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*Mills italicizes series titles if it "is considered a formal title for [the] set of materials."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 716.</ref> If "the name of the series is not self explanatory," the title is not italicized.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 718,721-2.</ref> CMS never italicizes a series title.<ref>''CMS'' 15th ed., 669.</ref> | *Mills italicizes series titles if it "is considered a formal title for [the] set of materials."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 716.</ref> If "the name of the series is not self explanatory," the title is not italicized.<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 718,721-2.</ref> CMS never italicizes a series title.<ref>''CMS'' 15th ed., 669.</ref> | ||
*"''Evidence ''Style identifies [periodical] issues by their dates rather than issue numbers, because unrecognized typing errors are more common with numbers than with words."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 794.</ref> CMS | *"''Evidence ''Style identifies [periodical] issues by their dates rather than issue numbers, because unrecognized typing errors are more common with numbers than with words."<ref>Mills, ''Evidence Explained,'' 794.</ref> CMS allows either, but recognizes that "although not all these elements may be required to locate an article, furnishing them all provides a hedge against possible error in one or another of them."<ref>''CMS'' 15th ed., 690.</ref><br> | ||
*"Because abbreviations rarely save a significant amount of space, the thoughtful writer avoids all but the truly obvious ones."<ref>''Evidence Explained'', p. 71.</ref> This includes state names when included in the place of publication.<ref>See "Cooperstown, New York" on p. 98, ''Evidence Explained.''</ref> By contrast, CMS specifies, "If the city of publication may be unknown to readers or may be confused with another city of the same name, the abbreviation of the state, province, or (sometimes) country is added."<ref>''Chicago Manual of Style'' 15, 672.</ref><br> | |||
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