Say there are four appendices at the end of Chapter 11. Number them as follows:
Appendix 11A
Appendix 11B
Appendix 11C
Appendix 11D
Say there are two tables in Appendix 11A. Number them as follows:
Table 11A.1
Table 11A.2
Say there is a photograph in Appendix 11D. Number it as follows:
Photograph 11D.1
Appendix 11A
Appendix 11B
Appendix 11C
Appendix 11D
Say there are two tables in Appendix 11A. Number them as follows:
Table 11A.1
Table 11A.2
Say there is a photograph in Appendix 11D. Number it as follows:
Photograph 11D.1
let's say, there's an Appendix at the end of the book, and we have a photograph in there. Photographs in chapters are numbered as:
ReplyDeletePhotograph 1.1
Photograph 1.2.
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This is how I would number the Appendix Photo?
Photograph A.1
For the second Appendix, if any, the numbering will be:
Photograph B.1
Dear editor,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this post. This one is particularly useful. Today I learnt something new.
The choice to number the Appendices as 11A, 11B and hence the appendix tables 11A.1, 11A.2, 11B.1, 11B.2, etc., IS VERY NEAT. This is what should be done when there are multiple appendices and tables and figures in these at the end of a chapter.
It is also as per the basic logic of double numeration that CMS proposes. Neater than when appendices are numbered by numerals. [then the tables would have to be numbered as 11.1A.1 11.2A.1 (or 11.A1.1, 11.A2.1)-- much more cumbersome!]
Your postulation reflects something I have always believed in. When reading any style guide, we should always imbibe its logic/spirit and not go by just the examples it gives.
Book-end appendices anyway don't pose much of a problem, since there one doesnt have to capture the chapter number. So one can number appendices by numerals (hence the tables would go: A1.1, A1.2, A2.1, A2.1)or letters of the alphabet...