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V
References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- v., 8.83, 10.48, 14.177
- var., 8.123–24
- variables, 3.53, 7.73
- Vedas, 14.141
- vehicles and vessels, 8.2, 8.117–19, 8.175, 9.46, 13.97
- verb phrases, 5.108, 5.176, 5.246, 5.252, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- verbal nouns, 5.111. See also infinitives
- verbs, 5.101–60
- adjectives as, 5.99
- auxiliary (see auxiliary [helping] verbs)
- conjugation of, 5.121; past participles, 5.94, 5.104, 5.114, 5.123 (see also participles); present participles, 5.114, 5.122, 7.41 (see also participles); regular and irregular verbs, 5.104. See also properties of below
- contractions with, 5.109
- defined, 5.101; auxiliary, 5.107, 5.149; ergative, 5.103; linking (copula or connecting), 5.105; phrasal, 5.106; principal and auxiliary (modal), 5.107, 5.149; regular and irregular, 5.104; transitive and intransitive, 5.102
- -ed vs. ‑t for past tense and past participle, 5.104
- finite, 5.38, 5.143
- gerunds, 5.116–17, 5.120, 7.28, 7.41, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- in grammatical ellipses, 6.58
- and indefinite pronouns, 5.71
- infinitives, 5.47, 5.110–13, 5.116, 5.158, 5.161, 5.176
- as interjections, 5.215
- linking (copula or connecting), 5.48, 5.86, 5.97, 5.105, 5.159, 5.175, 6.33
- with mass nouns, 5.9
- mathematical symbols as, 6.130
- misleading connectives with, 5.147
- moods of, 5.124–31; defined, 5.124; imperative, 5.126, 5.160, 5.165, 5.221, 5.265; indicative, 5.125, 5.128, 5.133–34, 5.160; and modal auxiliary verbs, 5.149; subjunctive, 5.127–31
- nouns as, 5.28, 5.254
- nouns formed from (nominalizations), 5.195
- with nouns in objective case, 5.21
- objects of, 5.38, 5.40, 5.47, 5.232, 6.71
- participles (see participles)
- and personal pronouns, 5.47–48
- phrasal, 5.106, 5.161, 5.187
- phrasal adjectives following, 5.97
- properties of, 5.121–48; agreement of subjects with, 5.142–44, 5.146, 5.148, 5.211, 5.254; mood (see moods of above); number, 5.142–47, 5.185, 5.192, 5.211, 6.58; overview of, 5.121; person, 5.141, 5.143, 5.148; and predicate nominatives, 5.146; tense (see tenses of below); voice (see active voice; passive voice)
- in references to works, 5.133, 8.168
- in speaker tags, 12.41
- tenses of: and assimilation of quoted material into text, 12.12; be-verbs, 5.160; defined, 5.132; future, 5.135; future perfect, 5.138; mixing, 5.140; past, 5.104, 5.129–30, 5.134, 5.137; past indicative, 5.134; past perfect (pluperfect), 5.130–31, 5.137; present, 5.129, 5.133; present indicative, 5.133; present perfect, 5.136; progressive (imperfect, continuous), 5.123, 5.132, 5.139, 5.160
- verb phrases, 5.108, 5.176, 5.246, 5.252, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- verb stems (present indicative), 5.133
- See also adverbs; be-verbs
- vernacular names, 8.129–31
- version control
- and archival practices, 1.124
- document comparison software for, 2.91
- for edited volumes, 2.46
- for journal articles, 1.121
- in manuscript editing, 2.6, 2.83–84, 2.91
- and preprints, 1.122
- in proofreading, 2.108, 2.110, 2.115
- version numbers, 1.30, 1.31, 14.112, 14.169
- versions of record. See version control
- verso pages
- abbreviation for, 14.53–54
- always even-numbered, 1.5
- blank after half-title pages, 1.4, 1.19
- in folio editions, 14.54
- for last page of journals, 1.90
- parts of books starting on, 1.4, 1.19, 1.20
- proofreading for correct use of, 2.119–20
- running heads on, 1.11–15
- after second half-title pages, 1.52
- in signed signatures, 14.53
- specified on final manuscripts for production, 2.80–81
- See also page numbers (folios); pagination; recto pages
- vertical bars, in mathematical expressions, 6.108
- vertical lists (see under lists in text)
- very, 7.96 (sec. 2)
- very, much, 5.94, 5.254
- vice, as prefix, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- video games, 8.192, 13.88, 14.169. See also multimedia content
- video recordings
- clips and files of, 1.116, 1.124, 2.5
- numbering, 3.10
- online, 14.167
- source citations for, 14.162, 14.165, 14.167
- See also multimedia content
- Vietnamese names, 15.94
- virgules. See slashes
- viz. (videlicet), 10.48
- vocative commas, 6.57
- voice
- active, 5.21, 5.119, 5.122–23, 5.139, 5.198
- passive (see passive voice)
- volume editors. See edited volumes; editors; editors’ names; manuscript preparation guidelines for authors
- volumes and volume numbers
- abbreviation of volume, 10.48–49; in bibliographies and reference lists, 13.19; and multivolume works, 8.177, 14.18; in notes, 13.19; omission of, 14.51; plural of, 7.15; punctuation with, 10.4; and series of works, 14.25; in text citations, 13.117
- in front matter in series of works, 1.19
- of journals: Arabic numerals for, 9.29, 9.69; in copyright lines, 1.112; on covers, 1.93, 2.114, 2.139; current, on home pages, 1.95; defined, 1.89; issue numbering within, 1.89; issues identified by, 1.88; as metadata, 1.101; omission of, 1.89; pagination within, 1.90–91, fig. 1.11; proofreading, 2.139; and retractions, 1.100; in source citations, 13.26, 13.110, 14.70, 14.74; in tables of contents, 1.96, fig. 1.11
- punctuation with, 6.66, 13.26, 13.117, 14.18, 14.51, 14.74
- in source citations, 13.117, 14.64; Arabic numerals for, 14.46, 14.70; for journals, 13.26, 13.110, 14.70, 14.74; for legal and public documents, 14.177, 14.188, 14.195, 14.203, 14.205; for multivolume works, 14.18, 14.20–21, 14.43; page numbers with, 13.26, 13.117, 14.18, 14.51, 14.74; text citations, 13.117; and when to omit vol., 14.51
- treatment of volume, 8.177
- See also multivolume works; series of works
- von, van, van den, 8.9, 8.11
- vs., v., 10.48