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Chapter, first word in small caps., 48. first line to be indented, 48, 50.
English words, how to divide, 53-4. En rules, when to use, 69-70. Erratum and Errata, when to print, 33. ETC., ETC., &c., when to use, 43. Exclamation, the note of, 60. Extracts, how to print, 50. Figures, commas with, 68-9. First line of chapter, 48. Footnotes, abbreviations in, 43, 51. superior figures to refer to, 67, 70. Foreign words and phrases, 35-7. in roman, 35-6. in italic, 36-7. Foreign words, formation of plurals of, 31-3. French language, works in the, 73-87. abbreviations, 80-1, 82-4. accented capital letters in, 78. accented small capitals, 78. accents, 78-9. capital and lower-case letters, 73-8. division of words, 81-2. hyphens, 79-80. metal-rules, 80. metric signs, 83. names ending in -s or -x, 72. numerals, 84-5. quotation marks, 86-7. reference figures, 85. roman and italic, 85. space before comma, 80. spacing generally, 80. Full points, examples of use, 60. for contractions, 43-4. to denote omissions, 62. when not to use, 42, 43, 68, 69. German language, works in the, 88-94. abbreviations, 93. apostrophes, 94. capital and lower-case letters, 88-9. commas, 94. division of words, 90. double letters, 93. full points, 94. hyphens, 90. in roman type, 91. =ll=, 92. metal-rules, 91. paragraph mark (§), 94. prepositional and other prefixes, 90-1. quotation marks, 92. reformed spelling, 89-90. =ſ=, =s=, 93. spaced words, 90. =ſſ=, =sſ=, 92. =ſz=, 92-3. suffixes =lich=, =zig=, 91.
Greek words, how to divide, 97. Guillemets in French, 86, 87. Headlines, omission of points at end of, 67. Head Master, note on, 25. Hers, no apostrophe, 44. Hyphens, use of, in English, 25-8. in French, 79-80. in German, 90. -ible, words ending in, 11. I’d, I’ll, &c. (no space), 44. Indentation of first lines, 48, 50. Initials with dates, 47. Interrogation, the note of, 60. ‘Inverted commas’, 63. -ise or -ize, words ending in, 12-14. Italian words (some), how to divide, 54. Italic type— for mathematical theorems, 51. names of books and periodicals in, 50. names of ships in, 51. words and phrases in, 36-7, 50-1. Latin words, how to divide, 95-6. lb., singular and plural form, 43. Lefevre, T., _Guide pratique du compositeur_, referred to, 55. Lower-case letters, for anglicized words, 47. for contractions, 43, 47. in French, 73-8. in German, 88-9. MS. = manuscript, contraction of, 43. Marks used in the correction of proofs, 98. Marks of omission, 62. Marks of parenthesis, 61. Mathematics, inferior in, 70. theorems, in italics, 51. Measures, contractions of, 43. Medical signs, 48. -ment, words ending in, 24. Metal-rules in English, 61-2, 70. in French, 86. in German, 91. Metric signs in French, abbreviations of, 83. Money, contractions in sums of, 51. Months, names of, contracted, 42. New Testament, contractions for names of books of, 42.
Newspapers, in italic, 51. Non-hyphened words, 25-8. Nor and or, 40. Note of exclamation, 60-1. interrogation, 60. Numbering of paragraphs, 70. Numerals, arabic, 68-70. in French, 84-5. in German, 94. roman, use of, 68-70. O and Oh, 39. -o, plurals of nouns ending in, 34. Old Testament, contractions for names of books of, 41. Omission marks, use full points for, 62. Ours, no apostrophe, 44. Page references, citation of, 69, 70. Paragraphs, indentation of, 48, 50. numbering of, 70. spacing of last line, 49. Parenthesis, marks of, 60-1. Period or full stop, the, 60-1. Periodicals, names of, italic, 50. Philological works, contractions in, 43. punctuation in, 67. use of symbols in, 48. Phonetic spellings, 38. Place-names, use of apostrophes in, 44-5. Plates, &c., references to, 47. Plurals, formation of, in words of foreign origin, 31-2. of nouns ending in -o, 34. Poetry, ’d, -ed, and -èd in, 45. quotations from, 45. spacing of, 49. Points (punctuation marks), 62. decimal, 69. full, when to omit, 42, 43, 68, 69. in title-pages, &c., 67. Points of the compass, 43. Portuguese words (some), how to divide, 54. Possessive case of proper names, 71-2. Prefixes in German, prepositional and other, 90-1. Pronouns, Deistic, capitalization of, 46. omission of apostrophe in, 54. Proofs, marks used in correcting, 98. Proper names, adjectives derived from, 46. common words derived from, 47. possessive case of, 71-2.
PS. = postscript (one full point), 43. Punctuation generally, 55-67. colon, 59-60. comma, 57-8. dash, 61-2. note of exclamation, 60-1. note of interrogation, 60. parenthesis, 61. period or full stop, 60-1. semicolon, 58-9. Punctuation marks generally, 62-3. in classical and philological notes, 67. in relation to footnotes, 67. quotation marks, 63. when to precede, and when to follow, the closing quotation mark, 63-7. Quotation marks, 63-7. in essays, 63. in French, 86-7. in German, 92. ‘inverted commas’ (so-called), 63. Quotations from foreign books, &c., 50. poetical, 45, 63. prose, 63. when to break off, 50. Reference figures in French, 84-5. References generally, 52. to authors and their works, 52. to the Bible, 41-2, 52. to footnotes, 70. to manuscripts, 43, 52. to periodicals, 50. to plates, woodcuts, &c., 47. in relation to punctuation marks, 67. to Shakespeare’s plays, &c., 52. to ships, 51. Roman and italics in French, 85. Roman numerals, use of, 68-70. Roman type, German works in, 91. anglicized words in, 35-6. =ſ=, =s=, 93. ’s, thin space before apostrophe, when to use, 49. Scripture references, 41-2, 52. Semicolon, the, 58-9. Shakespeare, spelling of the name, 23. Shakespeare’s plays, references to, 52. ‘Shilling-mark’, 51. Ships, names of, italic, 51. Signs for reference marks, use of, 70. special, 48. Small capitals, when to use, 47. Southward’s _Practical Printing_, quoted, 55.
Space before comma allowed, in printing French, 80. Spaced words in German, 90. Spacing generally, 49-50. in French, 80. in Greek, Latin, and Italian, 49. of last line in paragraph, 49. of poetry, 49. Spanish words (some), how to divide, 54. Special signs or symbols, 48. Spellings, alternative or difficult, 15-24. Bible and Prayer Book, 9 (note). of old writers, 38. phonetic, 38. reformed German, 89-90. sq., sqq., 70. =ſſ=, =sſ=, 92. Streets, how to print names of, 46. Suffixes, 29-30. =lich=, =zig=, 91. Superior figures and letters, 70. =ſz=, 92-3. Theirs, no apostrophe, 44. Title-pages, date at foot of, 47. points in, 67. Titles, personal, contraction of, 44. Types, English names of, 100-2. American point-system, 102. Underlines, 50. Vowel-ligatures, 41. Weights and measures, contractions of, 43. Woodcuts, plates, &c., references to, 47. Words— common, derived from proper names, 46. ending in -able, 9. ending in -ible, 11. ending in -ise or -ize, 12-14. ending in -ment, 24. ending in -o, plurals of, 34. ending with -ed or -èd in poetry, 45. foreign, in italic, 35-6. foreign, in roman, 36-7. Yours, no apostrophe, 44.
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