Chicago Style Workout 30: General Rules of Alphabetizing
This workout focuses on paragraphs 15.70–75 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
How Do I Format a List of Figures in Turabian/Chicago Style?
If your paper includes figures, tables, or both, you may choose to list them in the front matter. Here’s how to set up a Chicago-style list of figures (or tables). . . .
10 New Favorite MS Word Tricks for Editors
I love Microsoft Word shortcuts, and I post them from time to time when I stumble across a new one. But how’s a body supposed to discover all the features of this gigantic application when so many of them aren’t even visible on the ribbon? To root them out, I went online and browsed around. Confession: half of these tricks
Chicago Style Workout 29: Titles in Running Text
This workout focuses on paragraphs 8.158–69 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
How Do I Format a Contents Page in Turabian/Chicago Style?
Here’s how to set up a Chicago-style table of contents page following the guidelines in Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. . . .
An Update on Direct Questions without Quotation Marks
At paragraph 6.42, the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style notes that a direct question is sometimes included within a sentence but not enclosed in quotation marks. When such a question comes in the middle of a sentence, it is usually introduced by a comma, and (this is the new part) it
Chicago Style Workout 28: Grammar, Part 2
This workout, the second in a series of four on the subject of grammar, focuses on paragraphs 5.22–25 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
Chicago-Style Epigraphs and Sources (CMOS 1.37)
An epigraph is a short quotation at the beginning of a book or chapter or article that sets the tone for what’s to come. It’s often from a famous source, but it doesn’t have to be. The source of an epigraph is usually given on a line
How Do I Format a Title Page in Turabian/Chicago Style?
Here’s how to set up a Chicago-style title page following the guidelines in Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. . . .
Life as a Copyeditor
Do you ever find at the end of workday that even though you know darned well you weren’t slacking for even ten minutes, somehow you didn’t make any progress in editing your manuscript? Or do you ever try to explain to someone why even though you put in forty or fifty hours a week, your editing time is way, way less? Recently I was ransacking my archives looking for something, and I ran across a file
