12-576: Oxford Manual can refer to: any of several editions of Hart's Rules , a style guide published under such names as The Oxford Style Manual (2003) and New Oxford Style Manual (2012, 2016). Laws of War on Land (Oxford 1880) , an 1880 treatise on the Law of War drawn up by the Institute of International Law. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-611: A make-over of various Oxford reference publications. It is distinct from the similarly titled [New] Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors (originally 1991; 2nd edition, 2009), a companion volume of technical terminology not included in any of the compilation editions. In 2012, Oxford University Press published a new combined edition, New Oxford Style Manual (2nd Edition, ISBN 978-0199657223 ). It includes New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors and New Hart's Rules: The Handbook of Style for Writers and Editors , both from 2005. A second edition of NHR , under
36-411: A separate volume. Frederick Howard Collins (indexer) Frederick Howard Collins (1857-1910) was a British indexer and writer. Best known for his Authors' and printers' dictionary (1905), Collins also wrote on the philosophy of Herbert Spencer and on subject indexing . Collins' dictionary is one of the earliest known sources that recommend using a serial comma or "Oxford comma", citing
48-911: A single broadsheet page for in-house use by the OUP in 1893 while Hart's job was controller of the university press. They were originally intended as a concise style guide for the staff of the OUP, but they developed continuously over the years, were published in 1904, and soon gained wider use as a source for authoritative instructions on typesetting style, grammar , punctuation , and usage . Hart's Rules has been revised and republished under different titles, including The Oxford Guide to Style (2002), The Oxford Style Manual (2003, also including The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors of 2000), New Hart's Rules (2005, an updated but abridged, pocket-size version), and New Oxford Style Manual (2012, inclusive of New Hart's Rules and The New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors of 2005, together notably shorter than
60-408: The "traditional small handbook form", matching New Hart's Rules , and is titled The New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors . It is intended for "people who work with words—authors, copy-editors, proofreaders, students writing essays and dissertations, journalists, people writing reports or other documents, and website editors." This edition was reprinted with a new cover in 2014, to match
72-525: The 2002/2003 version, it also abridged some, to fit into its small format. The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors , also compiled by Ritter, had been available since 2000 as a separate companion volume to Hart's , in line with the eleven editions of the dictionary's famous predecessor, the Authors' and Printers' Dictionary by Frederick Howard Collins (first published in 1905 and renamed in 1983). A freshly compiled successor, published in 2005, returned to
84-510: The 2003 combined edition). A revised second edition of New Hart's Rules (without the Dictionary ) was released in 2014, and a second New Oxford Style Manual was compiled in 2016, using the 2014 versions of both of the individual volumes. After their first appearance, Hart's rules were reissued in a second edition in 1894, and two further editions in 1895. They were continually revised, enlarged and reissued, and had reached their 15th edition by
96-617: The 40th edition of Hart's ) under the title The Oxford Guide to Style and the editorship of Robert M. Ritter, promoted as "Hart's Rules for the 21st Century". The Oxford Style Manual (2003, ISBN 978-0198605645 ) combined in a single volume, of 1056 pages, The Oxford Guide to Style (2002) and The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2000). From this version was adapted New Hart's Rules: The Handbook of Style for Writers and Editors , first published in September 2005. While New Hart's Rules ( NHR ) rewrites some material from
108-512: The University Press, Oxford (now published as New Hart's Rules ) is a reference book and style guide published in England by Oxford University Press (OUP). Hart's Rules originated as a compilation of best practices and standards by English printer and biographer Horace Hart over almost three decades during his employment at other printing establishments, but they were first printed as
120-584: The full title New Hart's Rules: The Oxford Style Guide , was published in October 2014, under new editor Anne Waddingham. Another combined edition, again titled New Oxford Style Manual (3rd Edition, ISBN 978-0198767251 ), was released in March 2016, with the content of the 2014 editions of New Hart's Rules and New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors , and matching their cover style. New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors (2009) remains
132-400: The time they were eventually published as a book in March 1904. New editions and reprints continued to appear over almost eight decades, until the 39th edition (1983) which was reprinted fifteen times—the last in 2000. Three of these reprints included corrections: 1986, 1987, and 1989. In February 2002, Oxford University Press published a new and much longer version (what would have been
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