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New Oxford Style Manual, 3rd Edition

New Oxford Style Manual, 3rd Edition

Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198767251
Published In: March 2014
Format: Hardback , 928 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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- The essential handbook for all writers and editors
- Gives expert advice on writing and preparing copy and the spelling of words, covering headings, hyphenation, UK and US usage, capitalization, punctuation, indexing, and much more
- Prepared in consultation with professionals and endorsed by the Society for Editors and Proofreaders
The New Oxford Style Manual brings together two essential reference works in a single volume.

New Hart's Rules, Oxford's definite guide to style, consists of 20 chapters and gives authoritative and expert advice on how to prepare copy for publication. Topics covered include how to punctuate and hyphenate accurately, capitalization guidelines, structure your text coherently, how to use quotations and citations clearly, how to provide accurate references, UK and US usage, and much more.

The guidelines are complemented by the New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors which features 25,000 A-Z entries giving authoritative advice on those words and names which raise questions time and time again because of spelling, capitalization, hyphenation, or cultural and historical context. Entries give full coverage of recommended spellings, variant forms, confusable words, hyphenation, capitalization, foreign and specialist terms, proper names, and abbreviations. The dictionary also includes superb appendices for quick reference including proofreading marks, countries and currencies, and alphabets.

Combining these two updated works and drawing on the unrivalled research and expertise of the Oxford Reference and Dictionaries departments, this volume is an essential part of every editor's and writer's toolkit.

Readership: Editors, proofreaders, publishers, typesetters, printers, newspaper and magazine editors, web editors, journalists, lawyers, academics, and anyone else who works with the written word.
1: The parts of a book
2: Preparing copy
3: Spelling and hyphenation
4: Punctuation
5: Capitalization
6: Names
7: Italic, roman, and other type treatments
8: Work titles in text
9: Quotations and direct speech
10: Abbreviations and symbols
11: Numbers and dates
12: Languages
13: Law and legal references
14: Science, mathematics, and computing
15: Lists and Tables
16: Illustrations
17: Notes and references
18: Bibliography
19: Indexing
20: Copyright and other publishing responsibilities
Review(s) from previous edition

"For anybody working on a newspaper or magazine which does not have its own style book, for any author, for any freelance writer, this should be the first book on the shelf. It will stop you making an ass of yourself. - John Jenkins, Writers' Forum

"Something of a bible...for printers in search of guidance." - East Anglian Daily Times