In typography, italic type is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting.
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Possessives of a title in italics
If one writes a word in italics, say the name of a movie, and wants to put apostrophe s at the end to form the possessive, is the apostrophe s italicised with the title? Chinatown's or Chinatown's?
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How is a thought within a story within a story indicated?
If a story is being told within a story so that it is italicized and a character within this sub-story expresses a thought, something normally italicized, how is that thought conveyed? I would think ...
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Is it acceptable to italicize a compound descriptor instead of hyphenating it?
I'm having a disagreement about how to treat a compound descriptor like "This is one of those everyone-shut-up-and-go-away kind of days."
It has been claimed to me that this descriptor can just as ...
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Citing publications with stylized titles
In a situation where the title of a work is stylized, e.g. "Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill", should this title be fully italicized as Choose the Red Pill and the Blue Pill when cited?
It ...
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Italic or quote marks for ideas and concepts [duplicate]
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What is the best way to mention a word: italics, quotes, or single-quotes (apostrophes)?
What is the better way to typeset terms referring to ideas and concepts, italics ...
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When should you use italics to reference an example and when should it be inside apostrophes?
When should you use italics to reference an example or quote, and when should it be inside apostrophes instead?
(I am trying to tighten up here. I write in advertising and we break so many rules with ...
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How should I write “Why questions”?
I would like to know how to properly write, somewhere in a paragraph, the phrase "Why questions". By which I mean questions of the form "Why... ?".
The sentence I would like to write is "How to ...
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Indicate title without italics or underline
How do you indicate the title of a major work if neither italics nor underline are available? Would you fall back on quotes or should you use something else?
Text messages are an example of where ...
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Is there a difference between Quotes and Italics? [duplicate]
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What is the best way to mention a word: italics, quotes, or single-quotes (apostrophes)?
Would it make a difference whether I put a word in quotes or in italics?
Is ...
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Should individual letters of the Latin alphabet be italicized?
Dotting the i's and crossing the t's.
Dotting the i's and crossing the t's.
Should individual letters of the Latin alphabet be italicized in the above example?
EDIT (AFTER Neil Coffey's ANSWER): ...
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Italicization of “aka”
I received a document where one collaborator italicized aka and another did not. Should aka be italicized?
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Are software titles italicized?
The titles of freestanding works (books, movies, plays, albums, etc.) are italicized; smaller parts within these works (chapters in a book, articles in a magazine, songs within an album) are not (they ...
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What is the best way to mention a word: italics, quotes, or single-quotes (apostrophes)?
If I want to mention the word "furlong", for example, should I use furlong, "furlong", or 'furlong'? Also, am I correct in putting the punctuation outside the quotes?
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When and where to italicize a term in text? [closed]
Assume that the following text are excerpts from a book ...
Book: Fun with Math
Chapter 1: We will learn about lots of numbers like integers, real,
even numbers and odd numbers.
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Why is this ‘loved’ italicized? [duplicate]
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Usage of italics in writing
“But I was patient. I wrote back. I was sympathetic, I was kind. Ginny simply loved me. No one’s ever understood me like you, Tom...I’m so ...
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Do I use italics for hotel and restaurant names?
I'm writing a bio for a friend, and I mention many hotels and restaurants, some of which are foreign. Should I use italics?
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How do I style book titles in a block of italicized text?
Book titles, among others, are commonly written in italics.
She had read this quote in Pride and Prejudice.
But what should I do if a title appears in a block of text that is already italicized, ...
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Italics and punctuation
This might be a tad off-topic, but I am looking for an English-specific answer.
When I’m using italic text to denote emphasis or a quotation, should the italicisation extend to the punctuation ...
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Books and other things with the same name
Is it proper to say "the book and movie Of Mice and Men" even though the two identical terms "Of Mice and Men" do not refer to the same entity?
An alternative would be "the book Of Mice and Men and ...
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Correct spelling/italicization of e.g., i.e.?
Should e.g. and i.e. have periods, e.g. "e.g.", or no periods, eg "eg"? Should they be italicized, e.g. "i.e." or not, eg "i.e"?
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Usage of italics in writing
In which cases is a word, or a group of words written in italics?
Is italics used in specific contexts, or it is quite normal to write words in italics?
