This month’s workout, “Titles in Running Text,” is taken from CMOS 17, paragraphs 8.157–67. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
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. . . .
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
This month’s workout, “Grammar, Part 2,” is taken from CMOS 17, paragraphs 5.20–23. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
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
This month’s workout, “Grammar, Part 1,” is taken from CMOS 17, paragraphs 5.1–20. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
This month’s workout, “Colons,” is taken from CMOS 17, paragraphs 6.61–67. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
At paragraph 6.20, the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style notes that the abbreviation etc. (et cetera, literally “and others of the same kind”) and such equivalents as and so forth and and the like are preceded by a comma. In a slight departure from previous editions of CMOS, such expressions are
These free, printable, downloadable PDF paper-writing tip sheets illustrate everything you need to know for formatting a paper in Turabian (Chicago) style. They are fully compatible with The Chicago Manual of Style (17th ed.). . . .
This month’s workout, “Numerals versus Words,” is taken from CMOS 17, paragraphs 9.2–7. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
