Apologetic Quotation Marks
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Quotation marks are sometimes used around words for special effect or to indicate irony. In most instances, however, they are unnecessary.Using their own finances and being informed about the ...
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Block Quotations
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
If material quoted from texts or speeches is longer than 4 lines of text, the material should be set off in a block, ie, in reduced type and without the quotation marks. Paragraph indents are ...
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Brackets
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Brackets are used to indicate editorial interpolation within a quotation and to enclose corrections, explanations, or comments in material that is quoted. (See also , Quotation Marks, Quotations; , ...
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Change in Capitalization
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The first word after the end punctuation mark and the ellipses should use the original capitalization, particularly in legal and scholarly documents. This facilitates finding the material in the ...
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Coined Words, Slang
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Coined words, slang, nicknames, and words or phrases used ironically or facetiously may be enclosed in quotation marks at first mention. Thereafter, omit quotation marks. (See also , Typography, ...
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Colon
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
The colon is the strongest of the 3 marks used to indicate a decided pause or break in thought. It separates 2 main clauses in which the second clause amplifies or explains the first.This dictum is ...
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Comma
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Commas are the least forceful of the 3 marks. There are definite rules for using commas; however, usage is often subjective. Some writers and editors use the comma frequently to indicate what they ...
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Comma, Semicolon, Colon
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Commas, semicolons, and colons can be used to indicate a break or pause in thought, to set off material, or to introduce a new but connected thought. Each has specific uses, and the strength of the ...
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Common Words Used in a Technical Sense
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Enclose in quotation marks a common word used in a special technical sense when the context does not make the meaning clear. (See also , Definition or Translation of Non English-Language Words.)In ...
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Dashes
Cheryl Iverson
in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (10th edition)
Dashes as another form of internal punctuation convey a particular meaning or emphasize and clarify a certain section of material within a sentence. Compared with parentheses, dashes may convey a ...
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