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The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing And Corporate Communications

ISBN: 9780520246881 | 0520246888
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Pub. Date: 12/7/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
"The Copyeditor's Handbook "is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explains what copyeditors do, what they look for when they edit a manuscript, and how they develop the editorial judgment needed to make sound decisions. This revised edition reflects the most recent editions of "The Chicago Manual of Style "(15th ed.), the... MORE
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Prefaceix
PART I. THE ABCs OF COPYEDITING1(68)
1. WHAT COPYEDITORS DO
3(26)
Principal Tasks
4(9)
Levels of Copyediting
13(2)
The Editorial Process
15(4)
Editorial Triage
19(2)
Estimates
21(2)
One Paragraph, Three Ways
23(6)
2. BASIC PROCEDURES
29(28)
Marking Changes on Hard Copy
30(7)
Making Changes On-Screen
37(2)
Querying
39(8)
Style Sheets
47(7)
Cleanup
54(3)
3. REFERENCE BOOKS AND RESOURCES
57(12)
Four Essential Books
57(5)
On the Bookshelf
62(4)
Newsletters
66(1)
Internet Sites
66(3)
PART 2. EDITORIAL STYLE69(264)
4. PUNCTUATION
71(50)
Conventions, Fashions, and Style
72(2)
Function 1: Terminal Punctuation
74(4)
Function 2: Joining Clauses
78(8)
Function 3: Setting Off Phrases
86(6)
Function 4: Indicating Omission
92(1)
Mark-by-Mark Pitfalls
93(18)
Multiple Punctuation
111(2)
Eyeballing Every Mark
113(2)
Controversial Techniques
115(2)
Exercise A
117(2)
Exercise B
119(2)
5. SPELLING AND HYPHENATION
121(30)
Improving Your Spelling Skills
122(3)
Variant Spellings
125(1)
British Spelling
126(1)
Homophones
127(2)
Foreign Words and Phrases
129(1)
Proper Nouns and Adjectives
130(1)
Plurals
131(3)
Possessives
134(3)
One Word or Two?
137(7)
Spellcheckers
144(2)
Exercise C
146(2)
Exercise D
148(3)
6. CAPITALIZATION
151(20)
Personal Names and Titles
152(3)
Geographical Names
155(2)
Racial and Ethnic Groups
157(1)
Company Names, Trademarks, and Brand Names
158(1)
Cyberjargon
159(1)
Titles of Works
160(3)
Names of Plants and Animals
163(1)
Exercise E
164(2)
Exercise F
166(5)
7. NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
171(25)
Words or Numerals?
171(7)
Money
178(2)
Time
180(3)
Street Numbers and Phone Numbers
183(1)
Units of Measurement
184(3)
Roman Numerals
187(1)
Inclusive Numerals
188(1)
Mathematical Signs and Symbols
189(1)
Style Sheet Entries
190(2)
Exercise G
192(2)
Exercise H
194(2)
8. QUOTATIONS
196(20)
Misspellings in the Source Document
197(1)
Odd Wording in the Source Document
197(2)
Run-in and Set-off Quotations
199(4)
Punctuation of Quotations
203(2)
Syntactical Fit
205(3)
Ellipsis Points
208(2)
Brackets
210(1)
Citing Sources
211(2)
Exercise I
213(3)
9. ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND SYMBOLS
216(26)
Abbreviations
218(8)
Acronyms
226(5)
Symbols and Signs
231(3)
Exercise J
234(8)
10. TABLES, GRAPHS, AND ART
242(32)
Tables
243(18)
Graphs
261(8)
Art
269(2)
Exercise K
271(1)
Exercise L
272(2)
11. REFERENCES
274(23)
Author-Date System
275(9)
Reference Notes
284(8)
Citation-Sequence System
292(3)
Exercise M
295(2)
12. FRONT AND BACK MATTER
297(12)
Front Matter
297(3)
Back Matter
300(1)
Glossaries
300(2)
Indexes
302(5)
Exercise N
307(2)
13. TYPECODING
309(24)
Typecoding on Hard Copy
309(3)
Typecoding On-Screen
312(5)
Heads and Subheads
317(2)
Lists
319(3)
Design Specs
322(7)
Exercise O
329(4)
PART 3. LANGUAGE EDITING333(88)
14. GRAMMAR: PRINCIPLES AND PITFALLS
335(42)
Whose Grammar?
337(2)
Subject-Verb Agreement
339(8)
Troublesome Verbs
347(4)
Split Infinitives
351(1)
Subjunctive Mood
352(4)
Dangling Participles
356(3)
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
359(2)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
361(3)
Case of Nouns and Pronouns
364(4)
Parallel Form
368(1)
Adjectives and Adverbs
369(2)
Fewer and Less
371(1)
Prepositions
372(2)
Miscellaneous Bugaboos
374(3)
15. BEYOND GRAMMAR
377(44)
Organization
377(6)
Expository Style
383(21)
Bias-Free Language
404(12)
Publishing Law
416(5)
Checklist of Editorial Preferences421(10)
Glossary of Copyediting Terms431(16)
Glossary of Grammar Terms447(10)
Answer Keys457(70)
Selected Bibliography527(4)
Index531

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