Checklist of common JMLR formatting errors

    Citations

       1. Citations should not be used as nouns (paper must read correctly with parenthesized portions omitted)
       2. Parentheses should not be nested inside parentheses

    Sections, Tables and Figures

       1. References to `Section 3', (equiv. `Table', `Equation', `Figure') should be capitalized
       2. Figures, tables should be centered
       3. Captions should be under figure or table

    Math

       1. Math in sentences should keep sentence grammatical
       2. Only referenced equations should have eqn numbers

    References

       1. Inconsistent reference format
       2. Bad breaks on reference lines

    Misc Problems

       1. Paper should be formatted for letter-sized (8.5x11 inch) paper rather than A4
       2. Orphaned lines
       3. Filename should be author followed by year, followed by letter index, e.g., jones02a