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ACS style guide represents best practices within the field of chemistry. This citation style guide is based on the 3rd edition of The ACS Style Guideline: Effective Communication of Scientific Communication.  \nMANUSCRIPT FORMATTING: ACS recommend the following manuscript formatting:  \n• ACS style focuses more on precision and unambiguous writing. Sentences need to have a clear meaning that easily flows from one to the next. If not, misinterpretations might confuse the reader.  \n• The style recommended by the ACS is taken from already established sources such as The Chicago Manual of Style, Words into Type and the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual  \nGrammar, Punctuation and Spelling  \nGrammar, Punctuation and Spelling are covered in Chapter 9 of the ACS Style Guidelines, pp. 105-134.  \n• Subject Verb agreement – The subject and its verb have to agree in number. For instance, two singular subjects joined by “and” must use a plural verb, unless the plural form of the subject is used in singular effect which then uses a singular verb.  \no Ex: Growth and isolation of M13 virus were described. (plural verb)  \no Ex: Research and development is attracting a growing number of young scientists.(singular verb)  \n• Awkward Omissions of Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs – All subjects within a compound sentence must use the proper verb and auxiliary verb.  \no Ex: The eluant was added to the column, and the samples were collected in 10 mL increments.  \n• Dangling Modifiers – These are modifying words or phrases used with the intent to modify other words but fail to do so. These can be accidentally created when writing in passive voice and must be avoided.  \no Ex: When confronted with these limitations, the experiments were discontinued.(incorrect)  \no Ex: When confronted with these limitations, we discontinued the experiments.  \no In light of these limitations, the experiments were discontinued. (correct)  \n• Reflexive Pronouns – Only use reflexive pronouns to refer back to a noun or pronoun in the same sentence.  \no Ex: Please send your manuscript to the associate editor or myself. (incorrect)  \no Ex: Please send your manuscript to the associate editor or me. The associate editor herself will review your manuscript. (correct)  \nEditorial Style  \nEditorial Style are covered in Chapter 10 of the ACS Style Guidelines, pp. 135-202.  \n• Titles and Headings  \no In titles, capitalize main words but do not capitalize coordinating conjunctions (“and”), articles (“a”), or prepositions.  \no Capitalize “as” not as a preposition but as a subordinating conjunction  \no Do not capitalize descriptors of the chemical name but do capitalize the first English word  \no Capitalize genus names but no do not capitalize the species name  \n• Greek Letters  \no Use Greek letters for chemical and physical terms, not the spelled-out words  \nNumbers, Mathematics and Units of Measurements  \nNumbers, Mathematics and Units of Measurements covered in Chapter 11 of the ACS Style Guidelines, pp. 203-232.  \n• Numbers  \no Uses spaces between numerals and their unit  \no Number below 10 should be written out while number 10 and above can use their numeral value. 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Activity was found in 4 pairs, but not 20 pairs. )  \no Spell out the numeral if it starts the sentence  \no Use numbers in the sense of math (exp. 5-fold)  \nNames and Numbers Compound for Chemical Compounds  \nNames and Numbers Compound for Chemical Compounds covered in Chapter 9 of the ACS Style Guidelines, pp. 233-254.  \n• Locants and Descriptors  \no Use hyphens when numerals act as locants, such 6-aminobenzothiazole  \no Use italics for chemical","cbCainek9Mx3X23U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainek9Mx3X23U","pdf",239376,"English","# Manuscript Formatting and Writing Principles\n## Precision and Unambiguous Writing\n# Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling\n## Subject-Verb Agreement\n## Awkward Omissions of Verbs\n## Dangling Modifiers\n## Reflexive Pronouns\n# Editorial Style\n## Titles and Headings\n## Greek Letters\n# Numbers, Mathematics, and Units of Measurements\n## Number Formatting Rules\n# ACS Style: General Format for Citations\n## Internal Citations","[{\"question\":\"What does ACS Style refer to and what is its purpose?\",\"answer\":\"ACS Style refers to the citation format of the American Chemical Society and includes guidance used across many journals. 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