal, 5.42–52; agreement of nouns with, 5.45; case of, 5.47–49; changes in forms of, 5.11, 5.38, 5.44 (see also case [grammar]); compound (-self forms), 5.51–52, 5.55, 5.254; forms of, 5.42, 5.44; and gender, 5.46, 5.50–52; identification of, 5.43; after linking verbs, 5.48; misuse of, 5.40; possessive, 5.53–54, 5.82, 7.28; and prepositional phrases, 5.47, 5.189; singular they, 5.44, 5.51–52, 5.82, 5.157–58, 5.160, 5.265–66; special uses of, 5.50; after than or as . . . as, 5.49. See also he, him, his; personal, in non-English languages below; she, her, hers
personal, in non-English languages: Danish, 11.77; German, 11.42; glossed ASL, 11.144; Italian, 11.53; Norwegian, 11.77; Polish, 11.77; Swedish, 11.77
phrasal, 5.30
possessive, 5.38; adjectives after, 5.84; indefinite, 5.71; and joint (group) possession, 5.24; personal, 5.53–54, 5.82, 7.28; relative, 5.65, 5.67–68
prepositions with, 5.178
properties of, 5.34–40; case (see case [grammar]); gender, 5.46, 5.50, 5.61; number (see number [grammar]: of nouns and pronouns)
reflexive and intensive, 5.44, 5.55, 5.57
for religious figures, 8.96
with speaker tags, 12.41
for vehicles and vessels, 8.119
pronunciations, 6.109, 6.119
proofreaders’ marks, 2.124–38
for capitalization changes, 2.136
circling comments and instructions, 2.126, 2.129, 2.132–34, 2.136–37
conventions in, 2.124
for deletions, 2.129, 2.135
for em spaces, 2.131
examples of, fig. 2.7
for extensive changes, 2.127
for font changes, 2.136
for items to be spelled out, 2.134
legibility of, 2.128
list of, fig. 2.6
for paragraph and indentation changes, 2.131
placement of, 2.125
for position or alignment (justification) changes, 2.103, 2.132
for punctuation changes, 2.129, 2.137
for spacing changes between letters or words, 2.130
stet, 2.135
for transposition of items, 2.133
underlining for italics, 7.50
wavy line for boldface, 7.50
See also manuscript editing: paper-only
proofreading, 2.105–43
and assigning responsibility for errors, 2.140–41
defined, 2.53, 2.105
double-checking during, 2.139
edited volumes, 2.47
editors’ style sheets for, 2.116–17
extensive changes after, 2.127
and global changes, 2.116, 2.118, 2.127
independent professionals for, 2.106
indexers’ assistance in, 15.124, 15.130
indexes, 2.2, 2.111
PDF files for, 2.2, 2.77, 2.105, 2.108, 2.124, 2.138
process and checks: “cold read,” 2.115; comparing copy with proofs, 2.115; for fonts and typefaces, 2.118, 2.136; for illustrations and tables, 2.112, 2.120, 2.132, 2.142; master sets and routing corrected versions, 2.108; for overall appearance, 2.121; for page numbers, 2.119, 2.139; queries and instructions in, 2.121, 2.123, 2.126; for quotations, 2.118; for running heads, 2.81, 2.119; for sense, 2.123; for small caps, 10.9; for spelling, 2.116; stages of proof, 2.108–14; for word division, 2.117, 2.121
responsibility for, 2.47, 2.53, 2.106
revised proofs, 2.108, 2.110
schedule for, 2.2, 2.107, 15.4
specific types of material: compilations, 2.48; copy in non-Latin alphabets, 11.80; electronic publications, 2.105, 2.142–44; transliterated materials, 11.80
standard for, 2.124
See also proofreaders’ marks
proofs
indexing from, 2.109, 2.111, 2.123, 15.4, 15.109, 15.111, 15.114, 15.116, 15.132
information on, in production checklists, 2.82
marking, for indexing, 15.116–20, fig. 15.1
stages of, 2.108–14; book cover and jacket proofs, 2.113; F&Gs, 2.112; first pages and galley proofs, 2.109; index proofs, 2.111; journal cover proofs, 2.114; master sets maintained, 2.108; prepress and press proofs, 2.2, 2.112; revised proofs, 2.108, 2.110
See also alterations; proofreaders’ marks; proofreading
proper adjectives
defined, 5.73
from names of ethnic and national groups, 8.1, 8.39–40
in non-English languages, 11.28–29, 11.42, 11.77
from organization names, 8.63
from personal names, 8.61–62
from place-names, 5.73, 8.46
from religious terms, 8.97–98
proper nouns
abbreviations derived from, 10.7, 10.55, 10.58
abbreviations of, indexing, 15.54, 15.72
as academic subjects, 8.86
beginning with lowercase letters, 8.70, 8.155
