The MHRA Style Guide

Third Edition (2013) of the MHRA Style Guide

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Index

References are to sections

abbreviations 4

American states 4.5, 11.2.2

capitalized 4.4

currency 8.4

editors 11.4

endnotes 4.3

footnotes 4.3

full stop 4.4, 9.3

italics 7.2

journal titles 11.2.4, 11.6

manuscript references 11.2.9

postal 4.5

quotations 2.4

references 11.1, 11.2.1, 11.2.2, 11.3

titles 4.2

weights and measures 8.5

abbreviations list 11.2.4

glossary 1.5

titles 11.6

academic qualifications 6.7

accents:

capitals 6.6

see also diacritics

acceptance for publication 1.2.1

accounts number columns 8.2

acknowledgements 1.3.11, 1.5

additions 1.3.2

adjectives capitalized 6.1

adverbs hyphenation 2.3

alphabets 1.3.3, 1.3.9

amendments minor 1.3.1

American states 4.5

abbreviated names 11.2.2

American universities 11.2.6

angle brackets 5.3, 11.2.11

anthology of criticism 11.1

apostrophe 2.5

appendix 1.5, 10.1

arabic numerals 8.3

Bible references 11.2.8

journal volume numbers 11.2.4

lines of poems 11.2.7

Arabic script 1.3.9

art, works of 7.4, 11.2.18

articles:

cross-references 11.5

journals 11.2.4

magazines 11.2.5

newspapers 11.2.5

online publications 11.2.12

references 11.1, 11.2.3

type for titles 7.3

asterisk general note to chapter 10.3

author–date system citations 11.4

author-typeset formats 1.4, 1.5

authors:

bibliography 11.6

collaborating 11.6

corrections 1.3.2, 14

final copy design 1.3.1

indexing 12.3

multiple 11.4

name in text 11.4

online publications 11.2.11, 11.2.12, 11.2.13, 11.2.14, 11.2.15

references to books 11.2.2, 11.2.3

references to journals 11.2.4

responsibilities 1.2.3

retained copy 1.3.1

revisions 1.3.2

typesetting 1.5

author’s preface 1.5

Bible:

references 11.2.8

titles of books 7.3

bibliographical descriptions 2.4

bibliographical details 1.5

bibliographical references

abbreviations 4.4

author–date system 11.4

indexing 12.3

bibliography 1.5, 11.6

explanatory note 11.6

note limiting 10.2

number of pages 11.6

bold type 1.3.3

books:

alternative titles 11.2.2

cross-references 11.5

online database 11.2.14

order of parts 1.5

references 11.2.2, 11.2.3

subdivisions 11.2.3

titles 6.4, 7.3, 11.4

type for titles 7.3

volume numbers 8.3

braces 5.3

brackets 5.3

broadcasts 11.2.17

BS5261: Marks for Copy Preparation and Proof Correction (2005) 14

capitals 1.3.3, 6

accented 6.6

book titles 6.4

dignities 6.2

foreign titles 6.4

hyphenated compounds 6.5

initial 6.1

journal titles 6.4

large 1.3.3

movements 6.3

periods 6.3

prehistoric eras 6.5

quotations 9.1

references 11.2.2, 11.2.4

small 1.3.3, 6.7, 8.1, 8.3

subtitles 6.4

titles of people 6.2

titles of writings 6.4

unpublished theses/dissertations 11.2.6

captions to illustrations 1.3.11

CD-ROM references 11.2.16

Celtic names 3.3.1

centuries 8.1

small capitals 8.3

chapter:

general note 10.3

references 11.2.3

chapter titles:

references 11.2.3

roman type 7.3

checking of typescript

final version 1.2.3, 14

Chinese script 1.3.9

classical names 3.3.2

colons 1.3.8, 5.2

references 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4

commas 5.1, 5.2

numbers 8.2

quotation marks 9.3

comments:

for printers 9.4, 9.5, 14

for typesetter 1.3.2

compound words 2.3

compounds 5.5

conjunctions 11.2.2

contents list 1.5

copy preparation 1.3

typing 1.3.2

copyright 1.5

quotations 9.7

corrections:

marking 1.3.2

see also proof correction

correspondence:

private 11.2.10

criticism anthology 11.1

cross-references 1.3.13, 11.5

currency 8.4

Cyrillic alphabet 1.3.9, 3.3.3

Cyrillic script roman numerals 8.3

dashes 1.3.5, 5.2, 11.4, 11.6

databases:

