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Northwestern Publishing House STYLE GUIDE 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Rule Section Ages and Anniversaries 1 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Addresses 2 States, Territories, Possessions of US 201/202 Common Abbreviations 203 General Rules 204 People 205 Degrees 206 US and Other Countries 207 Companies 208 Addresses 209 Rural Route & Highway Contract Route 210 Post Office Box 211 Computer Design Terms 212 Advertising Source Codes 213 Common Proofing Marks 214 Biases 3 Sexual 301 Racial 302 Ethnic 303 Religious 304 Physical 305 Books of the Bible 4 Bible Translations 5 Biblical and Religious Capitalization 6 Names for God 601 Pronouns 602 Sacred Writings 603 Creeds, Confessions, Prayers, and Church Documents 604 Religious Bodies 605 Satan 606 People 607 Biblical Places 608 Biblical and Religious Events 609 Religious Services and Observations 610 Other Religious Terms 611 Biblical Quotations 7 Rule Section Bibliography 8 Books 801 The Lutheran Confessions 802 Luther’s Works 803 Articles 804 Recordings 805 General Rules 806 For Further Reading List 807 Capitalization 9 General Rules 901 Nouns and Adjectives 902 Names 903 Sentences 904 Questions 905 Poetry 906 After a Colon, Exclamation Point, or Question Mark 907 Quotes 908 Degrees, Awards, and Honors 909 Geographical Terms 910 Organizations 911 People 912 Compounds 10 General Compounds 1001 Nouns 1002 Modifiers 1003 Prefixes and Suffixes 1004 Confusing Words and Phrases 11 Indexes 12 In-Text References 13 Luther’s Works 1313 Italics 14 Lists, Enumerations, and Outlines 15 Notes, Footnotes, and Endnotes 16 Books 1601 The Lutheran Confessions 1602 Luther’s Works 1603 Articles 1604 Rule Section Notes, Footnotes, and Endnotes (cont.) Unpublished Material 1605 Recordings 1606 Notes 1607 Endnotes 1608 Footnotes 1609 Latin Abbreviations 1610 Note Numbers 1611 Numbers 17 General 1701 Inclusive Numbers 1702 Money 1703 Fractions 1704 Measurements 18 Photo Captions, Legends, and Headings 19 Punctuation 20 Apostrophe 2001 Asterisk 2002 Brackets 2003 Colon 2004 Comma 2005 Ellipsis 2006 Em Dash 2007 En Dash 2008 Exclamation Point 2009 Hyphen 2010 Parentheses 2011 Period 2012 Question Mark 2013 Quotation Marks 2014 Semicolon 2015 Slant or Solidus 2016 References to Time 21 Days 2102 Months and Seasons 2103 Dates 2104 Years, Decades, and Centuries 2105 Time and Time Zones 2106 Rule Section Titles 22 General Rules 2201 Articles 2202 Prepositions 2203 Conjunctions 2204 Infinitives 2205 Compounds 2206 Computer 2207 Italicized Titles 2208 Roman Type With Quotation Marks 2209 Capitalized Roman w/o Quotation Marks 2210 The Lutheran Confessions 2211 Luther’s Works 2212 Individual Writings of Luther 2213 Trademarks 23 Word Division 24 House Form Dictionary 25 Resource Key A Augsburg Fortress G The Gregg Reference Manual, AP The Associated Press Stylebook, 10th Edition, 2005 1997 H Word list for Christian Worship: B The Little, Brown Handbook A Lutheran Hymnal C The Chicago Manual of Style, HB Harbrace College Handbook 15th Edition, 1982–2003 MLC Stylebook (used at MLC), 1992 Con Concordia Stylebook for Authors MW The Merriam-Webster Concise and Editors, 8th Edition, 1989 Handbook for Writers, 1991 CW A Christian Writer’s Manual of Style NPH Old NPH Style Guide 1988 US United States Government Printing D Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Office Style Manual, 1984 Dictionary, 11th Edition USNWR US News and World Report E Elements of Grammar, 1986 W Various workshops 1. Ages and Anniversaries 101 Spell out ages and anniversaries one to ten. Use figures for ages and anniversaries above ten. for our fifth anniversary on my sixth birthday on my 30th birthday our 25th anniversary the company’s 125th anniversary 102 The hyphen, not the en dash, is used between inclusive numbers in references such as pages, chapters, volumes, ages, grades, hymn stanzas, or Bible verses. grades 10-12 CW 50:1-3 Matthew 4:6-15 but Genesis 3:1–4:5 103 When age is expressed in years, months, and days, do not use commas to separate the elements. (G, US) On January 20, he will be 19 years 4 months and 17 days old. Note: The and linking months and days may be omitted. 104 age ___ Use a cardinal figure when following this noun. (Con) age 3 105 grade ___ Use a cardinal figure when following this noun. (Con) grade 2 106 ___ grade Two words as a noun. (Con) eighth grade 107 ___-grade student Hyphenate as an adjective. (AP, Con) eighth-grade student 108 ___ grader Two words. (Con) fifth grader 109 ___-year-old Hyphenate as a noun and as an adjective before a noun. (AP, Con, CW, E, US) a five-year-old four 65-year-olds There are 12 ten-year-olds. my five-year-old son 110 ___ years old Three words. (AP, Con, CW, E, AP) He is five years old. 111 Beyond age 18 , everyone is either a man or a woman ; any references to adult males and females as boys and girls is unacceptable. (A) 112 Use youth or teenager for ages 13 to 18 . Use boy for a preteen male and girl for a preteen female. Young man and young woman are also possible terms. (AP, A) 113 Infant is applicable to children through 12 months old. (AP) 2. