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References are to paragraph numbers except where specified as table, figure (fig.), or page number (p.). Page numbers in the online edition link directly to terms in the glossary (appendix B).
- quantities. See International System of Units (Système international d’unités, SI); measurement, US; metric system; numbers; physical quantities; scientific and technical terminology
- queens. See sovereigns and other rulers
- queries. See author’s review of copyedited manuscript
- question marks, 6.66–70
- in documentation: article titles, 14.178; place of publication, surmised, 14.138; text citations, 13.67
- vs. exclamation mark, 6.72
- marking proofs for, 2.129
- other punctuation with, 6.70, 14.178; brackets, 6.70; commas, 6.119; ellipsis points, 13.52; em dashes, 6.87; exclamation points, 6.120; parentheses, 6.70, 6.96; periods, 6.118; quotation marks, 6.10, 6.70
- in relation to surrounding text, 6.70
- uses, other: editorial doubt, 6.66, 14.138; indirect questions, 6.68; interpolation for missing or illegible words, 13.57; requests as questions, 6.69; within sentences, 6.67–68
- when to omit, 6.68–69
- See also interrogatives; punctuation
- quotation marks
- basic approach, 8.2
- “clearing,” in poetry, 13.26
- directional or “smart,” 6.112
- editing of, 2.58
- em dashes instead of, 6.88
- marking manuscript for, 2.77
- marking proofs for, 2.129
- other punctuation with, 6.9–11, 6.111, table 6.1; colons, 6.10, 6.63; commas, 6.9, 6.50; ellipses, 13.39; em dashes, 6.84; exclamation points, 6.10, 6.74, 13.28; parentheses, 6.96; periods, 6.9; question marks, 6.70; quotation marks (single and double), 8.175, 13.28–29; semicolons, 6.10
- permissible changes to, 13.7
- plurals of words in, 7.12
- possessives and terms in, 7.28
- primes and double primes compared with, 10.37
- single: in article titles, 14.177; for definitions, 7.50; double next to, 6.11, 8.175; double vs., 7.50, 7.55, 13.28–29, 13.31; foreign words and phrases, 7.50; horticultural cultivars, 8.129
- speech, dialogue, and conversation: alternatives to quotation marks, 13.40; dialogue and quoted matter, 13.9–10, 13.17–19, 13.28–47; direct discourse, 13.37, 13.42; discussions and interviews, 13.46; drama, 13.44–45; indirect discourse, 13.43; single-word speech, 13.38; unspoken discourse, 13.41
- uses, other: article titles, 8.175, 14.176–77, 14.201; block quotations, 13.20–22, 13.54; chapter titles, 14.111–13; common expressions and figures of speech, 7.57; in computer writing, 7.75; conference or speech titles, 8.69; episodes and segments in television and radio, 8.185; epithets and nicknames, 8.33; field notes, 13.47; first lines of poems, 8.180; foreign-language materials, 11.32–33, 11.44, 11.52, 11.79; interpolations, 13.61; news releases, 14.213; poetry, 8.179–80, 13.26; run-in quotations, 13.30–33; so-called and, 7.56; songs and shorter musical compositions, 8.189; source citation placement and, 13.66–67; titles of works, 8.161, 14.102, 14.104; titles within titles, 8.171, 14.102; unpublished materials, 14.224–26, 14.304; website sections and blog entries, 8.187, 14.244; words and phrases used as words, 7.58
- See also guillemets; punctuation; quotations
- quotations
- basic principles: accuracy critical to, 2.7, 13.6; attribution and fair use, 4.60, 4.69, 4.71, 4.85; commonly known facts and expressions, 13.5; credit and permission for, 13.3; danger of skewed meaning, 13.49–50; in modern scholarship, 13.2; paraphrase vs. quotation, 4.82, 13.4; resources on, 13.1
- capitalization, 13.13–16
- documentation in text: block quotations, 13.68–70, 15.25; errors in original source, 13.7, 13.59; foreign-language materials (see below); frequent references to single source, 13.65; full citation for, 13.63; ibid. in, 13.64; parentheses with, 13.62; placement of, 13.69; run-in quotations, 13.66–67
- editorial additions to, 6.97, 13.58; for added italics or emphasis, 13.60; errors and, 13.7; missing or illegible words, 13.57; quotation marks for, 13.61; sic, 6.5, 6.73, 7.53, 13.59; square brackets for, 6.97, 13.57–59, 13.61
- foreign-language materials: French, 11.32–33; original-language version in note, 13.75; retranslation issue, 13.79; Russian, 11.121; translation credited, 13.76; translations adjusted, 13.77; translations edited, 13.78; translations plus source, 13.74; typographic style of, 13.71; where to place translations, 13.73; whether translation is needed, 13.72
- foreign terms in, 6.93
- length of, 13.10
- original spelling in, 7.3
- permissible changes (see permissible changes to quoted materials)
- poetry, 13.23–27
- punctuation: brackets, 6.93, 6.97, 13.16, 13.57–59; closing quotation marks, 6.9–11; colons, 6.61, 6.63, 13.17; commas, 6.50, 13.18; ellipsis points, 13.7, 13.48–56, 13.54; periods, 13.19; quotation marks (see quotation marks); slashes, 13.27; when to omit quotation marks, 13.34–36
- quotations within quotations, 13.28–29
- relation to text: assimilation of quotations into text, 13.11–12; initial capital or lowercase letter, 13.13–16, 13.14–15; introductory phrases before, 13.17–19; paragraphing issues, 13.20–22, 13.30–33, 13.54; poetry, 13.23–27
- run-in vs. block, 13.9–10
- quoted in, 15.52
- Qurʾan (Koran), 8.102, 11.97, 14.255