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| Creator: University Of Chicago Press Staff
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
List Price: $55.00
Buy New: $34.65
You Save: $20.35 (37%)
Rating:  103 reviews
Sales Rank: 595
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 984
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 2.1
ISBN: 0226104036
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.0270973
EAN: 9780226104034
Publication Date: August 1, 2003
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 Wish this was the single authority October 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As an author, I based the style rules on this book. It is great to have a single source of truth for style and grammar rules.
My only gripe is that everyone should use this one source of truth. Instead, newspapers use AP Style, University professors will use MLA, and other authors use thier industry guidlines. The result is confusion on right and wrong usage.
Going forward, every author, whether news, books, or technical white papers should use this book as its authority.
Essential for Senior Year October 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am currently writing my senior project for the final year of my undergraduate degree. I constantly use the CMoS whenever I'm writing papers, or forget how to properly cite various documents. Excellent resource.
If Only Editors Were This Thoughtful! December 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I stayed away from the Chicago Manual for years because I remember being intimidated by it in college, and because now, in my master's program, they require APA (ugh!). I let the Hanukkah Fairy bring me this because I started a new, writing-heavy job, and I am so glad she or he did, because the manual has mellowed with age, becoming flexible, thoughtful and agreeable. It has already helped me on the job several times. For example, it acknowledges that distinctions are blurring between marketing copy and what us old-timers think of as "text," and that it is all right for organizations to improvise some of their own conventions. It's as if they're saying, "Don't be stupid and get yourself fired lower-casing the appositive form of your boss's title because of something WE told you!" Buying the Chicago Manual is like investing in a good camera or paint set; it can't do the work for you, but it can certainly help you improve your work.
Chicago Manual of Style May 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is the authority on the usage of the English language. It is comprehensive, covering thousands of minute details, and answers almost every question you will ever have about grammar, punctuation, word usage, formatting, publication, etc. This is a must have for anyone who does a significant amount of writing or publishing as part of their job. The Chicago Manual of Style is also a great gift for students, espeically in discplines such as the humanities, social sciences or law.
Chicago Manual of Style June 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Produced by the University of Chicago Press, the "Manual" is a classic standard for all book endeavors. No need to review this One. It's a major work of scholarship, not only for scholarly documentation, but also for "book making" and "book publishing."
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