Index
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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table or figure (fig.).
- W3C, 2.143, 3.28
- Wade-Giles romanization system, 11.89, 11.91–92, 15.85. See also Chinese language; Pinyin romanization system
- wars, revolutions, battles, campaigns, and such, 8.114–15
- watermarks, 1.100
- we, you, they, 5.50
- web (term), 7.85, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), 2.143, 3.28
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, 2.143
- web-based publications. See electronic publications; online publications; websites and web pages
- webinars, 4.3
- websites and web pages
- of authors, 4.69, 4.71, 4.75
- campus, 4.71
- copyright of, 4.2, 4.13
- corporate, as resources for usage, 8.70, 10.29
- without formal titles, 8.193
- of journals, 1.93, 1.95–96
- owners or sponsors of, 14.104, 14.167
- preprints on, 1.122
- of publishers, 1.23, 1.66, 1.77, 1.79, 1.85–86, 4.98–99
- sections and features within, 8.193, 14.103
- source citations for, 14.103–4; access dates in, 13.15, 14.104; author-date reference system of, 14.104; italics or quotation marks for titles in, 13.88, 14.103, 14.105; and link-archiving services, 13.17; revision dates in, 13.16, 14.104; sites discontinued before publication, 14.104; in text or notes vs. in bibliographies, 14.104–5; titles in, 14.103–4, 14.173. See also online publications: source citations for
- titles of, 8.2, 8.193–94, 14.103–4, 14.173
- See also blogs and blog posts; electronic publications; HTML; hyperlinks; online publications; URLs
- weight, 7.96 (sec. 1), 10.75. See also units of measurement
- well, 5.213, 6.37
- West, west, 8.47–48
- wh- questions, 5.219
- what
- as adverbial conjunction, 5.208
- antecedent absent with, 5.33, 5.65
- with ‑ever suffix, 5.69
- in exclamations, 5.223
- as interrogative pronoun, 5.58–59
- possessive form of, 5.65
- referent of, 5.59
- as relative pronoun, 5.60
- as subordinating conjunction, 5.207
- when, 5.207–8, 6.26, 6.73
- where, 5.207, 5.208
- where . . . there, 5.251
- whether, 5.207, 5.254, 6.43
- which
- antecedent absent with, 5.33
- antecedents of, 5.65, 5.67
- with ‑ever suffix, 5.69
- as interrogative pronoun, 5.58–59
- in nonrestrictive clauses, 6.29
- possessive form of, 5.65, 5.68
- prepositions with, 5.178
- punctuation with, 6.29
- referent of, 5.59
- as relative pronoun, 5.60
- in remote relative clauses, 5.64
- vs. that, 5.254, 6.29
- while, 5.254
- White, white, 8.39
- whiz-deletions (omission of who is), 5.233
- who, whom, whose
- antecedents absent with, 5.33, 5.65
- declension of, 5.60
- distinguishing between, 5.254
- with ‑ever suffix, 5.70
- for gender neutrality, 5.265
- as interrogative pronouns, 5.58–59, 5.62
- in nonrestrictive clauses, 6.29
- objective pronouns as antecedents of, 5.61
- possessive forms of, 5.65, 5.68
- prepositions with, 5.178
- as questions within sentences, 6.73
- referents of, 5.59
- in remote relative clauses, 5.64
- who vs. whom, 5.70
- whoever, whomever, whichever, whatever, 5.69–70, 5.254
- who’s, whose, 5.54, 5.254
- why, 5.207–8, 5.213, 6.73
- wide, compound terms with, 7.96 (sec. 3)
- widows (lines), 2.121–22
- Wikipedia, 8.3, 8.193, 14.103
- wikis, 13.16
- wildcards. See pattern matching
- will, would, 5.135, 5.138, 5.156, 5.238
- wills, source citations for, 14.118
- with, in source citations for ghostwritten books, 14.7
- without, 5.207
- word breaks. See word division
- word counts, for manuscript submissions, 2.5, 2.58
- word division, 7.36–48
- and appearance, 7.48
- basic rules for, 7.36, 11.22
- of compound terms, prefixes, and suffixes, 2.117, 7.40, 7.42, 11.47
- and diphthongs, 7.39, 11.36, 11.45, 11.57, 11.73, 11.128
- of gerunds and present participles, 7.41
- of non-English words, 11.22; Arabic, 11.88; French, 11.36–39; German, 11.45–47; Greek, 11.128–31; Hebrew, 11.104–5; Italian, 11.57–59; Latin, 11.62–65; Polish, 11.77; Russian, 11.77, 11.113–17; Spanish, 11.73–75; with two-letter endings, 7.37
- pronunciation as basis for, 7.38
- proofreading for bad breaks, 2.117, 2.121
- of proper nouns, 7.42
- resources on, 7.36
- of URLs, DOIs, and such, 2.16, 6.121, 7.47
