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Air University

Style and Author Guide

Second Edition

Air University Press Air Force Research Institute

Project Editor Marvin Bassett

Cover Art, Book Design, and Illustrations L. Susan Fair

Composition and Prepress Production Michele D. Harrell Vivian D. O'Neal

Print Preparation and Distribution Diane Clark

ISBN 978-1-58566-254-8 Published by Air University Press in April 2015

AIR FORCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

AIR UNIVERSITY PRESS

Director and Publisher Allen G. Peck

Editor in Chief Oreste M. Johnson Managing Editor Demorah Hayes Design and Production Manager Cheryl King

Disclaimer The Air University Style and Author Guide provides guidance on writing, editing, and publishing matters related to official publications of Air University. However, it is not directive and should not be considered official Air Force or Department of Defense policy. This publication is cleared for public release and unlimited distribution.

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AFRI

Air Force Research Institute

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Contents

FOREWORD

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PREFACE

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NOTE ON CHANGES TO THE SECOND EDITION

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Part 1 Air University Style Guide for Writers and Editors

1.0 Terms and Usage

3

2.0 Abbreviations

29

3.0 Grammar and Punctuation

61

3.1 Grammar

61

3.2 Punctuation

71

4.0 Mechanics

85

4.1 Capitalization

85

4.2 Spelling and Word Formation

103

4.3 Numbers

119

4.4 Italics

127

4.5 Display Dots

133

5.0 Documentation

135

Appendix

A Note Citations

145

B Bibliographic Entries

169

C Copyright

181

BIBLIOGRAPHY

183

INDEX

187

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Part 2 Air University Press Author Guide

About Us

205

Payment to Authors

206

Copyright

206

Classified and Sensitive Material

206

Security and Policy Review

206

Production Schedule

207

Accepted Manuscripts

207

Submission Instructions

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Submitting a Manuscript to the Publication Review Board

209

Submitting an Accepted Manuscript for Publication

209

Formatting Your Manuscript

209

Formatting and Submitting Tables and Illustrations

210

Seed List for Index

212

Permissions

213

Distribution List

214

Checklist

214

Appendix

A Publishing Agreement

215

B Author's Checklist

221

C Illustrations Log

225

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Foreword

As the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force, the Air University (AU) produces cutting-edge scholarship on airpower to advance our understanding of defense and national security issues. The Air University Style and Author Guide helps ensure that the form and style of AU scholarship are as impressive as the substance.

Like its predecessor, this second edition of AU-1, Air University Style and Author Guide, will prove to be indispensable to AU faculty, staff, students, and prospective authors. Faithful use of this guide will help the airpower community produce scholarly manuscripts that conform to current academic norms of style, format, language, and documentation.

Part 1 of this publication, "Air University Style Guide for Writers and Editors," provides guidance on such matters as grammar, mechanics, and documentation of sources. Part 2, "Air University Press Author Guide," offers instructions for authors who wish to submit manuscripts for possible publication by AU Press. In most matters, the Air University Style and Author Guide follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, but it also addresses many military-specific matters of style and mechanics that are not covered in most other style guides. AU-1 is an important reference tool for all AU writers, and I highly encourage its use.

STEVEN L. KWAST Lieutenant General, USAF Commander and President, Air University

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Preface

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

--Mark Twain

I am pleased to introduce the second edition of AU-1, Air University Style and Author Guide. This edition reflects the latest guidance from the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, and authoritative Department of Defense sources. It is designed to be useful to every researcher and writer at Air University, whether authoring a course paper, thesis, journal article, or book for publication.

The Style Guide includes part 1, "Air University Style Guide for Writers and Editors," which has served as AU's style manual since 2001, and part 2, "Air University Press Author Guide," which provides instructions for potential AU Press authors. The guidance in part 1 is divided into five sections: terms and usage, abbreviations, grammar and punctuation, mechanics, and documentation. Within each section, entries are arranged alphabetically.

One strength of the Style Guide is its coverage of military style issues, such as acronyms, military ranks, and specialized military terms. For this reason, the Style Guide may be of interest to those outside the Air Force who write or edit manuscripts about military issues. But it is also an accessible and authoritative source of guidance applicable to all disciplines: punctuation, the treatment of numbers, grammar issues such as parallelism and passive voice, and so forth. New users will find the index helpful in locating specific topics. The Style Guide is also available electronically (a PDF file) from the AU Press website, making it easily searchable for key terms.

Of course, the Style Guide cannot address every aspect of writing or every style issue. For topics not covered here, users should consult the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, which this guide follows in most matters. We base spellings and definitions on Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition (in the guide, the term dictionary refers to one or both of these sources). For advice on grammatical issues, we recommend the eighth edition of Index to English by Wilma R. and David R. Ebbitt or the seventh edition of Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers.

Many individuals at AU, the Air Force Research Institute, and AU Press have contributed to the development of this second edition. It is an improve-

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