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- Allmark (2.103-2.104, 2.112, 2.117), 22, 23, 24
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 7-9
- American Samoa (9.12, 9.13), 223, 224, 348
- Ampersand (&):
- Comma omitted before (8.56), 203
- Firm names (9.25), 225-226
- Index entries (15.27), 306
- Anglicized foreign words (5.3-5.4), 85-86
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute) (2.2), 7-9, 255
- Anyone, any one (6.12), 98
- Apostrophes and possessives (8.3-8.18), 193-197
- Abbreviations (8.11-8.12), 195-196
- Authentic form in names to be followed (8.6), 194
- Coined plurals (8.11), 195-196
- Contractions (8.11), 195-196
- Possessive (8.3-8.8, 8.10), 193-194
- Pronouns (8.8-8.9), 194, 195
- Spelled-out words (8.13), 196
- Appendix:
- Abbreviation (9.38), 231
- Footnote numbering (15.2), 303
- Part of book (2.3m), 10
- Plural form (5.10), 88-89
- Area:
- Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58), 236, 237
- Metric equivalents, 339-341
- Army, 45-46, 227-230
- Article:
- Abbreviation (9.38, 9.39), 231, 232
- Capitalization (3.11-3.12, 3.49), 29-30, 40
- Caps and small caps (9.39), 232
- Assembly:
- Legislative, 63
- United Nations (3.17), 30-32, 75
- Association (9.25), 225-226
- Asterisk(s):
- Ellipses (8.76-8.82), 207-208
- Footnote reference (13.68-13.69, 15.13-15.14, 15.17), 290, 304, 305
- Astronomical:
- Bodies, capitalization (3.30), 35
- Time (12.9b), 271
- Astrophysical abbreviations (9.59), 237
- Atomic numbers (10.16), 261
- B
- Backstrips, run down (2.20), 12
- Base lines and meridians, 346-347
- Basin, 47, 60
- B.C. (9.61, 12.9c), 239, 271
- Bible, etc. (3.33), 36-37
- Bibliography:
- Footnote numbering (15.2), 303
- Part of book (2.31), 10
- References (2.130, 8.29, 8.58, 8.71), 25-26, 199, 203, 205
- Bill style (2.41), 15
- Blank pages, avoid more than two (1.15), 2
- Board on Geographic Names (5.20, 5.21), 93
- Boldface:
- Page numbers, contents (15.30), 307
- Punctuation (8.150), 219
- Braces, equations (10.14), 260
- Brackets (8.19-8.22), 197-198
- Dates abbreviated in (9.45), 233
- Emphasis added, etc. (8.19), 197
- Equations (8.21, 10.14), 198, 260
- Headnotes (13.88-13.89), 292
- More than one paragraph (8.22), 198
- Type (8.150), 219
- Bylines in parentheses (8.101), 211
- C
- Calendar divisions:
- Abbreviations (9.44-9.46, 13.5), 233, 281
- Capitalization (3.23), 34, 48
- Called, so-called (8.128), 215
- Capacity:
- Abbreviations (9.56, 9.58), 236, 237
- Metric equivalents, 339, 340
- Capitalization Rules (3.1-3.57), 27-42
- Addresses, salutations, and signatures (3.55, 16.2), 42, 309