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This is the definitive text for questions of manuscript protocol, copyediting, style, grammar, and usage. For those who find The Chicago Manual of Style a bit cumbersome and sometimes ambigous, Words Into Type will be a welcome reference guide. With its easy-to-use index and definitive explanations, this third edition makes life simpler for writers, editors, and proofreaders. You may never need to know about frontispieces and imprimaturs, but if you deal with words, this is a wonderfully edifying, reassuring fount of clarity and wisdom.


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Details steps involved in publishing a book and provides a guide to usage.

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  • Hardcover: 585 pages
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall; 3 edition (June 1974)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0139642625
  • ISBN-13: 978-0139642623
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #175,364 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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92 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide to grammar, style, and usage in existence., May 31, 2000
By Greg Todd (Carlisle, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This is simply the best guide available for grammar, style, and usage. As a professional editor, I believe this reference is far superior to the Chicago manual or any other published guide to grammar and usage. It is clear, well-organized, and comprehensive. The index is tremendously helpful. The sole problem with Words Into Type is that it was published before we all started using computers, and therefore parts of the book dealing with the technical aspects of publishing are dated. Nevertheless, it remains the best grammar and usage text available. I use my copy almost daily. It is the most indispensable reference book on my shelf.
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book in need of an update, April 7, 2004
By Stephen Reginald (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a great style guide; however, it hasn't been updated to include technology and practice for even the late twentieth century! When talking computer technology, Words into Type talks about cathode ray tubes, for crying out loud. Having said all that, it is in many cases, much more user-friendly than the Chicago Manual of Style. Where Chicago can be vague or indecisive, Words is most helpful. Apart from the fact that Words really needs to be updated, it's an invaluable tool. Since it hasn't been updated since 1974, you'd be better offbuying a used copy than plunking down good dough for a text that's 30 years old.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Singular Resource, May 29, 2001
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Anyone in the business of putting words onto paper has no need to read these reviews: He already knows that Words into Type is an indispensable companion in his craft.

In a headline, should both words in a hyphenated compound be capitalized? Words into Type lets you know. Does one acquiesce "to," "with," or "in" something? Words into Type has the answer. Should a noun before a gerund always be possessive? Words into Type is ready with reassuring guidance.

As this edition of Words into Type approaches the end of its third decade, portions of it may seem quaintly out of date. Other books can give you a more current account of the printing process, for example. But for matters of style--tables, footnotes, typography, copy editing, and much else besides--no other book gives better guidance than this underappreciated volume.

As an editor, my reference shelf is brimming with style guides, and Words into Type is the most dog-eared among them. A professional writer or editor would make do with nothing less.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Information on the non-existent fourth edition!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nearly indispensable, yet thirty years old!
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I recently posed a question to "The Chicago Manual of Style" Web site and received a very quick response along with the recommendation that my future grammar questions could best... Read more
Published on April 22, 2005 by Consumer in Kentucky

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Published on March 16, 2004 by Warren C. Norwood

5.0 out of 5 stars Still the Best
Granted, the most recent edition came out in 1974, but Words Into Type is still the reference I turn to first with grammar and usage questions. Read more
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