- after vowels, 7.39, 7.42
- words not appropriate for, 7.37, 11.39
- See also line breaks
- word order, 5.228–31
- in abbreviated titles, 13.56
- and English as analytic language, 5.217, 5.228
- SVO (subject–verb–object) pattern, 5.228–29
- syntactic patterns, list of, 5.230
- syntactic variations, 5.231
- See also inverted word order; syntax
- word processors
- for authors’ review of copyedited manuscripts, 2.77, 2.93
- and directional (“smart”) quotation marks and apostrophes, 6.123, 6.125
- for electronic file cleanup, 2.84
- and ellipsis character, 12.59
- and em dash character, 2.17
- and formatting codes, 2.69
- functions in: commenting, 2.44, 2.89, 2.92, 2.93; document comparison, 2.91; equation editor, 3.29; Find, 2.86; Find and Replace, 2.84; grammar checking, 2.85, 2.94; hyphenation, 2.16, 7.36, 7.38; indentation, 2.14–15, 2.23–25, 2.28, 2.85, 15.130; language settings, 2.85; macros, 2.84–85; notes, 2.26, 13.27, 13.44, 13.46; outlines, 2.25, 2.41; page numbering, 2.20; pattern matching, 2.84–85; revealing nonprinting characters, 2.85; searching, 2.84, 2.86; sorting, 13.69, 15.5, 15.65, 15.113; spell-checking, 2.85, 2.94; styles, 2.20, 2.22, 2.86–88, fig. 2.4, 11.7; tables, 2.41, 3.48, 3.89; tables of contents, 2.20
- and global changes, 2.75, 2.84–85, 2.90, 2.118
- for indexing, 15.113, 15.116, 15.130
- keyboard combinations and shortcuts in, 7.83
- for manuscript editing, 2.77, 2.84–85, fig. 2.4
- and nonbreaking spaces, 6.129
- and punctuation, 6.2
- and special characters, 2.19, 11.48, 11.79
- and tabs, 2.14–15, 2.23, 2.25, 2.28, 2.85
- and third-party add-ins, 2.84
- and Unicode standard, 11.2
- See also manuscript editing; tracking changes (redlining)
- word spaces (added with space bar), 6.128–29
- word usage, 5.253–54
- consistency in, 5.16
- in dialect, 5.28
- good vs. common, 5.254
- vs. grammar, 5.253
- in jargon, 5.28, 5.99, 5.180
- mechanical editing for, 2.55
- myths and misunderstandings of, 5.112, 5.176, 5.186, 5.209
- of prepositions, 5.200–201
- problematic words and phrases, list of, 5.254
- style guides for, 5.254
- See also British style; European style; grammar; inclusivity; and specific parts of speech
- word-by-word alphabetization
- for bibliographies, 13.69
- and computerized sorting, 15.65
- for indexes of first lines, 15.143
- vs. letter-by-letter, 15.66, 15.69
- overview of, 15.68
- preferred, 13.69, 15.65–66
- and word-processors’ sort functions, 15.65
- words
- coinage of, 5.98, 7.14 (see also words derived from proper nouns)
- emphasizing particular, 7.51–54, 11.54, 12.73, 13.96
- en dashes to connect, 6.83, 6.86–87
- introductory (see introductory words and phrases)
- key terms, 7.58
- missing or illegible in original source, 6.99, 6.111, 12.70
- non-English, italics for, 7.55–57, 11.3, 11.6, 11.82, 11.97, 11.103, 14.173
- vs. numerals (see numbers: spelling out)
- parallel structure and, 5.249
- phonetic or phonemic transcription of, 6.109, 6.119
- problematic, list of, 5.254
- single, for questions within sentences, 6.73
- so-called with, 7.62
- spacing between, 2.130
- stacked at end of lines, 2.121
- standing alone, 6.12
- 2-em dashes to indicate omitted, 6.99
- words and phrases used as, 7.66
- See also compound terms; hyphens and hyphenation; non-English words and phrases; sentences; word division; word usage
- words as words, 5.16, 6.2, 7.12, 7.66, 8.175
- words derived from proper nouns
- abbreviations of, 10.7, 10.55, 10.58
- capitalization of, 8.1, 8.48, 8.61–63, 8.80, 8.97–98, 8.154
- metaphorical, 8.51 (see also proper adjectives)
- working numbers, for illustrations, 2.33, 3.13–14
- working papers, 14.116. See also unpublished and informally published materials
- works, index entries using, 15.58
- works cited lists, 13.102. See also reference lists
- works made for hire
- contributors’ chapters as, 4.62
- and copyright issues, 4.9–12, 4.25, 4.39
- credit lines for, 3.34
- employers as authors of, 4.9
- illustrations as, 3.34, 4.10, 4.79
- indexes as, 4.10
- world rights, 4.80
- World Wide Web, 7.85. See also internet
- world’s fairs, 8.204
- would, will, 5.135, 5.138, 5.156, 5.238