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§2 General Style

  • §2 General Style
  • 2.1 Mechanics
  • 2.1.1 Commas
    • 2.1.1.1 Commas in a Series
    • 2.1.1.2 Commas in Essential & Nonessential Clauses
    • 2.1.1.3 Aditional Uses of Commas
    • 2.1.1.4 Commas in Numbers
  • 2.1.2 Quotation Marks
  • 2.1.3 Ellipses
  • 2.1.4 Punctuation after Italics
  • 2.1.5 Block Quotation Punctuation
  • 2.1.6 Possessives
  • 2.1.7 Separating Citations in Running Text
  • 2.2 Numbers
    • 2.2.1 Spelling Out Numbers
    • 2.2.1 Arabic Numbers
    • 2.2.3 Inclusive Numbers: General
    • 2.2.4 Inclusive Numbers: Dates
    • 2.2.5 Inclusive Numbers: Roman Numerals
  • 2.3 Special Usage
    • 2.3.1 Bias-Free Language
    • 2.3.2 General Principles
      • 2.3.2.1 Spelling
      • 2.3.2.2 Open, Hyphenated, and Closed Compound Words
      • 2.3.2.3 Italics
      • 2.3.2.4 Foreign Words
    • 2.3.3 [Reserved]
    • 2.3.4 Thelemic Sources
      • 2.3.4.1 Heirological Designations
      • 2.3.4.2 Names Referring to Divinity
      • 2.3.4.3 Pronouns Referring to Divinity
    • 2.3.5 [Reserved]
    • 2.3.6 [Reserved]
    • 2.3.7 Dates
      • 2.3.7.1 Format of Dates
      • 2.3.7.2 Specific Cultural Calendars
      • 2.3.7.3 Thelemic Calendar

2.1 Mechanics

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