A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

Abbreviations. Do not break abbreviations over lines, regardless of their internalcapitalization, punctuation, and spacing (BA, U.S., NATO, p.m., kg, PhD, Gov. Gen.). Theonly exception is that an abbreviation that already includes a hyphen, such as AFL-CIO,may be divided on the hyphen. See chapter 24 for more on abbreviations.Punctuation. Never begin a line with a closing quotation mark, parenthesis, or bracket.Never end a line with an opening quotation mark, parenthesis, or bracket or with (a) or (1),as at the beginning of a list. See chapter 21 for more on punctuation and 23.4.2 for lists.Avoid breaking an ellipsis (see 25.3.2) over a line; use your word processor's ellipsischaracter to prevent this problem.URLs and e-mail addresses. Avoid breaking URLs and e-mail addresses over lines. If youhave to break one, insert the break after a colon, a slash (or double slash), or the symbol @but before a period or any other punctuation or symbols. Hyphens are frequently includedas part of a URL or e-mail address, so to avoid confusion, never add a hyphen to indicatethe break, or break a URL or address at an existing hyphen.http://www.press.uchicago.eduhttp://www.press.uchicago.eduhttp://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/12917.ctlIf your word processor automatically formats URLs and e-mail addresses as hyperlinks, itmay break these items contrary to the guidelines above. In many settings, such breaks areacceptable as long as the full URL or address is clearly identified as a hyperlink (throughunderlining or a second color) and no extra hyphens are added to indicate the line breaks.21 Punctuation21.1 Period21.2 Comma21.2.1 Independent Clauses21.2.2 Series21.2.3 Nonrestrictive Clauses and Phrases21.2.4 Other Useswww.itpub.net