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.
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
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
Chicago Style Workout 27: Grammar, Part 1
This workout, the first in a series of four on the subject of grammar, focuses on paragraphs 5.1–29 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
An Update on Using Commas with Etc.
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
Brianne Hughes talks about The Cybersecurity Style Guide
CMOS: What’s the story behind coming up with a style guide for cybersecurity? BH: Through freelance work in many genres, I’ve learned that every niche of editing has its own universe of vocabulary.
Chicago Style Workout 25: Numerals Versus Words
This workout focuses on paragraphs 9.2–8 in CMOS 18. Advanced editors might tackle the questions cold; learners can study that section of the Manual before answering the questions.
316–7, 316–17, or 316–317? Chicago Style for Number Ranges
Abbreviating number ranges according to the system recommended by The Chicago Manual of Style is easy if you can remember three basic rules (illustrated here with page numbers, which don’t require commas in Chicago style).
