Index

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K , L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y, Z

A

Abbreviations: as an appendix; at start of sentence; compass directions; for Canadian provinces; for SI units; for US states; in illustrations; in reference lists; in statistics; in tables; Latin-based; list; miscellneous points; months; no hyphenation; of countries; of generic (scientific) names; organization names; periods in; plurals; prohibition of non-SI; regional office acronyms; sources; time of day; units of measure; units of measure, restriction; university degrees; US states; use of definite and indefinite articles; with numbers
Accents in English
Acronyms (see Abbreviations)
Addresses: authors of personal communication; IDRC's in text; in participants list; in text
Adjectives: compound with hyphen; compound with numbers; coordinate with comma
Alignment: in photographs
Anonymous: references, citation
Article: definite with abbreviations; indefinite with abbreviations
Article title: and quotation marks
Author address: personal communication; unpublished material
Author-date system: references

B

Biased language: alternative words; avoiding; feminine suffixes; in quotations; man as a generic term; man as a verb; pronouns; solutions; word choice; words to avoid
Bibliographies: defining
Bibliographies, annotated: guidelines
Bird names: capitalization
Boldface: in electronic manuscript
Book chapter: and quotation marks; not italics
Book titles: italics
Boy versus man
Braces: in mathematics
Brackets (see also Parentheses): for estimated year of publication; for republished works (in bibliography); for translated reference titles; in mathematics; in quotations; in reference list; insertions in quotations
British (Imperial) units: conversion to SI units
Bulleted list: comma in; semicolon in
Bulleted lists: IDRC style
Bullets: in electronic manuscript

C

Canadian provinces: abbreviations
Capitalization: books and articles; common names; compass direction; formal epoch, age, etc.; gene, chromosome, etc.; genus, etc.; geographic names; IDRC style; languages; nationality; North and South; organization names; religious and other titles; seminar name; species of bird; taxa; trade names; words derived from proper nouns
Chapter of book: and quotation marks
Christian era: AD and BC
Citation (see References, citation)
Cited tables: sequence in book
Cited figure or table: another author's
Cities and towns: spelling
Coined term: with quotation marks
Colon: with bulleted list
Columns: hyphenation of last line
Comma: in bulleted list; in references; comma
Comments: parenthetical in parentheses
Common (vernacular) names
Compass direction: abbreviation; capitalization; North and South
Compound words (see also Hyphenation): adjectives with hyphens; common sense in hyphenation; hyphenation for noun adjuncts; hyphenation in proofs; hyphenation of nouns; hyphens in compound adjectives; IDRC edit for hyphenation; importance of hyphenation; no hyphens; rules for hyphenating modifiers; rules for hyphenation
Conference name: capitalization
Conjunctions: coordinating with comma
Constructions to avoid
Contractions: no hyphenation; with apostrophe
Conversion: British measure to SI; values for British to SI system
Copublication: in references
Corporate authors: references
Countries: ISO codes; names; sequence in lists; spelling
Crop marks: on photographs
Cross references: internal
Cultivars: in quotation marks; not italic; use of roman type
Currencies: conversion to US dollars; exchange rates from bank; in more popular publications; in scientific publications; in tables; ISO codes; ISO codes in IDRC publications
Currency symbol: in popular publications

D

Dashes: em; en; in electronic manuscript; in tables; references
Dates: numerals in; reporting form; with comma
Decimal quantities: numerals for
Defining phrase: no comma
Definite article: with abbreviations
Development: terminology
Digits, significant: in illustrations; in rounding
Dimensions: final for photographs; for illustrations
Disabilities: language
Disclaimers: for maps; proprietary names
Division, mathematics
Dollar value
Double consonant: hyphenation
Double quotes (see Quotation marks)

E

Editorial comment: in quotation
Editors: in reference list
Electronic materials: in reference list
Ellipsis: in quotations; with punctuation
Emphasis: bold preferred to italic; italic
Entries in tables: and subentries; missing
Enumerations in text: with parentheses
Equations: numbering when displayed
Estimated year: in references
Exchange rates: from bank
Exclamation mark
Extraneous material: in illustrations

F

Familiar versus unfamiliar: in illustrations
Family-order designation: in reference list
Figures (see also Illustrations): another author's; caption in electronic manuscripts
File management: electronic manuscript
Film titles: italics
First World
Footnotes, tables: letter position; numbering; position; with source and notes
Footnotes, text: IDRC style; in electronic manuscript; number position; numbering; personal communication; position; unpublished material
Foreign words and phrases: italic
Format: reference list entries; tables
Forms: as illustration
Fourth World
Fractions: hyphen use; with hyphens
Full stop (see Period)

G

Galleys
Gender: and generic terms; stereotypes
Generic (scientific) names: abbreviation
Geographic names: capitalization; sources; spelling
Geological age: capitalization
Geological stratum: capitalization
Girl versus woman
Graphic lines: in electronic manuscript
Graphs (see also Illustrations): comparison
Gray literature: source address
Guidelines: illustration in IDRC books

