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The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition
The Fifteenth Edition is available in book form and as a subscription Web site.from publishing formats to editorial style and method, from documentation of electronic sources to book design and production, and everything in between. In addition to books, the Manual now also treats journals and electronic publications. All chapters are written for the electronic age, with a...more
Hardcover, 984 pages
Published
August 1st 2003
by University of Chicago Press
(first published 1906)
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It doesn't matter if you're a fan of MLA, AP, or even (dare I say it) Franklin Covey, the Chicago Manual of Style will never let real-world writers and editors* down. Sure, at first you'll stagger through its appendix and feel overwhelmed by the layout, but rest assured, with time, you'll come to rely on it like your trusty blankey that has always been there for you through all these years.
*By real-world writers and editors, I mean that elitist class of people who poo poo on people w...more
*By real-world writers and editors, I mean that elitist class of people who poo poo on people w...more
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My Bible.
Why did they have to change the rule about a bold or italic punctuation mark being set bold or italic according to the preceding typeface?
Why don't they include better samples of how to abbreviate journal titles for Documentation II style?
Why is the index still horrendous?
I use this book every single day, even if I'm just threatening my dog with it to get her off the furniture.
Why did they have to change the rule about a bold or italic punctuation mark being set bold or italic according to the preceding typeface?
Why don't they include better samples of how to abbreviate journal titles for Documentation II style?
Why is the index still horrendous?
I use this book every single day, even if I'm just threatening my dog with it to get her off the furniture.
Miriam
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Too heavy, too expensive, and too orange. Other than that, it is great! Very thorough and well-organized. This is the only style guide I've had where I could both locate the information I needed quickly and get a sufficiently clear and complete explanation to be sure how it applied to my own writing.
One of my students gave me a Barnes and Noble gift certificate at the end of school term. It was enough to cover the hefty price of this manual. I have been wanting to buy this for a long time and I will be using it for years, so the price is really not as great as the value.
The serial comma is a beautiful, perfect thing. This book is nowhere near perfect, but there's nothing else like it.
If you are a student or anyone who writes professionally in the political sciences, I HIGHLY recommend the purchase and use of this book. I added notated tabs on the side of mine, so that I could quickly reference the sections I found myself using most often (or the the tools of writing I used often that I wanted to refer back to in the CMS). It is a slightly more expensive book purchase, to be sure, but worth every single penny. Clear. Concise. And most of all, easy to use. I am in love wit...more
This being my first review, it's somehow both appropriate and telling that I choose to comment first on a book that I not only use daily but also refer to in the most literal of terms as "my bible." I give this book five stars because I can trust that it is right, and If I do what it says, it will always have my back.
I guess this is as useful as the other style manuals, in that certain publications & journals only accept manuscripts that strictly adhere to the guidelines. What bothers me are the picayune differences between this, the MLA, the APA manuals, etc. Good writing, organization, citations and footnoting could & should be more universal and not divided into so many versions.
For some reason this book always terrified me. It's always been a nightmare to think of all the tiny details I had to keep in mind to make my bibliography "look good" as if the format were more important than the content. Definitely too much for a NON detail-oriented persone like me!!!!!!!
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Having been laid off from my happy position at Loyola University Chicago, having no luck at finding a similar position there or elsewhere and being semi-employed by a small academic publishing house, I decided to get serious about another career. So, I started publishing lots reviews and one scholarly article and began trying to drum up editorial work. Being already familiar with the MLA style, I picked up a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style and read through the whole thing. It wasn't so bad...more
Allison Parker
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OK, those who know me know: I'm always reading this . . . and using it to make sure that no pesky errors or infelicities of style detract from "my" writers' best prose! (I read it also because that's the kind of school marmish grammar geek I am!)
Besides having all the answers for editors who edit for organizations that require Chicago style, this is a tremendously sexy book, with that distinctive hot orange cover and good heft. I just like holding it.
My rating is for the 14th edition! This is a rating based on literary merit. Always purchase the most recent edition of the CMOS if you need to use it as a reference. But the 14th, for pure browsing joy, cannot be beat.
I guess I can't really say that I've read this book, but I've definitely used it. Few books have kept me up later into the night. When you find a really great exposition on dashes and hyphens, who needs sleep???
I adore the Chicago style. It's clear and simple, yet highly versatile. It works for virtually any type of document you're writing/editing, and it allows for notes that are as expansive or as condensed as you like.
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Ooo! This if fun! Lots of detailed examples of where to put commas, capital letters, and all that fun stuff. Great trivia if you like to be snobby and persnickety when reviewing others' papers too.
I'll be reading this constantly for as long as I can imagine, but I'll put it on my "Read" shelf just to get it out of the way. Indispensable. I'd pay good money for a supplementary index, though.
One of my best writing buddies in college and law school. I still use it frequently--not so much for the information on proper citation, but for the information on correct grammar, punctuation, etc.
No. I obviously didn't read this cover to cover. But I've consulted it enough times over the years (going back an edition or two) that it feels like an old friend.
Connect-ion Found
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B: What Chicago! No one uses Chicago anymore!
Books Store Shopper: What! I just spent an hour lecturing my students on Chicago!
Me: (rage building)
Books Store Shopper: What! I just spent an hour lecturing my students on Chicago!
Me: (rage building)
The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers (14th Edition) by Chicago Editorial Staff (1993)
I have the paperback version circa 1968. Good to see they have a CD-ROM version. No evidence that young writers still use this, however.
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I found the details of what constitutes the parts of a book really interesting -- I'd never even considered that there was such a thing as, or special names and requirements for, the 'front matter' and 'end matter' and the parts in between. I know this is meant as a reference book for editors, but when I first got this book for work, I sat down & read many of the chapters.
I've been using CMoS since 2000, and am now using the 15th Edition (released in 2003). Indispensible for copyedit...more
I've been using CMoS since 2000, and am now using the 15th Edition (released in 2003). Indispensible for copyedit...more
A classic that should be on every writer's bookshelf. Well organized and easy to find the information you need.
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This is the book that should be in every drawer in every hotel room. I'll get right on the phone with the Gideons.
The absolute best, last-word, answer-for-everything source for any possible grammatical or citation question
Helping my boss to edit his paperwork is one thing. I do work in a lab, and have a reasonably sound science background with more than my fair share of written papers for peer review.
So, can I present a question to the gods of academic writing...?
Why can't you all just pick an academic writing style, declare it to be THE ONE, and then stick to it?
Back in psych, I had to un-learn my trusty MLA formatting to learn APA formatting, only to come here and unlearn m...more
So, can I present a question to the gods of academic writing...?
Why can't you all just pick an academic writing style, declare it to be THE ONE, and then stick to it?
Back in psych, I had to un-learn my trusty MLA formatting to learn APA formatting, only to come here and unlearn m...more
Fairly easy to use and covers everything you'd need for writing and editing.
I'm never as excited about this reference as everyone else seems to be.
A great reference book. I wish I had the 15th edition, though.
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