"The Office of the Reporter of Decisions works closely with the justices and judges and their staffs to ensure that opinions and orders published in the Michigan Reports and the Michigan Appeals Reports are generally consistent in style, structure, and format and that quotations and citations of authority adhere to a common set of standards. The Michigan Appellate Opinion Manual sets forth those standards observed in the editing of opinions for publication. It features discussion of the rules for quotation of authority, “Frequently Suggested Corrections” and “Word List” appendixes, and a liberal employment of examples"--Introduction.