Chicago Manual of Style (ARTICLES)
Common Mistakes Writers Make When Writing
by Yvonne Perry – For those writers who plan to have a book published, I can only hope that your manuscript will go through a thorough edit before it is printed. That is especially important for those who self-publish or use publish-on-demand services to bring their book to market. These methods usually do not require [...]
Single vs Double Quotation Marks and When to Use Them in Academic Writing
By Vitalee Giammalvo – What’s Up with Those Single Quotation Marks? Lately I have been seeing single quotation marks on certain words and phrases in the headlines that float across the bottom of the TV screen. These phrases have nothing to do with the story being reported on. I am referring mostly to CNN. I [...]
Writing Style – The Differences Between Academic and Casual Writing
by Gwen Nicodemus Everyone knows that you should write differently your term papers differently from your Facebook posts, and your journal submissions should be written differently than newspaper columns. What exactly are the differences between casual and academic writing? Between formal and informal writing? The biggest difference The single most important difference between casual writing [...]
Books for Writers: “The Chicago Manual of Style”
The Chicago Manual of Style, now in its 15th edition, is the style bible for anyone in the book industry who works with the nitty-gritty of the words on the page: copy editors, proofreaders, indexers, book designers, etc. And it should be a part of any author’s reference library. It’s not a thin, prettily designed [...]
