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Index
- Post (11.3), 265
- Post Office, 68
- Box, as part of address, 68
- Directory of Post Offices (5.20), 93
- ZIP Code numbers (8.51, 16.1), 203, 309
- Pound mark (see Money, Number).
- Preface (2.3g, 2.12), 10, 11
- Prefixes (6.7, 6.29-6.35), 96, 102-104
- Metric (9.56), 236-237
- Preliminary pages (2.3-2.4), 9-10
- Roman numerals for (2.4), 10
- Preparing copy:
- Abbreviations spelled out (2.43), 15
- Bill style (2.41), 15
- Capitalization (2.25,2.35), 12, 14
- Copy kept clean (2.46), 16
- Cut-in notes (2.32), 14
- Datelines, addresses, and signatures (2.26), 13
- Addresses (16.9-16.16), 311-313
- Datelines (16.5-16.8), 309-311
- Signatures (16.17-16.26), 313-319
- Decimals (2.27), 13
- Et cetera, etc. (2.28), 13
- Extracts (2.24), 12
- FIC & punc, Fol. lit. (2.38-2.42), 14-15
- Figures (2.38, 2.40), 15
- Folioing and stamping (2.29), 13
- Footnotes and reference marks:
- Tabular work (13.66-13.85), 289-291
- Text (15.1-15.19), 303-305
- Heads (2.30, 3.46-3.54), 13, 40-42
- Instructions to be followed (2.42, 11.5), 15, 177
- Italic (2.26, 2.38), 13, 14
- Pickup (2.31), 13
- Plurals (2.36, 8.13), 14, 196
- Punctuation followed (2.38-2.42), 14-15
- Sidenotes (2.32), 14
- Signs, symbols, etc. (2.33-2.34), 14
- Type to indicate shape (2.35-2.37), 14
- Prepositions (3.49), 40
- In compound nouns (6.47), 107
- Presidents and Vice Presidents, U.S., 321-322
- Pronouns:
- Compounding (6.12, 6.13), 98
- Possessive (8.8-8.9), 194, 195
- Proofreader's marks (1.22), 4-5
- Proofreading (2.74-2.87), 18-20
- Proofs:
- Clean (2.46, 2.96a), 16,21
- Department (1.18-1.20), 2
- Proportion (8.32, 12.9m), 199, 273
- Provided, etc.:
- Capitalization following (3.45), 40
- Italic (3.45, 11.11), 40, 267
- Province (3.19), 32
- Not abbreviated (9.15), 224
- Public Law, etc. (3.38), 38-39
- Not abbreviated (9.41, 9.43), 232, 233
- Publications (see Periodicals).
- GPO(1.21),3
- Puerto Rico (9.12, 9.13), 223, 224, 364
- Punctuation (8.1-8.150), 193-219
- Abbreviations:
- Omitted (8.123, 9.3, 13.13), 214, 221, 282
- When used (8.39, 9.6), 200, 221
- Apostrophe (8.3-8.18), 193-197
- Brackets (8.19-8.22), 197-198
- Colon (8.23-8.33), 198-200
- Comma (8.34-8.59), 200-204
- Before and after abbreviations (8.39), 200
- Omitted (8.50-8.59), 202-204
- Used (8.34-8.49), 200-202
- Dash (em) (8.60-8.70), 204-205
- Not used (8.69-8.70), 205
- Used (8.60-8.68), 204-205
- Dash (en) (8.72-8.75), 206
- Not used (8.74-8.75), 206
- Used (8.72-8.73), 206
- Ellipses (8.76-8.82), 207-208
- Exclamation point (8.83-8.84), 208
- Function (8.1, 8.2), 193
- Abbreviations: