List of style guide abbreviations
This list of style guide abbreviations provides the meanings of the abbreviations that are commonly used as short ways to refer to major style guides. They are used especially by editors communicating with other editors in manuscript queries, proof queries, marginalia, emails, message boards, and so on.
| Abbreviation | Style guide | Organization | Field/subject | Principal national variety | Reference |
| ACS | ACS style | American Chemical Society | chemistry, chemical engineering | American | |
| ASG | Apple Style Guide | Apple Inc. | general | American | apple.com |
| AHD | The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | general | American | |
| AMA | AMA Manual of Style | American Medical Association | medicine, health care | American | |
| AP | AP Stylebook | Associated Press | journalism, wire service | American | |
| APA | APA style | American Psychological Association | psychology, social sciences | American | |
| BCE | Butcher’s Copy-editing | Cambridge University Press | general; publishing | British | |
| BSH | The Business Style Handbook | McGraw-Hill | business writing | American | |
| 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 | |
| CMS | The Chicago Manual of Style | University of Chicago Press | general use, publishing | American | |
| 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 | |
| GRM | The Gregg Reference Manual | McGraw-Hill Higher Education | business records and correspondence | American, Canadian | |
| ISO 690 | ISO 690 | International Organization for Standardization | general | American | |
| 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 | |
| MLAH | The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers | Modern Language Association | humanities | American | |
| 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 | |
| MWCD | Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| 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 | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWNI2 | Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary | Merriam-Webster | general | American | |
| MWI3 | Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary | 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 | > 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 | Oxford University Press | general | British | |
| RILM | The RILM Manual of Style | Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale | writing on music | American | |
| S&W | Elements of Style | general | American | ||
| TKE | The King's English | 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 |