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Is it okay to use a colon within a bulleted list?
Question 1: Are colons allowed in a list?
Business writing skills: data entry, email, presentation and press release writing.
Question 2: Should there be only one and in a sentence?
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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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“E.g.” or “e. g.” (with a blank)?
What is the correct form, and why, in scientific papers (US English)?
e.g.
e. g.
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English line breaking rules
In Czech typography, some prepositions are not allowed to be at the end of the line, so line break is not allowed between that preposition and the following word.
Are there similar rules in English ...
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When should I not use a ligature in English typesetting?
Typesetting that goes beyond the scope of basic MS Word (e.g. LaTeX, or even modern Word versions with a good OpenType font) often uses ligatures for certain glyph combinations, the most common being
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Is the word “formulæ” valid English?
Is the word formulæ, written with an æ at the end, valid in English? I stumbled upon this apparently plural form of formula in the Wiktionary.
I had no idea the letter æ could occur in English. Does ...
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“Curriculum Vitae” vs “Curriculum Vitæ”
I was just seeing the CV of Dr. Donald Knuth, which he calls as his Curriculum Vitæ. So is Curriculum Vitæ more appropriate than the commonly used Curriculum Vitae?
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Is there any significance in little curls joining the st and ct in old books?
I've been reading a facsimile edition of Defoe's Captain Singleton and have noticed a little quirk of the text; where an st or a ct appear, they are joined with a little curl over the top, but nt, rt ...
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Why there's a difference between the two common appearances of the letter “a”? [closed]
Luckily the forum is using Georgia typeface, so both can be easily shown below:
a vs a
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What's the most appropriate name for non-italicized text: “roman” or “upright”?
Let's say I am reviewing galley proofs, and the author has written some text in italics which shouldn't be. Would I write: “please typeset this word in roman” or “please typeset this word upright”? If ...
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Should this word be in quotes or in italic?
Let's suppose there exists a standard that documents fruits.
This standard has already accepted apple and peach. Banana has just been accepted as a standard. When I say:
The proposal of banana has ...
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Do native speakers leave out articles in slides for space?
Sometimes a and the take too much space in a slide, and I delete all of them to save me extra lines.
Is it a good practice?
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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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How should blockquoted quotations be formatted?
If I quote someone in a context where a blockquote is appropriate and there isn't lead-in prose which identifies the source, how should it be typeset? I'm quoting a saying or remark, as would be done ...
