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11. Italics, Roman, and Boldface
9.1 Single words or short phrases in foreign languages, where these have not passed into regular ...
12. Quotations
12.1 Set long quotations (over two sentences or verse lines) as block quotations. 12.2 Set short...
6. Punctuation
6.1 We follow traditional American punctuation conventions. Periods and commas always go inside q...
10. Titles, Subtitles, and Subheadings
10.1 Capitalization of book, chapter, and article titles in English is as follows: Capitalize fi...
7. Capitalization and Hyphenation
7.1 Places, persons, days, and months are capitalized. Tirana, Leopold, Monday, June 7.2 Nation...
5. Abbreviations
5.1 Contracted forms of words are always followed by a period. Dr., edn., St., fols., vols., nos...
4. Numbers
4.1 Spell out numbers up to one hundred except when expressing dimensions, in statistical context...
2. Names and Terms Referring to Places and People
2.1 English forms of place names should be used where they exist. Padua, Seville, Athens, The Ha...
1. Spelling
1.1 We prefer US English spelling conventions. organize, utilize, color, center, jail, draft, a...
8. Transliteration
In different humanities disciplines it is common to refer to certain concepts, names, and titles ...
9. Pronouns
9.1 Pronouns should always follow the preference of the person referred to, or, in case of histor...
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