Copyediting Samples

Harris Style Sheet

Style: Chicago 14th; GPO, p. 227 (geologic terms); Webster's

A-B-C: anhedra; anhydra/anhydras; anticline; Black River Group; cap rock; Cincinnati arch; collophane
D-E-F: dewater (v); dolostone
G-H-I: gray; groundwater; hardground (n); illite
J-K-L: Kankakee arch; late-burial (adj); Late Ordovician
M-N-O: Maquoketa Group; Maquoketa Shale; megavug (n); mesovug (n); Michigan Basin; Middle Ordovician; non-ferrous; non-point (n); nonporous
P-Q-R
S-T: Trenton Field (but Trenton gas and oil field); Trenton Group; Trenton Limestone (no plural)
U-V-W: updip (n, adv); uplift (n)
X-Y-Z: x-ray

Numbers in parens, en dash for series: (1) (1,2) (1–5)

Table and figure citations always precede reference cites in text

Figures: (Fig. 1) in text, "Figure 1." (period, en space) in captions

Tables: (Table 1) in text, "Table 1." (period, en space) in captions

series comma

lc after colon

10% (arabic w/ symbol)

arabic numbers for all units

<h1> 1st level head

<h2> 2nd level head

<h3> 3rd level head

<h3> 4th level head (period, en space, run into text)

<tx> opening paragraph, no indent

<nl> numbered list

<fn> footnote

<fig> figure caption

<tn> table number

<tt> table title

<tb> table body

<tch> table column head

<tfn> table footnote

<tsn> table source note

<ref> reference list (numbered)