Chicago Style Workout 20: Abbreviation of Names and Titles
This workout centers on paragraphs 10.13–24 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering.
From E-mail to Email: Is the Sky Falling?
One of the most tweeted updates to The Chicago Manual of Style in the recently released 17th edition was its change in the recommended spelling of email: no more hyphen. On the whole, the reaction of users
Section 2.12 in the Spotlight
In a typed document, each new paragraph should begin with a first-line indent, applied either with the Tab key or with your word processor’s indentation feature rather than the Space bar. One-half inch is the traditional measure for an indent. Exceptions:
Happy Publication Day!
Our Chicago warehouse has been working hard to ship tens of thousands of copies of the Manual. Here’s a peek at the books as they prepare to head out to desks around the world.
Toast with us as we celebrate the new edition
Who says editors don’t know how to party? Today at the University of Chicago Press we toasted the arrival of the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. The Manual has been underway almost since the moment the 16th edition arrived, and this celebration topped seven years of work. Missing from this get-together were…
Chicago Style for the Singular They
Since the announcement that the 17th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style will arrive in September, there has been a lot of buzz about some of the announced changes to the Manual. We’ll be looking closer at some of the changes over the coming weeks. First up is the pronoun they when it refers to a singular antecedent.
Announcing The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
Yes, the rumors are true: there will be a new CMOS in September! In the seven years since the 16th edition’s debut we’ve seen large shifts in the way we read, write, edit, and do research. The 17th edition will address these changes as well as incorporate many of the suggestions and queries we’ve received over the
