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Starvinghysterical Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Italics
Hi, I haven't made the style choice yet. I don't want to overuse such devices. But were I to go with some italics here, could someone please show me where exactly I should italicize?
My sentence: "A good deal of criticism is levied at sports, but not enough at sports management."
Were to I go with the italics, my question would be do I italicize just "management" or both "sports" and "management?" Thank you. I can't sound it out in my head and get a conclusive answer. I appreciate it.
My sentence: "A good deal of criticism is levied at sports, but not enough at sports management."
Were to I go with the italics, my question would be do I italicize just "management" or both "sports" and "management?" Thank you. I can't sound it out in my head and get a conclusive answer. I appreciate it.
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You would normally use such devices in exactly the same way that you would emphasise words in spoken English. There are two options that would make sense to the reader: 1) Italicise "management" on its own, as that is the differentiator, OR 2) Italicise both "sports" (in the first half of the sentence) and "sports management" in the latter half. Hope that helps.
- You would normally use such devices in exactly the same way that you would emphasise words in spoken English.
- There are two options that would make sense to the reader: 1) Italicise "management" on its own, as that is the differentiator, OR 2) Italicise both "sports" (in the first half of the sentence) and "sports management" in the latter half.
- Hope that helps.
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You would normally use such devices in exactly the same way that you would emphasise words in spoken English. There are two options that would make sense to the reader:
1) Italicise "management" on its own, as that is the differentiator,
OR
2) Italicise both "sports" (in the first half of the sentence) and "sports management" in the latter half.
Hope that helps.
1) Italicise "management" on its own, as that is the differentiator,
OR
2) Italicise both "sports" (in the first half of the sentence) and "sports management" in the latter half.
Hope that helps.
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Starvinghystericalwhere exactly I should italicizeI see no reason whatsoever to italicize anything in that sentence.
CJ
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