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Zerox Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Use of italics
Is there any hard-and-fast rules how italics should be used, especially with foreign words; or is it just a matter of taste? For example, in an academic literary essay, if I desire to use not so common a phrase such as 'faux pas' or something in the similar vein, should it be in italics?
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'Faux pas' is solidly English now. If it is not in the English dictionary, use italics.
- 'Faux pas' is solidly English now.
- If it is not in the English dictionary, use italics.
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'Faux pas' is solidly English now. If it is not in the English dictionary, use italics.
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'Faux pas' is solidly English now. If it is not in the English dictionary, use italics.
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Now that we have the ability, we use italics for the title of a publication, where we used to have to underline it. I read Dickens' Great Expectations (now replaced by Great Expectations).
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