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Author
Title
The Oxford guide to style / R.M. Ritter.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Call Number
PN147 .R58 2002
ISBN
0198691750
Description
xi, 623 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)34244433
Summary
"This classic reference book is the essential guide for anyone who works with words. The perfect companion volume to The Oxford Guide to Style, it provides quick, clear answers to the queries you are most likely to raise as a writer or editor - whether professionally, in your studies, or for pleasure." "Completely updated, expanded, and revised, it draws on the unrivalled resources of Oxford's Dictionary Department and in-house editorial staff to offer guidance on words from an enormous range of topics, sources, and disciplines." "Also included in this new edition are appendices setting out the standard symbols used in proofreading, mathematical and logic symbols, and a guide to accents and diacritical marks."--Jacket.
Note
Revised and enlarged edition of Horace Hart's Rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [x]-xi) and index.
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Table of Contents
Recommended Works of Reference
1
The parts of a book
1
2
Preparation of copy and proofs
28
3
Abbreviations and symbols
61
4
Capitalization and treatment of names
70
5
Punctuation
111
6
Italic, roman, and other type treatments
153
7
Numbers
165
8
Quotations
191
9
Lists and tables
201
10
Illustrations
218
11
Languages
235
12
Science and mathematics
374
13
Specialist subjects
405
14
Copyright and other publishing responsibilities
494
15
References and notes
509
16
Indexing
582
Index
595