| Abbreviation |
Style guide |
Organization |
Field/subject |
Principal national variety |
Reference |
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| ACS | ACS style | American Chemical Society | chemistry, chemical engineering | American | pubs.acs.org |
| AHD | The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | general | American | ahdictionary.com |
| AMA | AMA Manual of Style | American Medical Association | medicine, health care | American | www.amamanualofstyle.com |
| AP | AP Stylebook | Associated Press | journalism, wire service | American | www.apstylebook.com |
| APA | APA style | American Psychological Association | psychology, social sciences | American | www.apastyle.org |
| BCE | Butcher’s Copy-editing | Cambridge University Press | general; publishing | British | |
| CBE | Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th edition, now called Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers | Council of Science Editors back when it was called the Council of Biology Editors | science, especially life sciences | American | |
| CGEL | Cambridge Grammar of the English Language | Cambridge University Press | grammar and usage | British | |
| CGEU | Cambridge Guide to English Usage | Cambridge University Press | grammar and usage | British | |
| CMOS | The Chicago Manual of Style | University of Chicago Press | general use, publishing | American | www.chicagomanualofstyle.org |
| CMS (less commonly used than CMOS) | The Chicago Manual of Style | University of Chicago Press | general use, publishing | American | www.chicagomanualofstyle.org |
| CSE | Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers | Council of Science Editors | science, especially life sciences | American | |
| GMAU | Garner's Modern American Usage | Oxford University Press | grammar and usage | American | |
| GPO | U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual | United States Government Publishing Office | government publishing | American | www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008 |
| GRM | The Gregg Reference Manual | McGraw-Hill Higher Education | business records and correspondence | American, Canadian | mhhe.com/business/buscom/gregg/ |
| ISO 690 | ISO 690 | International Organization for Standardization | general | American | |
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| MAU | Modern American Usage by Follett, often called Follett's Modern American Usage | | grammar and usage | American | |
| MEUB | Fowler’s Modern English Usage, Burchfield edition | | grammar and usage | British | |
| MEUF | Fowler’s Modern English Usage, Fowler edition | | grammar and usage | British | |
| MEUG | Fowler’s Modern English Usage, Gowers edition | | grammar and usage | British | |
| MHRA | MHRA Style Guide | Modern Humanities Research Association | humanities | British | |
| MLA | MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing | Modern Language Association | humanities | American | www.mla.org/store/CID25/PID341 |
| MLAH | The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | Modern Language Association | humanities | American | www.mlahandbook.org |
| MSTP | Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications | Microsoft | technical writing on IT topics | American | |
| MWC | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary | Merriam-Webster | general | American | unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate |
| MWCD | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary | Merriam-Webster | general | American | unabridged.merriam-webster.com/collegiate |
| MWDS | Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Synonyms | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWDEU | Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage | Merriam-Webster | grammar and usage | American | |
| MWEU | Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage | Merriam-Webster | grammar and usage | American | |
| MWG | Merriam-Webster’s Guide to Punctuation and Style | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWM | Merriam-Webster’s Manual for Writers and Editors (2nd ed. of MWSM) | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWNI2 | Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary (Unabridged, 2nd ed.) | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWI3 | Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary (Unabridged) | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWSM | Merriam-Webster’s Standard American Style Manual | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| NHR | New Hart’s Rules | Oxford University Press | general use, publishing | British | www.oxforddictionaries.com > New Hart's Rules search filter |
| NYT | New York Times Manual of Style and Usage | The New York Times | journalism | American | |
| ODSWE | Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors | Oxford University Press | science writing, technical writing | British | |
| ODWE | Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors | Oxford University Press | general | British | |
| OED | Oxford English Dictionary | Oxford University Press | general | British | |
| OSM | Oxford Style Manual (combines ODWE and a fuller predecessor of NHR) | Oxford University Press | general | British | |
| S&W | Elements of Style (Strunk and White) | | general | American | |
| TKE | The King's English (Fowler and Fowler) | | grammar and usage | British | |
| Tur | A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian | general, especially academic papers | | American | |
| URM | Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, now called the ICMJE recommendations | International Committee of Medical Journal Editors | scientific journals, especially life sciences and medical journals | International | |
| WIT | Words into Type | Prentice Hall | general use, publishing | American | |