brand names and trademarks, 4.16, 7.85, 8.70, 8.131, 8.147, 8.154–55, 10.7, 10.55, 12.51
broadcast networks, channels, and such, 8.191, 10.30
capitalization of, 5.8, 8.1
compound, 5.8, 6.86, 7.91, 7.96
defined, 5.6, 5.8
in historical period designations, 8.72–75
hyphenation of, 7.91, 7.96, 8.40
indexing (see under indexing)
infectious organisms, 8.146
non-English (see under non-English names)
of-genitives with, 5.23
organizations (see organization names)
personal names (see personal names)
place-names (see place-names)
plurals of, 5.17, 7.9, 7.11
possessives of, 7.17, 7.19–20, 7.27–28
real vs. metaphorical, 8.51, 8.67, 8.80
in titles of works, 11.98
used as words, 7.66
variants of, 15.40
vessels and vehicles, 8.2, 8.117–19, 8.175, 13.97
and word division, 7.42
words derived from (see words derived from proper nouns)
See also capitalization
prophets, 8.94
prose extracts. See block quotations
Protactile language, 11.135
protases (conditional clauses), 5.235
proto, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
protocols (network), 7.85, 10.55, 13.12. See also HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
proverbs, 12.5. See also common expressions
provinces, Canadian, 10.33–34, 14.30, 14.91
pseudo, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 4)
pseudonyms and pseudonymous works, 4.26, 12.58, 13.82–83, 13.126, 15.42
PsyArXiv, 1.122
public display, and copyright, 4.13–14, 4.35
public laws. See legislation
public places and structures
buildings and monuments, 8.58, 8.69, 8.102, 8.174, 9.50, 9.54, 11.28–29, 11.68
locations within buildings, 8.59
non-English names for, 8.60
roads and thoroughfares, 8.57, 9.8, 9.52–53, 10.38, 11.28–29
public-access policies, 4.70
publication dates
in book review and book notes sections, 1.107
for electronic versions published before print, 1.123
of journal articles, 1.101, 1.104, 1.113, 14.70
of journals: in copyright lines, 1.112; current, on home pages, 1.95; issues identified by, 1.88; location of, 1.93, 1.96; proofreading, 2.114, 2.139; and volume numbers, 1.89
location of in works: copyright notices, 1.24, 4.42; copyright pages or title pages, 1.21, 1.22, 1.24, 1.27, 14.41; for journals, 1.93, 1.96
as metadata, 1.84, 1.101
no date (n.d.), 10.48, 13.114, 14.44, 14.104, 14.128, 14.157, 14.163
in source citations, 14.41–44; for AI-generated content, 14.112; for artworks (dates of creation or completion), 14.133; author-date reference system of (see under author-date reference system); basic format of, 14.29, 14.41; for blog posts, 14.105; for books published before 1900, 14.31; for copublications, 14.39; for electronic mailing lists, 14.107; for journal articles, 13.26, 14.70; for magazines, 14.64, 14.87; for multimedia content, 14.161, 14.163; for multivolume works, 14.19–21, 14.43; vs. new impressions and renewal of copyright, 14.42; for newspapers and news sites, 14.64, 14.89, 14.95; no date, 14.44; for periodicals, 14.64; for reference works, 14.130–31; for social media content, 14.106; for specific volumes of multivolume works, 14.20; for websites and web pages, 14.104
when available in previous year, 1.24
See also forthcoming
publication details
abbreviations in, 1.23
absence of, 10.48, 14.44
basic formats for, 13.110, 13.119, 14.29
in book review and book notes sections, 1.107
for classical Greek and Latin works, 14.146, 14.148
for dissertations and theses, 14.113
and forms of works (e.g., microfilm), 14.17
in journals, 1.93, 1.96
See also authors’ names; copyright; editions; places of publication; publication dates; publishers’ names; source citations
public-domain works
and copyright, 1.112, 4.23, 4.47
derivative works based on, 4.23, 4.47
government-produced, 4.22, 4.46
illustrations, 3.30, 3.36
non-US publications as, 4.30
quotations from, 4.79
source citations for, 13.58, 14.61
when works become, 4.19, 4.21, 4.28
See also copyright: duration of
publicity reviews. See promotion
publishers
addresses of, 1.21–23, 1.93, 1.104
agreements with (see publishing agreements)
