The Chicago Manual of Style
by University of Chicago Press Staff · University of Chicago Press
The standard American reference for book and journal publishing, covering manuscript preparation, grammar and usage, punctuation, tables, indexes, and both notes-bibliography and author-date citation. Editors use it to settle style questions consistently rather than by instinct.
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