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24 new rules in Chicago 16th

Posted by: Samantha Enslen, president and senior editor, August 24th, 2010

chicago-16thWell, wordie types everywhere must be quivering with excitement. The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, has just been released! Woo-hoo!

And, guess what? It’s blue. Blue, people! Not orange. Can you believe it?

OK, anyway, here is a handy list of the most significant rule changes in the new guide. I’m glad to see the Chicago editors now recommend lowercasing web and website – though they still recommend capitalizing Internet and World Wide Web. Though we don’t say that much anymore, do we?

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One Response to “24 new rules in Chicago 16th”

  • avatar erika says:

    This makes me happy:

    //Chicago now recommends a uniform stylistic treatment for the main elements of citation in both its systems of citation—notes and bibliography (chapter 14) and author-date (chapter 15). Capitalization of titles and use of quotation marks and abbreviations is now consistent across the two systems. 15.2.//

    I also like this one:

    //Headline-style capitalization
    For titles capitalized headline-style, Chicago now prefers capitalizing the second element in hyphenated spelled-out numbers (e.g., Twenty-Five). And, in general, Chicago no longer recommends making exceptions for short or unstressed words or to avoid the occasional awkward appearance. 8.157–59.//

    Thanks for posting this! (And blue is my favorite color!)

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