H

Halftones (see also Photographs): definition
Harvard system: references
Headings: in electronic manuscript; near page breaks
Historical epoch: capitalization
Hyphenated words
Hyphenation (see also Compound words): adverbs in -ly; compound adjective; hyphenated compounds; in proofreading; misleading; one-word compounds; on successive lines; prefix and suffix; restrictions; rules for compound words; two-letter syllables; words ending in -ing
Hyphens

I

IDRC address: in text
IDRC rules: accents in English; citations; numbers and numerals; punctuation; quotation marks; references; spelling; tables; unbiased language
IDRC style: bulleted lists; capitalization; footnotes; hyphenation of compound words; italic; periods in abbreviations; with em dash
IDRC's regional offices: restricted use of acronyms
Illustrations (see also Figures, Photographs): abbreviations in; axis ticks; explanatory notes; extraneous material; guidelines for IDRC books; keys; numbering; position; reduction; scale bar; size; styles; symbols; title; translation; type size; versus tables
Inclusive treatment: language
Indefinite article: abbreviations with
Indent: in electronic manuscript
Indirect citation
Initial font: in electronic manuscript
Initialisms (see Abbreviations)
Initials: personal names
Insects: common name capitalization
Institution names: See Names, organization
Institutional address: in text
Internal hyphen
Internal references: avoiding
International codes: abbreviations
Introductory phrase: with comma
ISO country and currency codes
Italics: common names; foreign words and phrases; in electronic manuscript; underlining; use for scientific names; use of

J

Journal titles: in references

K

Keys: to illustrations

L

Labeling: of photographs
Language: capitalization of name; inclusive treatment; parallel treatment
Language bias: philosophy
Limitations: unbiased language
Line drawings (see also Illustrations): definition
Line weight: in illustrations
Lines: grid in illustrations
Lines in tables: See Rules (lines)
Lists: with colons

M

Man versus boy
Maps: disclaimers
Mathematics: abbreviations, not italics; braces { }; brackets [ ]; division; parentheses ( ); ratios with colon; sources
Measure, standard units: numerals with
Measurements: conversions between systems
Minus sign: in electronic manuscript
Miscellaneous points: acronyms and abbreviations; geographic names; in electronic manuscript; in illustrations; on numbers; on photographs; on tables; references, citation; reference list
Missing entries: in tables
Modifiers: for sex and race; needless
Money (see Currencies)
Months: abbreviation
Mounting: of photographs

N

Names: Christian; countries ISO codes, spelling; first; geographic, capitalization; geographic sources; given; given initials; languages capitalization; nationality capitalization; personal; religious; religious titles; scientific in italic; spelling of countries
Names, organization: abbreviation; acronyms; capitalization; translation; unofficial translation; with no official acronym
Nationality: capitalization
Negative numbers
Newspaper titles: italics
Non-SI abbreviations: prohibition
Noncalendar years: with solidus (/)
Nondefining phrase: with comma
Nonsexist words: choice
North versus South
Notes: in tables; to illustrations
Numbering: illustrations; tables
Numbers: above 999; at start of sentence; in adjectival units; large; leading zeros in tables; leading zeros in text; miscellaneous points; negative; no hyphenation; ordinals; pagination in reference list; rounding; with "-fold"
Numbers and numerals: exceptions; general rule; in popular publications
Numerical designation: numbers for
Numerical fractions: in electronic manuscript

O

Oblique line (/) (see Solidus)
Organization names (see Names, organizations)
Orphans
Other reading: uncited material

P

Page numbers: numerals for
Page proofs
Page sequence: of book sections
Pages: breaks; hyphenation of last line; Widows and orphans
Paragraphs: hyphenation of last word
Parentheses ( ): in mathematics; punctuation before; with enumerations
Parenthetical information: and em dash; in brackets [ ]
Participant list: addresses for
Pejorative words: avoiding
Per (/) (see also Solidus): in popular publications; use of solidus (/) for word
Percentages: numerals for
Periodical titles: italics
Periods: in abbreviations; punctuation
Personal address: in text
Personal communications: author's address; references
Photographs (see also Illustrations): crop marks; final dimensions; labeling; mounting; scale bar; superfluous material
Place names: in Canada; spelling; Times Atlas of the World
Poem title: and quotation marks; not italic
Popular publications: currencies; numbers and numerals; per not solidus (/); units not abbreviated; use of SI units
Possessives: use of apostrophe; words ending in "s"
Precision: in tables
Prefix and suffix: hyphenation
Prefixes: hyphenation
Proofreading: definition; hyphenation; stages
Publications (see Popular publications, Scientific publications)
Punctuation: gray areas; IDRC rules; references; with ellipsis; with lists; with quotation marks

Q

Questions: direct; indirect; question mark
Quotation marks: double; double in long quotations; for article title; for chapter title; for poem title; for song titles; for television shows; in electronic manuscript; single; single for cultivars; with ambiguous words
Quotations: accuracy; change from original; internal in long quotation; internal in short quotation; long, definition; long, in electronic manuscript; omission from; punctuation, conventional; punctuation, logical; sample; source; surrounding text; unbiased language; use of sic; with colon; with quotation marks
Quotes (see Quotation marks)

