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In extracts from modem authors whose spelling and punctuation differ but slightly from ours, and where such variations do not affect the meaning, use office style.

Chicago-style source citations come in two varieties: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. If you already know which system to use, follow one of the links above to see sample citations for a …

6.126 Question mark with exclamation point Lists and Outline Style 6.127 Lists and outlines—general principles 6.128 Run-in versus vertical lists 6.129 Run-in lists 6.130 Vertical lists—capitalization, …

For more details and many more examples, see chapters 13 and 14 of The Chicago Manual of Style. For examples of the same citations using the notes and bibliography system, follow the Notes and …

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For more details and many more examples, see chapters 13 and 14 of The Chicago Manual of Style. For examples of the same citations using the author-date system, follow the Author-Date link above.

These two systems are also sometimes referred to as Chicago-style citations, because they are the same as the ones presented in The Chicago Manual of Style. If you already know which system to …

We’d do the same for “i.e.” and “e.g.” (i.e., writing “I.e.” and “E.g.”). But those two abbreviations usually occur in parentheses in Chicago style, and there are no examples of either in the seventeenth edition …

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