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Punctuation
Quotes
Single quotes both for emphasis and for quotations,
with double quotes within
Displayed
quotes – no quotes necessary
Punctuation
outside quotes unless punctuation is part of quote
Within
quotes [ ] may be used for explanation
Brackets
The general order [{(…)}] should be used, although
see usage within quotes above
Initials/Acronyms
Generally speaking – no full points, e.g. USA/UK,
A M Smith, RAC, MRI, etc.
Abbreviations/Contractions
Where a word has been cut short a full point should
be used, e.g. Prof. Contractions
should not end in full points, e.g. Mr, Mrs, etc.
Hyphens/en-rules/em-rules
Hyphen usage should be consistent within article/book
En-rules
should be used in number ranges, and may also be used
to replace ‘and’ or ‘to’, e.g. pp.
25-30, London-Glasgow railway, Israeli-Palestine conflict
Unspaced
em-rules may be used as parenthetical dashes, or to
indicate text omission
NumbersStyle
A – STM
One to nine in words, 10 and over in figures
A
number accompanying a unit should always be in figures
SI
units should always be used
Use
of a number at the beginning of a sentence should be
avoided, or put in words (including units)
Units
cannot have a zero value
Style
B – Arts/Humanities
One to one hundred in words
12th
century
ListsStyle
A
Within text, e.g. Injection A, 12 patients; Injection
B, 25 patients; Injection C, 7 patients
Style
B
(1) Item 1
(2) Item 2
(3) Etc. etc.
N.B.
Tables should not be used to replace lists
ReferencesStyle
A – Numerical
In text – outside punctuation thus. [1-4] Should
appear in same order as in reference list
In
reference list thus:
1 Smith A M, Brown J B. The title of the journal article.
Abbrev. J. Title (2005); 25: 1218-19.
2
Clegg H G, Kluivert C M, Williams D, et al. The title
of the book chapter. In: Book Title, Norman L, ed. London:
Academic Press, 1996: 242-7.
N.B.
six or more authors take et al.
Style
B – Alphabetical
In text – inside punctuation thus
(Smith & Brown, 1994; Letts, 1997; Everett et al.,
2001)
N.B.
Should appear in chronological order
In
reference list thus:
Smith A & Brown J L. (2003) The title of the journal
article. Journal Title in Full, 65: 1189-1194.
Clegg
H G, Kluivert C M, Williams D, et al. (1996) The title
of the book chapter. In: Book Title, Norman L &
Lamont N, eds. Plymouth: University of Plymouth Press,
pp. 320-50.
The
alphabetical system allows for inclusion of Notes (either
footnotes or endnotes), which should be indicated in
the text thus. 1
Tables
In text should be referred to thus (Table 1) or (Tables
1-3).Should
be separated by bold/hair/bold lines
Table
1 Legend of table
Footnote
symbols should be used
Figures
In
text should be referred to thus (Fig.1, Figs 1-5)Any
key should appear in figure legend
Figure
1. Legend of figure
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