online 11.2.14

dates 8.1, 8.2

journals 11.2.4

newspapers/magazines 11.2.5

online publications 11.2.11, 11.2.12, 11.2.13, 11.2.14

decades 8.1

dedication 1.5

definite article

journal title 11.2.4

newspaper title 11.2.5

place names 3.1.2, 3.1.3

desktop publishing (DTP) software 1.4.2

diacritics 1.3.9, 2.2

see also accents

dictionaries 2.2, 2.3, 6.1

biographical 11.1

digital images 1.3.11

digital media references 11.2.16

Digital Object Identifier 11.2.11, 11.2.12

dignities 6.2

disks 1.2.2

references 11.2.16

dissertations:

published extract 11.2.6

references 11.2.6, 11.4

see also theses

ditto 5.2

DOI 11.2.11, 11.2.12

dollars 8.4

double-spacing 1.3.1, 1.3.8

drawings 1.3.11

DVD-ROM references 11.2.16

ebooks 11.2.13

email attachments 1.2.2

editions:

original 11.1

references 11.1, 11.2.2

editors:

abbreviation 11.4

bibliography 11.6

indexes 12.1

instructions to typesetter 1.3.1

references 11.2.2

electronic publications 11.2.10

electronic submission 1.4.2

ellipses 5.7

omissions within quotations 9.6

2-em dash 1.3.5, 5.2

em rule 1.3.5, 5.2

en rule 1.3.5, 5.2

encyclopedias references to 11.1

endnotes 1.3.10, 10.1

abbreviations 4.3

era citations 8.1

essay titles 7.3

references 11.2.3

exhibition titles 7.5

expository material 10.1

Facebook 11.2.15

facsimile reprint references 11.1, 11.2.2

figures (numerical) 8.2

figures in text 1.3.11

file transfer to printers 1.4.2

films:

references 11.2.16

titles 7.4

final version 1.2.1

avoidance of over-design 1.3.1

checking 1.2.3, 14

revised 1.2.3

footnotes 1.3.10, 10.1

abbreviations 4.3

references 11.1

foreign expressions 2.2

foreign language:

currency 8.4

italics 7.2

quotations/quotation marks 9.2

roman numerals 8.3

foreign-language characters 1.3.9

accents on capitals 6.6

foreign names 3.3.2

place names 3.1

Slavonic 3.3.3

foreign titles 6.4

foreign words in italics 7.2

foreword 1.5

fonts 1.3.3

see also type size; typeface

full stop

abbreviations 4.4

long quotations 9.4

notes 10.1

parentheses 5.3

quotation marks 9.3

quotations 9.3

references 11.2.7, 11.2.8

short quotations 9.3

Greek alphabet 1.3.9

half-title 1.5

hard copy 1.3.1

annotation 1.3.1

headings 1.3.1, 1.3.4

compounds 6.5

punctuation 5.4

Hebrew script 1.3.9

hyphens 1.3.5, 1.3.8, 2.3

place names 3.1.2

illustrations 1.3.11

indexing 12.3

list 1.5

permission 9.7

indefinite article:

journal title 11.2.4

newspaper title 11.2.5

indents 1.3.1

quotations 9.4, 9.5

index 1.5, 12

entries 12.3

features 12.2

page references 12.3

sub-entries 12.3

submission 12.1

Internet publications 11.2.11, 11.2.12, 11.2.13, 11.2.14, 11.2.15

introduction 1.5

italics/italic type 1.3.3, 7

foreign expressions 2.2

foreign words 7.2

journal titles 11.2.4

punctuation 5.5

quotations 9.1

stage directions 9.5

titles 7.3, 7.4

Japanese script 1.3.9

journal titles 6.4, 7.3, 11.4

abbreviations 11.2.4, 11.6

references 11.2.3, 11.2.4

journals:

article references 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 11.4

page numbers 11.2.4

publication date 11.2.4

volume numbers 11.2.4

justification 1.3.1, 1.3.8

Koran 7.3

Latin words 7.2

learned society proceedings 11.2.4

legal case citation 7.3

letters references to 11.1

Library of Congress system 3.3.3

line division for quotations of verse 9.3

line ends:

checking 14

line spacing 1.3.1

double 1.3.1

literary works:

references 11.1, 11.2.4

title abbreviations 4.2

titles within article titles 11.2.4

magazine article references 11.2.5

manuscripts:

references 11.2.9

margins:

