Parables, biblical, capitalization of titles, 20.
Paragraphs, explanation of, 57; rules for, 55–58; unity, 57; emphasis, 57, 58; length, 57; coherence, 57; connective words between related sentences, 58; space used proportional to importance, 58; length, 58; indention of, 55, 57, 58, 60.
Parcel post, domestic, 131, 162; foreign, 136.
Parentheses: substitution of dashes for, 14; use of, with interrogation-point, 16; placing of period with, 11; defined, 18; use of, in figures or letters to mark divisions in enumerations, 18; subdivided by brackets, 18.
Participles: list of, how spelled, 37; not to be hyphenated with adverbs ending in “-ly,” 46; ending in _-ing_, distinguished from verbal nouns, 106.
Particles, in French, German, Italian, and Dutch, capitalization of, 25–26.
Parties, political, capitalization of names of, 27.
Peoples, capitalization of names or epithets of, 27.
Periodicals: titles of, definite article not to be treated as part of, 30; use of italics for, 62; postal rates, etc., 129.
Periods: placing of, in connection with quotation-marks, 11; rules for use of, 11–12; omitted after running-heads, 12; after box-heads in tables, 12; after cut-in side notes, 12; after centered head-lines, 12; after legends, 12; after subheads, 12; after date-lines, 12; after signatures, 12; after titles, blocked headings, etc., 12; after roman numerals, 12; use of, after abbreviations, 12; after a complete sentence, 12; to indicate an ellipsis, 12.
Personifications: abstract ideas, capitalization of, 23.
Phrases: inverted, use of comma, 5; in apposition, use of comma, 6; salutatory, use of comma, 7; foreign, italicization of, 62–63.
“Pilgrim Fathers,” capitalization of, 22.
Plurals, of foreign words: _cherub_, _memorandum_, _datum_, _donna_, _stratum_, _addendum_, and _rubai_, 109.
P.M. (_post meridiem_): set in small capitals, 30; spacing of, 59.
Poetry: rules for quotation alignment, in setting, 17; titles of poems, to be quoted, 17; omission of apostrophe in poems when word is contracted for meter, 19; capitalization of first word of each line, 29; indention of, 55; italicizing of, 62.
Points of compass: capitalization of, 22, 23, 24; hyphenization, 49.
Political alliances, parties, divisions, capitalization of names of, 27, 28.