Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Underlining or Italics

In english writing, underlining or italics are of great importance. The folloowing rules help me with italics:

1:Underline titles of long works such as books, magazines, albums, movies, etc. (Do not underline end punctuation.)
Example: We use The Language Handbook to study grammar.
Example: We use The Language Handbook to study grammar.


2:Underline foreign words which are not commonly used in everyday English.
Example: If you look closely, you'll see e pluribus on most U.S. currency.
Example: If you look closely, you'll see e pluribus on most U.S. currency.

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/conventions/punctuation.html#DASH

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