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Addresses 201 Names of states, territories, and possessions of the United States are abbreviated as follows: Alabama ...................................................... AL Alaska ......................................................... AK American Samoa ......................................... AS Arizona........................................................ AZ Arkansas...................................................... AR California .................................................... CA Colorado...................................................... CO Connecticut ................................................. CT Delaware ..................................................... DE District of Columbia .................................... DC Federated States of Micronesia .................... FM Florida......................................................... FL Georgia........................................................ GA Guam........................................................... GU Hawaii......................................................... HI Idaho ........................................................... ID Illinois ......................................................... IL Indiana ........................................................ IN Iowa ............................................................ IA Kansas......................................................... KS Kentucky..................................................... KY Louisiana..................................................... LA Maine .......................................................... ME Marshall Islands .......................................... MH Maryland..................................................... MD Massachusetts.............................................. MA Michigan ..................................................... MI Minnesota.................................................... MN Mississippi .................................................. MS Missouri ...................................................... MO Montana ...................................................... MT Nebraska ..................................................... NE Nevada ........................................................ NV New Hampshire........................................... NH New Jersey.................................................. NJ New Mexico................................................ NM New York.................................................... NY North Carolina............................................. NC North Dakota............................................... ND Northern Mariana Islands ............................ MP Ohio ............................................................ OH Oklahoma.................................................... OK Oregon ........................................................ OR Palau ........................................................... PW Pennsylvania ............................................... PA Puerto Rico.................................................. PR Rhode Island................................................ RI South Carolina............................................. SC South Dakota............................................... SD Tennessee.................................................... TN Texas........................................................... TX Utah ............................................................ UT Vermont ...................................................... VT Virgin Islands.............................................. VI Virginia ....................................................... VA Washington ................................................. WA West Virginia .............................................. WV Wisconsin.................................................... WI Wyoming..................................................... WY 202 In most writing, don’t abbreviate geographical names. (B, HB) States and provinces should also be spelled out. A possible exception to these would be charts where space is limited. 203 For common abbreviations see the Chicago Manual of Style, current edition. Abbreviations used by NPH and synod usually refer to the following. In writing for lay readers, synodical abbreviations should be prefaced by the full name or avoided. AC Augsburg Confession, see also Notes 1602 A.D. anno Domini, in the year of [our] Lord; comes before the year.