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Believer Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Slanting words

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00What is the reason for slanting the word here? I seem to see slanting done almost in a nonchalant fashion. I thought slanting is a possible subsitutue for quotation marks. Can slanting be used to highlight a word or phrase or clause?02br
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00... takes the sovereignity of God so seriously that you might actually be 01i00suprised02i00 by God every once in a while.0-
  

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0It's called italics. It is often used to add emphasis in some way and it isn't a replacement for quotation marks.0-
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0Thank you.02br
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00Would you say that quotation can be used for emphasis. I think a lot of people in this forum has said in the past that a person can't use quotation marks just to highlight a single word or whole phrase or clause, but I think I gleaned over at a source that said it can be used such a way.02br
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00He called what he saw "milky red",
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0Ah, right, sorry, yes. I was thinking quotation marks as in speech. What you need to add emphasis are 01u00single02u00 quotation marks, such as 02br
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00The use of 'the' instead of 'a' can be quite confusing to learners of English.02br
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00As you can see, it's not always a straightforward emphasis. Try searching this site for
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01cite10Believer12cite10Can slanting be used to highlight a word or phrase or clause?12blockquote
10 Yes. The use you illustrate here (01i00su01font01b00r02b02font00prised02i00) is an example of indicating vocal stress to emphasize a w
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