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Contents

1. Chapter

   Page

2. About This Manual ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   v

3. GPO's Online Initiatives ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   ix

4. 1.

   Advice to Authors and Editors ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   1

5. 2.

   General Instructions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

6. 3.

   Capitalization Rules ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   27

7. 4.

   Capitalization Examples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   43

8. 5.

   Spelling ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   79

9. 6.

   Compounding Rules ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   95

10. 7.

    Compounding Examples ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    109

11. 8.

    Punctuation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    193

12. 9.

    Abbreviations and Letter Symbols ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    221

13. Standard word abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    238

14. Standard letter symbols for units of measure ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    247

15. Standard Latin abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    251

16. Information technology acronyms and initialisms ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    255

17. 10.

    Signs and Symbols ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    259

18. 11.

    Italic ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    265

19. 12.

    Numerals ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    269

20. 13.

    Tabular Work ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    281

21. 14.

    Leaderwork ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    299

22. 15.

    Footnotes, Indexes, Contents, and Outlines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    303

23. 16.

    Datelines, Addresses, and Signatures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    309

24. 17.

    Useful Tables ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    321

25. U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    321

26. Most Populous U.S. Cities by State ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    322

27. Principal Foreign Countries ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    325

28. Demonyms: Names of Nationalities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    332

29. Currency ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    334

30. Metric and U.S. Measures ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    339

31. Common Measures and Their Metric Equivalents ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    340

32. Measurement Conversion ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    341

33. 18.

    Geologic Terms and Geographic Divisions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    343

34. 19.

    Congressional Record ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    371

35. Congressional Record Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    406

36. 20.

    Reports and Hearings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    417

37. Index ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    433

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