Editing The Chicago Manual of Style (section)

{{Short description|Academic style guide for American English}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox book
| name              = The Chicago Manual of Style
| image             = The Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition cover.jpg
| caption           = Cover of the 18th edition (2024)
| author            = 
| country           = United States
| language          = English
| subject           = [[Style guide]]
| publisher         = [[University of Chicago Press]]
| pub_date          = 1906–2024
| media_type        = Print
| pages             = 1,192 (18th edition)
| isbn              = 978-0-226-81797-2
| dewey             = 808.02/70973
| congress          = Z253 .U69 2024
}}

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'''''The Chicago Manual of Style''''' ('''''CMOS''''', '''''CMS''''', or '''''Chicago''''')<ref name="Yale">{{Cite web |url= https://ctl.yale.edu/writing/using-sources/why-are-there-different-citation-styles |title=Why Are there Different Citation Styles? |website=Center for Teaching and Learning |date=June 25, 2015 |publisher=[[Yale University]] |access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref> is a [[style guide]] for [[American English]] published since 1906 by the [[University of Chicago Press]]. Its 18 editions (the most recent in 2024) have prescribed writing and [[citation]] styles widely used in publishing.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Claire |first=T. R. |date=2017 |title=Bryan A. Garner: The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation |url= https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-017-9531-6 |journal=Publishing Research Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=345–347 |doi=10.1007/s12109-017-9531-6 |s2cid=148846427|via=Springer|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The guide specifically focuses on American English and deals with aspects of editorial practice, including grammar and usage, as well as document preparation and formatting. It is available in print as a hardcover book, and by subscription as a searchable website as ''The Chicago Manual of Style Online.''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ |title=The Chicago Manual of Style |edition=17th |website=The Chicago Manual of Style Online |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> The online version provides some free resources, primarily aimed at teachers, students, and libraries.