Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors.

Merriam-Webster's manual for writers and editors. - Springfield, Mas. : Merriam-Webster, 1998 - xiii, 424 p. 24 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Webster's standard American Style manual. 1985.

Chapter 1 -5 presents fundamentals of standard English style_punctuation,capitalization,etc.,.Chapter 6 discusses style issues peculiar to mathematics and the sciences.Chapter 8 discusses the editorial problemspresented by eighteen foreign languages.Chapter 9 focuses on creating tables and incorporating art into a text.Chapter 10 introduces the various standard styles of source documentation.Chapter 11 is a thorough guide to basic indexing.Cahpter 212 takes up the amny duties of the production editor and the special tasks of the copy editorand the proof reader.Chapter 13 stresses on typography and design.Chapter 14 describes the essentials of typesetting,printing,and binding technology.

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