archival practices of, 1.124
as authors, 13.86
of copublications, 1.22–23, 14.39
and distribution arrangements, 14.40
editorial staff of, 2.82 (see also manuscript editors)
and fair-use “rules of thumb,” 4.89
and generic markup style, 2.86
grants for, 1.34
house style of (see house style)
and land acknowledgments, 1.22
logos of, 1.21, 1.78–79
main editorial offices of, 14.30
manuscript preparation guidelines from, 2.8, 2.22
non-US, 4.19, 4.21, 4.30–31, 4.41, 4.49
notes on text, 1.50
parent companies, imprints, and such, 14.37–38
permissions from out-of-business, 4.86
rights and permissions staff of, 4.110
rights databases of, 4.111
types of, 4.112 (see also academic publishing)
websites of, 1.23, 1.66, 1.77, 1.79, 1.85–86, 4.98–99
See also copyright; publication details; publishers’ names; publishing agreements
publishers’ names
for AI-generated content, 14.112
Books and Press in, 14.33
location of in works: book review and book notes sections, 1.107; copyright notices, 4.44; covers and jackets, 1.78–79; edition details, 1.27; for journals, 1.93; title pages, 1.21, 14.30, 14.32
as metadata, 1.84
omissible parts of, 14.33
proofreading, 2.113
resources on, 14.32
for self-published or privately published works, 14.36
in source citations, 14.32–40; abbreviations of, 14.32–33, 14.35; and or ampersand in, 14.34; basic format of, 14.29; for books published before 1900, 14.31; for copublications, 14.39; for distributed books, 14.40; imprints, parent companies, and such, 14.37–38; for multimedia content, 14.169; non-English names, 14.34–35; preferred forms of, 14.32
See also publishers
publishing agreements, 4.55–78
authors’ alterations limited by, 2.141
authors’ warranties in, 4.56, 4.76–77
basic provisions of, 4.56
and copyright owners’ rights, 4.13
for edited volumes, 2.47, 4.59–61, 4.62–63
illustrations noted in, 3.15
for journal articles, 4.59–61
for new books, 4.56–58
and non-English rights, 4.112
and open-access publishing models, 4.56, 4.71
and permissions, 4.80
publishers’ responsibilities in: copyright tasks, 4.33; rights and permissions requests, 4.80, 4.110, 4.111; subsidiary rights, 4.17–18
and rights to reproduction and distribution, 4.55
role of counsel in, 4.78
for self-published books, 4.75
and subsidiary rights (see subsidiary rights)
for symposia proceedings, 4.63
See also copyright; intellectual property rights; licenses for copyrighted works; permissions
publishing histories, 1.27, 2.51. See also editions
publishing schedules
basic, 2.2, figs. 2.1–2
indexing in, 2.2, 2.73, 2.76, 15.4, 15.109
for journals, 2.107, fig. 2.2
manuscript editing in, 2.2, 2.58
proofreading in, 2.2, 2.107, 15.4
volume editors’ responsibility for, 2.46
PubMed, 1.20, 1.101, 4.70
punctuation
and alphabetization, 15.67–69
author queries about, 2.75
basic function of, 6.1
in captions, 3.21, 3.23–24, 6.14
and electronic file cleanup, 2.85
in electronic publications, 6.2, 6.4–5, 6.8, 6.90, 6.96
with emojis, 6.137
errors in (see errors in grammar and punctuation)
and font style, 6.2–6
and hyperlinks, 7.59
of index entries (see under index entries)
with interjections, 5.213, 6.38
and italics, 6.2, 13.91
marking manuscripts for, 2.98, 2.100, 2.101
marking proofs for, 2.129, 2.137
in mathematical copy and expressions, 10.71, 12.69
multiple marks at same place, 6.131–37, table 6.1
in non-English materials (see under non-English materials)
permissible changes to, 8.167, 8.169, 11.9, 11.13, 11.21, 12.7, 12.30–31, 13.90
with quotations (see under quotations)
in relation to surrounding text, 6.2–8, 6.44, 6.74, 8.168
spaces with (see under spaces and spacing)
with speaker tags, 12.23, 12.41
in tables (see under tables)
with trademark symbols, 8.154
of URLs and DOIs in text, 2.16, 6.8, 6.12, 6.111, 6.120, 7.47, 13.12
with yes and no, 5.254
See also abbreviations, general; braces; brackets; colons; commas; dashes; ellipses (punctuation); exclamation points; guillemets; hyphens and hyphenation; parentheses; periods (punctuation); question marks; quotation marks; semicolons; slashes; suspension points