Wikibooks: English in Use/Typography and Document Format
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| Summary: | TODO Add boldface uses and other useful info from = General format = = Numbers = = Abbreviations = = Italic type = Wikipedia Italic type Italics are used for [[Emphasis]] Smith wasn t the only guilty party it s true. The titles of works that stand by themselves such as books or newspapers There was a performance of Beethoven s Ode to Joy . Works that appear within larger works such as short stories poems or newspaper articles are not italicized but merely set off in quotation marks. The names of ships The Queen Mary sailed last night. Foreign words A splendid coq au vin was served. Using a word as an example of a word rather than for its semantic content The word the is an article. Introducing terms especially technical terms or those used in an unusual or different way Freudian psychology is based on the ego the super ego and the id . Sometimes in novels to indicate a character s thought process This can t be happening thought Mary. The Latin ( ) in the of living organisms Rats belong to the species rattus rattus . Symbols for and other s The speed of light c is approximately equal to 3.00×10 8 m s 1 . If something within a run of italics needs to be italicized itself the type is switched back to non italicized ( ) type That sounds like the Ode to Joy played backwards thought Mary. English/Exercise Correct any errors present in the following sentences. When will the Queen Mary be arriving in the port? Lets have escargot for dinner tonight. Did you enjoy s ? When will the Queen Mary be arriving in the port? ( No changes ) Lets have escargot for dinner tonight. Did you enjoy s ? = Emphasis = Wikipedia Emphasis (typography) Italic type is usually used for emphasis. In media where italicization is not possible alternatives are used as substitutes In or text [[underlining]] is typically used. In plain text including communication italicized words are often indicated by surrounding them with or other matched I was /really/ annoyed I had nothing to do with it They completely English in Use/Navigation Other key topics ... |
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