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1. Using This Manual
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3. New & Revised
4. Exceptions
5. Sources
6. Style Committee
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NGS Style Manual
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C
C-SPAN
C.E., B.C.E.
ca
Cabinet
cacao, cocoa
cactus, cacti
caiman, caimans
caliber
California University system
called, named, known as
callous, callus
Cambodia
Canadian Shield
Candomblé
cannon
cannot
Cape buffalo
capital, capitol
CAPITALIZATION
captain
captive breeding
carat, caret, karat
carbon footprint
carbon-14, carbon-dating
carbonation, carbonization
cardinal
cardinalfish
careen, career
caret
Carnival
Casbah, casbah
casualties, fatalities
CAT scan
cataract
Catholic
Catholic Monarchs
Caucasus, Caucasus Mountains
Caucasus, peoples
cavalry
Cavelier, Robert
cc
celebrants, celebrators
Celsius, C
cement, concrete
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
centigrade
centimeter, cm
central Africa
Central America, Middle America
Central Asia, Soviet Central Asia
central Europe, central European nation
central states (U.S.)
CENTURIES
Chaak
chador
chadri
channel
CHAPTERS OF BOOKS
char, arctic char
CHEMICAL TERMS
Chennai, Madras
Cheops
Chephren
Chernobyl
Chesapeake
Chevy, Chevys
Chhetri
Chicano, Hispanic, Latino
chief cartographer
Chief Executive
Chief Justice
chief of state, head of government
China, People's Republic Of China
China, Taiwan
CHINESE NAMES AND TERMS
choral, chorale
Chornobyl, Chernobyl
Chosen People
Christ Child
Christian era
chromosome
church
Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May)
circa, ca
CIS
CITIES, SECTIONS OF
Citroën
city hall
civil rights movement
Civil War
clan
class
classic, classical
cleft palate
CLERGY
climate change, global warming
Climate Connections
close-up, to close up
clownfish
club-hopper
cm
co-
coast
Coast Guard
coat of arms, crest
Coca-Cola, Coke
cocoa
COINED WORDS
cold war
COLLECTIVE NOUNS AS SINGULAR OR PLURAL
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
colobus monkey, colobus
COLON
colony, colonial, colonists (U.S. context)
color
Color of Money
colored
colors
column
comet
COMMA
Commander in Chief
Commandment
Committee for Research and Exploration (CRE)
Common Market
commonwealth
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
COMMUNICATIONS CODE WORDS
Communion
communism, communist
compact disc, compact disc player
COMPANY NAMES
compare, contrast
COMPARISONS
COMPASS DIRECTIONS
COMPOUND MODIFIERS
comprise, compose
compromise
CompuServe
COMPUTER TERMS
Conch, Conchs
concrete
Confederacy
Confederation
conference
Congo
Congress, congressional
congressional Medal of Honor
Conquest
CONSTELLATIONS, STARS, AND PLANETS
Constitution
consulate
CONTENTS PAGE
conterminous, or contiguous, continental, continental United States
continent
continental
CONTINUED NOTE
continuous, continual
contra, contras
contrast
Contributing Photographers-in-Residence Program
CONTRIBUTOR'S NOTE
convention
CONVERSIONS
conveyer, conveyor
convince, persuade
COPYRIGHT
corn, maize
Corps of Engineers
Corpus Christi
Cortés, Hernán
cosmonaut
Cossack
Country
county
couple, few, several
COURT CASES
COURTS
crater
crawfish, mudbug
creation
CREDITS
CREDITS--SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
Creole
crepe, crape
crest
Crioulo, Kriolu
Crittercam
croat, croatian
Croatian (language)
cross
crown
crucifix
Crucifixion
Crusades
CT scan
cubic centimeter, cc
Cultural Revolution
culture
cum
Cuna
current
Cusco
Customs
cyber
cyclone
czar, czarist
Czechoslovak, Czech
Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ivoirian
