the oxford guide to style apr 2002

[...]... for The Concise Oxford Dictionary; 'hnRNA' for heterogeneous nuclear RNA For conventions governing legal abbreviations see 13.2.1 If the abbreviations cited are used in the text or notes, the list should appear in the front rather than the back of the work, as it is easier for the reader to refer to in the prelims (If it is in the endmatter there is a risk that some readers will not know it is there,findingit... useful for the reader While a simple roll of name and affiliation is usually called a List of contributors, the more detailed or discursive the entries are, the more suitable the title Notes on contributors will be, and the more likely it will fall in the endmatter of the work rather than the preliminary pages The volume editor of a multi-author text should compile a list giving all the contributors in... indentation, unless the style is for the text to run into the head If there will be extensive cross-references to subheads, they can also be numbered or in 'outline' form (I, A, 1, (a), i) Numbering should reflect the level of heading For example, the first numeral is that of the chapter It is followed by a full point and then a number for the A-head: 9.2 is the second A-head in Chapter 9 If the B-heads are... publishers include the name of the printer and binder responsible for producing the work Where this changes for subsequent versions of the work, the data will need to be adjusted Other information Some publishers may include the font type and size used in the text, though this may also be found (sometimes together with the printer's and binder's names and location) on the bottom of the work's final blank... are also numbered, their reference follows that of the A-head: 9.2.2 is the second B-head under the second A-head in Chapter 9 If the cross-references will be to the individual paragraphs, they can be numbered instead of the subheads, so that 9.2 refers to the second paragraph in Chapter 9 The first line of text under a subhead should not refer back to it with a pronoun; rather the subject should be... cross-references there might be to that level of division The use of the word Chapter with a number is optional The first page of a chapter does not have a running head; its page number appears at the foot of the page (drop folio) even when the numbering appears in the head margin on other pages Chapter titles Chapter titles should be a reasonable indication of the contents of the chapter They should not be too... small capitals may be used to set the first word or words of a chapter Τ Η υ s ' to introduce the text: 'CALL me Ishmael.' Editors should mark up texts according to the following rules: If the first word is a single capital letter (e.g I, A), then the second word is spaced small capitals, with no further capital: Ί AM Ishmael.' If the chapter starts with a personal name, then the whole name is spaced... Papers, Sir Ernest Gowers, The Complete Plain Words (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987) Sidney Greenbaum, The Oxford English Grammar (Oxford: OUR 1996) Tom McArthur (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the English Language (Oxford: OUR 1992) Eric Partridge, Usage and Abusage, 3rd edn (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1999) R M Ritter (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, 2nd edn (Oxford: OUR 2000) Allan M... title or affiliation of the foreword writer may also appear under his or her name 1.2.8 Preface The preface is the author's introductory address to the reader, in which he or she explains the purpose, prospective readership, and scope of the book, including what the author has decided to include and to omit It is also the place for a brief acknowledgement to colleagues or advisers in the absence of an acknowledgements... it is the same as that of the first chapter in that part It is not essential to use the word Chapter before each number, even if it appears on the first page of the chapter (the chapter opening or opener) However, if the word is used in the contents list, it must be used for all chapters, not just the first one Use Appendix before the number and title of each one or, if there are several, list them . h5" alt="" THE OXFORD GUIDE TO STYLE The Oxford Guide to Style R. M. RITTER OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXPORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford 0x2 6DP Oxford University . Preface The Oxford Guide to Style is the revised and enlarged edition of Horace Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford. Over the course. Gowers, The Complete Plain Words (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987). Sidney Greenbaum, The Oxford English Grammar (Oxford: OUR 1996). Tom McArthur (ed.), The Oxford Companion to the English