proof corrections 14

measurement 8.5

The Modern Language Review 3.3.3

monarchs 3.3.2

roman numerals 8.3

money 8.4

Moslem see Muslim

movements 6.3

Muhammad 3.3.2

multi-volume work references 11.2.2

musical composition titles 7.4

Muslim 3.3.2

names 3

indexes 12.2

references 11.2.2

see also personal names; place names

newspaper article references 11.2.5

non-alphabetic scripts 1.3.9

notes 1.3.10, 1.5, 10.1

general to chapter 10.3

limiting 10.2

numbering 1.3.10, 9.3, 12.3.7, 12.4.1, 12.4.6

position 9.3, 12.3.7

references 9.2

thesis 12.3.7, 12.4.1

typescript 9.3

unnumbered 9.3

see also endnotes; footnotes

numbering:

notes 1.3.10, 10.3

pages 1.3.1, 1.3.7

preliminary pages 1.5

subdivisions 1.3.4

text 1.5

numbers 8.2, 8.3

see also arabic numerals; roman numerals

omissions from quotations 9.6

online publications 11.2.10

articles 11.2.12

databases 11.2.14

references 11.2.10

order of parts of book 1.5

ordinals 8.1, 8.2

roman numerals 8.3

page numbering 1.3.1, 1.3.7

page numbers:

checking 14

indexes 12.3

journals 11.2.4

references 11.2.2, 11.2.3

paperback reissues references 11.1

paragraphs 1.3.1

parentheses 5.2, 5.3

punctuation 9.3

references 9.3, 9.4, 10.2

roman 9.5

volume numbers 11.2.2

periods 6.3

permissions:

acknowledgements 1.3.11

quotations 9.7

personal names 3.3

extensions 6.2

possessive 2.5.2

Slavonic 3.3.3

substitutes 6.2

phonetic symbols 1.3.9

photographs 1.3.11

place names 3.1

of publication in references 11.2.2

plates 1.3.11

plays:

acts 8.3, 11.2.7

quotations 9.5

references 11.2.7

plurals:

foreign currency 8.4

weights and measures 8.5

poems:

line numbers 11.2.7

online database 11.2.14

permission 9.7

references 11.2.7

subdivisions 8.3

titles 7.3

see also verse

popes:

roman numerals 3.3.2

possessive use of 2.5

postal abbreviations 4.5

postal codes 6.7

preface:

book 1.5

prehistoric eras 6.5

preliminary pages 1.5

numbering 1.5

roman numerals 8.3

printers:

file transfer 1.4.2

marks for 14

professional qualifications 6.7

proof correction 14

marking 1.3.2

proof marks after reading 14

proof-reading conventions 1.3.2, 14

prose quotations:

long 9.4

omissions from 9.6

from plays 9.5

short 9.3

publication details 11.1, 11.2.2

date 11.2.2, 11.2.4, 11.2.5, 11.4

online publications 11.2.11, 11.2.12, 11.2.13, 11.2.14, 11.2.15

place 11.2.2, 11.6

publishers:

code specifications 1.3.9

copyright 9.7

name in references 11.2.2

punctuation 5

dates 8.1

ellipses 5.7

headings 5.4

italics 5.5

journal title abbreviations 11.2.4

long quotations 9.4

marks 1.3.4, 1.3.8

note reference numbers 10.3

notes 10.1

numbers 8.2

parentheses 9.3

quotation marks 9.3

quotations 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

references 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.7, 11.2.8

short quotations 9.3

see also individual punctuation marks

quotation marks 7.1, 7.2, 9.1

double 9.3

foreign language 9.2

full stop 9.3

long quotations 9.4

poem titles 7.4

punctuation 9.3

references 11.2.2, 11.2.3

song titles 7.4

titles in books/journals 7.3, 11.4

titles within italicized titles 5.5

unpublished theses/dissertations 11.2.6

quotations 2.4, 9.1, 9.4

checking 1.2.3

copyright 9.7

direct 9.1

foreign language 9.2

indents 9.4

long 9.4, 9.5

mark to typesetter 9.4, 9.5

omissions 9.6

plays 9.5

prose 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6

punctuation 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

within quotation 9.3

short 9.3

spelling 2.4, 9.1, 9.5

verse 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6

readers 1.3.1

proof marks 14

recordings references 11.2.16

referees 1.3.1

proof marks 14

reference works 13

references 1.5, 11.1

abbreviated form 11.1, 11.2.1, 11.4

abbreviations 4.4

articles 11.2.3

articles in journals 11.2.4

author–date system 11.4

Bible 11.2.8

books 11.2.2, 11.2.3

capitalization 11.2.2, 11.2.4

chapters 11.2.3

checking 1.2.3

digital media 11.2.16

dissertations 11.2.6, 11.4

editions 11.1

electronic publications 11.2.11–14

forms 11.2

indexing 12.3

journals 11.2.3

later 11.3

magazine articles 11.2.5

manuscripts 11.2.9

newspaper articles 11.2.5

notes 10.2

numbers 1.3.10

online publications 11.2.10

page numbers 11.2.2, 11.2.3

parentheses 5.3, 9.3, 9.4, 10.2

plays 11.2.7

poems 11.2.7

publication date 11.2.2, 11.2.4, 11.2.5, 11.4

publication place 11.2.2, 11.6

publishers 11.2.2

punctuation 11.2.2, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 11.2.7, 11.2.8

