The Web site for The Chicago Manual of Style includes a forum (www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html) featuring a Q & A section on topics ranging from Abbreviations to You Could Look It Up. Its purpose? "To interpret the Manual's recommendations and uncoil its intricacies."

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