Capitalized words, list of: religious, 21; proper, 24.
Capitals: original use of, 20; rules for use of, 20–30; and small capitals, rules for use of, 28–30; how indicated in MS., 30.
Centered head-lines, omission of period after, 12.
Centuries, numbers of, to be spelled out, 32.
Christ, pronouns referring to, how capitalized, 21.
Circulars, postal rates and regulations for, 130.
Citation of legal causes: names of, italicized, 64; of author’s own words, quotation marks used, 16; of different works by same author or by different authors without intervening original matter, to be quoted, 16.
Clauses, use of comma with: inverted, 5; independent, 6; relative, 6; dependent, 6; parenthetical, 5; co-ordinate, 6; antithetical, 7; Use of dash before concluding clause, 13.
Coins, foreign: list of, showing comparative values, 145–147.
Colon: definition and use of, 10–11; capitalization, following use of, 26, 29, 30; use of in formal salutatory phrases beginning letters, 11, 117; in titles of literary references, 11; of names of publishers, 11; first word following, in quotation, capitalized, 11; use of, with quotation-marks, 11; before formal quotations, 11; separating chapter and verse in scriptural references, 11; in separating divisions of time, 11; use of hair-space before, 59; separating city of publication and publisher’s name, 11.
“Colonel,” when spelled in full, and when abbreviated, 68–69.
“Color,” hyphenization of compounds of, 46.
Comma: definition and use of, 4; when omitted, 7–8; omitted between two adjectives, 4; use of, with adverbs, 4, 5; with adjectives, 4, 5; before “but,” 6. With clauses: antithetical, 7; co-ordinate, 6, 7; dependent, 6; parenthetical, 5; and relative, 6. Use of: with conjunctions, 4–7; separating degrees from names of persons, 7; indicating ellipses, 7; separating numbers, 7; with quotation-marks, 4; with phrases, inverted and in opposition, 5–6; before “of” in connection with residence, 7; in salutatory phrase, 7, 117; in inverted sentences, 5; separating titles from names, 6; separating vocative words, 7; substitution of dashes for, 14; use of with exclamation point, 15; rules for use of, 4–8; omitted with pronouns used with nouns for emphasis, 8.
Comments, notes of, inclosed in brackets, 18.