quotation marks 11.2.2

recordings 11.2.16

simple 10.2

in text 11.4

thesis 11.2.6, 11.4

unpublished documents 11.4

well-known works 11.1

see also bibliographies; cross-references; publication details

reprints references to 11.1, 11.2.2

revisions 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 1.3.2

roman numerals 8.3

acts of plays 11.2.7

Bible references 11.2.8

volume numbers 6.7, 11.2.2

roman type:

quotations 7.2

titles 7.3, 7.4, 11.2.6

round brackets 5.3

running heads 1.3.6

checking 14

Russian names 3.3.3

saints 3.3.2

scripts 1.3.9

semicolons 1.3.8

series references 11.2.2

series titles 11.2.2

short story titles 7.3

The Slavonic and East European Review 1.2.1, 3.3.3

Slavonic names 3.3.3

small capitals 1.3.3, 6.7

centuries 8.3

era citations 8.1

social media 11.2.15

Society of Indexers 12.1

software 11.2.16

song titles 7.4

sources citation 10.1, 10.2

spacing see line spacing

special characters 1.3.9

spelling 2

preferred 2.1

quotations 2.4, 9.1, 9.5

square brackets 5.3

ellipses 5.7

journal year of publication 11.2.4

quotations 9.4

stage directions 9.5

statistical works 8.4, 8.5

style preferred 1.2.1

style books/sheets 1.2.1

sub-editors 1.2.1

subdivisions 1.3.4

subheadings:

punctuation 5.4

typographic treatment 6.7

submission of copy 1.1

on disk 1.2.2

email attachment 1.2.2

electronic 1.4.2

initial 1.3.1

subtitles 6.4

tab characters 1.3.1

tables:

of numbers 8.2

permission 9.7

statistical 8.4

Talmud 7.3

television 11.2.17

text 1.5

author’s name 11.4

formatting 1.3.8

major subdivisions 8.3

marked proof 14

minor subdivisions 8.3

numbering 1.5

references 11.1, 11.4

title page 1.5

titles 6.2

abbreviations 4.2, 11.2.4, 11.6

alternative 11.2.2

within article titles of literary works 11.2.4

books 6.4, 7.3, 11.2.2, 11.4

capitals 6.2, 6.4

chapter 17.3, 11.2.3

descriptive 7.4

essay 7.3, 11.2.3

exhibitions 7.5

films 7.4

foreign language 6.4

hyphenated compounds 6.5

within italicized titles 5.5

italics/italic type 5.5, 7.3, 7.4

journal 6.4, 7.3, 11.2.3, 11.2.4, 11.4, 11.6

musical composition 7.4

numerical 7.4

online publications 11.2.11, 11.2.12, 11.2.13, 11.2.14, 11.2.15

of people 6.2

poems 7.3

quotation marks 5.5, 7.3, 7.4, 11.4

references to books 11.2.2

roman type 7.3, 7.4, 11.2.6

series 11.2.2

short 4.2, 11.3

short story 7.3

song 7.4

typeface 7.3

of writings 6.4

translators references to 11.2.2

transliteration 3.3.3

Twitter 11.2.15

type size 1.3.3

typeface 1.3.1, 1.3.3

serif 1.3.1

titles 7.3

typescript 1.1

checking 1.2.3, 14

notes 10.3

see also final version

typesetters 1.3.1, 1.3.3

editor’s instructions 1.3.1

text formatting 1.3.8

typesetting by authors 1.4, 1.5

typing conventions 1.3.8

Universal Resource Locator (URL) 11.2.11, 11.2.12

universities:

American 11.2.6

usage 2

verse quotations:

long 9.4

omissions from 9.6

from plays 9.6

short 9.3

see also poems

volume numbers:

books 8.3

journals 11.2.4

parentheses 11.2.2

references 11.2.2

roman 6.7, 11.2.2

volumes publication dates 11.2.2

weights and measures 8.5

word processors 1.1

digital submission 1.4.2

file conversion 1.3.1

special character sets 1.3.9

words definitions 9.1

World Wide Web 11.2.11

The Year’s Work in Modern Language Studies 1.2.1, 3.3.3

abbreviations 11.6

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