Religious terms, capitalization of, 20–22, 26.
Residence, use of comma before “of” in connection with, 7.
Resolutions: word “Resolved” in, italicized, 64; word “Whereas,” 26.
“Resolved,” in resolutions, word following, to be capitalized, 26; italicization of, 64.
Respect, capitalization of titles of, 25.
“Reverend,” always preceded by _the_, 110.
Roman: used in medical terms, 64; in certain words and phrases, literary and legal, 64.
Roman numerals: use of period after, 12. _See_ Numerals.
Running-heads, period not used following, 12.
Salutatory phrase: of letters, business, formal and informal, 116–118; use of comma, 7. _See_ Phrase.
“Same as,” distinguished from _just as_, 110.
Sarcasm, indicated by use of exclamation-point, 15.
Scientific terms, capitalization of, 23; italicizing of, 64.
Scripture, punctuation of: comma, 9; colon, 11; dash, 13; spacing of, references, 60.
“Seldom ever.” _See_ under _Rarely ever_.
Semicolon: defined, 8, 9; compared with comma, 9; placing of, in connection with quotation-marks, 9; rules for use of, 9; dividing compound sentences, 9; separating passages in Scripture references containing chapters, 9; use of hair-space preceding, 59.
“Sensible of,” distinguished from _sensitive to_, 110.
Sentences: first word of, capitalized, 29; first word after colon capitalized in independent, 29; connection of, in paragraph, 58.
Shillings and pence, abbreviations, _s._ and _d._, italics, 64.
Ships: names of, quoted, 17; names of, italicized, 62; time and watch on board, 161.
Side-heads: capitalization of, 29; italicizing of, 62.
Signatures, omission of period after, 12; italicizing of, 62; general rules for, 122.
_-sion_ and _-tion_, spelling of words terminating in, 39–40.
“Size up,” vulgarism for _estimate_, 111.
Small capitals: how indicated in MS., 30; rules for, 30.
Social organizations, capitalization of, 25.
Solar system, capitalization of popular names of, 23.
Sovereigns, abbreviation of names of, 69.
Spacing: rules for, 59–61; uniformity of, 59; hair-spaces in connection with punctuation marks, 59; of abbreviated titles, 25, 59–60; of Scripture references, 60; of A.M., P.M., etc., 59; symbols and figures, 60; at end of paragraph, 60; in regard to turn-overs, 60; kerned letters, _f_ and _j_ require hair-spaces, 60; wide spacing, 60; examples, dashes and spaces, 60–61; of abbreviations of railroads, 66.