R

Racial stereotypes
Range: en dash; years
Ratios: with colon; without solidus (/)
Reduction: of illustrations
References, citation: another author's figure or table; author–date system; book title; cited by; commas; corporate or group authors; dash; definition; estimated year; exceptions for et al.; Harvard system; IDRC rule; indirect citation; internal to volume in preparation; many by one author; many by one author in one year; miscellaneous points; multiple authors; n.d.; part title; personal communication; punctuation; republished works; same family name; semicolon; sequence; specific pages; with parentheses; year not given
Reference list: abbreviations; articles in books; articles in periodicals; books; corporate authors; corporate authors, more than one; defining; edition designation; estimated year; family-order designation; format; format in electronic manuscript; from computer services; from electronic bulletin board; gray literature; in electronic manuscript; indirect citation; journal titles; miscellaneous points; multiple authors; multiple entries; n.d.; newspaper article; online materials; pagination over; publisher's address; republished; sequencing of elements; sequencing of entries; several entries for one author; theses or internal reports; translated titles; uncited material; unpublished materials; year not given
Regional office acronyms: restrictions on use
Roman type: common names; use for cultivars
Rounding numbers
Rules (see also IDRC rules): hyphens in compound words
Rules (lines): in tables
Run-on tables

S

Scale bar: in line drawing; in photographs
Scatter diagram
Scientific names: author's name; capitalization
Scientific publications: currencies; numbers and numerals; units abbreviated; use of SI
Second language: in reference list
Second World
Semicolon: for period; in bulleted list; in reference citation; in reference list
Seminar name: capitalization
Sentence: with period
Sequence: of countries; of elements in reference list entry; of entries in reference list
Serial comma: or semicolon
Sexist words: choice
SI: base units, names, and symbols; in popular publications; prefixes, symbols, and definitions; prohibition of nonstandard abbreviations; use of system in IDRC publications
Significant digits: in conversions; in illustrations
Simplicity: in illustrations
Single letters: plurals
Single quotes (see Quotation marks)
Size: of illustration
Slant line (/) (see Solidus)
Slash (/) (see Solidus)
Social stereotypes
Solidus (/): twice with one number; with %; with numbers
Song titles: in quotation marks; not italics
Sources: acronyms; geographic names; mathematics; names of countries; notes in tables; word division
South versus North
Spelling: authority; cities and towns; country names; geographic features; IDRC choice; IDRC exceptions to Webster's; in quoted material; misspelled words A–Z; names of countries; official IDRC spelling; official names; places in Canada; smaller geographic features; variants
Statistics: abbreviations and signs; probability
Stereotypes (see Biased language)
Stroke (/) (see Solidus)
Submission: of halftones
Suffixes: hyphenation
Super- and subscripts: in electronic manuscript
Superfluous material: in photographs
Symbols: in illustrations
Système International d'Unités (see SI)

T

Table footnotes (see Footnotes, tables)
Tables: another author's; box head; currency values; footnotes; IDRC rules; in electronic manuscript; layout; leading zeros; miscellaneous points; notes; percentage entries; position; precision; rules (lines); run-on; sequence in book; series of; size; source notes; stub column; title rules; total columns; units of measure; versus charts
Tabs: in electronic manuscript
Taxa: capitalization
Technical publications (see Scientific publications)
Technical word, new: with quotation marks
Television shows: not italics; with quotation marks
Text columns: in tables
Text footnotes (see Footnotes, text)
Third World
Tick marks on axes: in illustrations
Time of day: 24-hour clock; AM and PM; reporting form
Time, expression of: numerals in
Titles: and quotation marks; for illustrations; for tables; of books in text; of films in text; of newspapers in text; of periodicals in text
Titles, religious and other: capitalization
Trade names: capitalization; disclaimer
Translated title: original language; references
Translation: institution names; of illustrations; references
Type size: in illustrations

U

Uncited material: other reading
Underlining: in electronic manuscript; italic
Unfamiliar versus familiar: in illustrations
Units of measure: abbreviations
University degrees: abbreviations
Unpublished material: author address
US states: abbreviations
USA versus US

V

Virgule (/) (see Solidus)

W

Webster's: choice in; exceptions to; IDRC choice; rules and exceptions in; rules on compound hyphens; Third New International Dictionary
Widows
Woman versus girl
Word break: with hyphen
Word division: caution; source
Word use: avoiding biased language; false generic; generic term
Wording: parallel and biased language
WordPerfect character codes: in electronic manuscript
Words: confused pairs; scientific and vernacular names
World: First, Second, Third, and Fourth
Writing problems

X and Y

Years: decades; estimated in references; financial; no comma; noncalendar; not given in reference list; plurals; ranges

Z

Zoogeographic zone: capitalization

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