The italicization is the last line of W.S. Merwin's poem "History," which is much about autumn and endings, about consciousness and its place in the universe, about the turnings of history and the ina. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Off To Cover The Obama Grassroots: I Was Not Going To Be Long] Reference
The italicization is the last line of W.S. Merwin's poem "History," which is much about autumn and endings, about consciousness and its place in the universe, about the turnings of history and the inadequacy of language to capture them. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Off To Cover The Obama Grassroots: I Was Not Going To Be Long] Reference
Sometimes, for example, italicization is used instead, as in (7). From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
I mean, there are gimmicks and then there are awesome gimmicks. the latter demand italicization. From Wordnik.com. [ARNOCORPS SINGS SONGS ABOUT ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER] Reference
The triangle thingies, chawunky, use the triangle thingies and ye shall triumph over non-italicization. From Wordnik.com. [VIMANARAMA Vertigo Comics, 2005] Reference
As for your final breathless paragraph in which you tax the lethal power of italicization – yep, Rather made a mistake. From Wordnik.com. [The Times’ Rather « BuzzMachine] Reference
A similar logic governs the italicization of foreign words — that would be words that are not proper nouns, incidentally. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » August] Reference
When I did that, I noticed that the first ten letters which were encrypted in this way, which had this italicization, spelled out "Smithy Code.". From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2006] Reference
For instance, I had written at length on the subject of italicization in my blogs of August 24 – 26, so revisiting it was not high on my list of priorities. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » October] Reference
But surely it would be absurd to suppose (consistently with Davidson's view) that the italicization of (3) 's subject term is itself a demonstrative expression!. From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
As Connell's italicization suggests, it was print itself that fascinated Dibdin, and it is entirely appropriate that it should have been Dibdin's The Bibliomania. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliographic Romance: Bibliophilia and the Book Object] Reference
The fact that so many of these terms are in French, and thus require italicization, is not the only reason that the ballet jargon is problematic in this excerpt, however. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » The dreaded Frankenstein manuscript, part XXIII: how much detail is tutu much?] Reference
At 191 pages, the book is the standard thickness of other baby books, but I found the information well organized with its use of headings, subheadings, indents and italicization. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: The Lull-A-Baby Sleep Plan | Thingamababy] Reference
Now the judge was Mr. Justice Peter Smith, and so Smithy code was obviously his way of signaling that this wasn't a random italicization or some word processing error, that he had imposed this thing deliberately. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2006] Reference
Now that a writer could not sell a manuscript professionally without providing a soft copy, as well as a hard copy, the underlining rule has simply been replaced with an italicization one with governed by identical logic. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Author bios, part VIII: and then there are those pesky loose ends] Reference
You have neglected to fess up to causing the italicization mess. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Many modern editions of the King James Version omit the italicization. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
I have omitted signature indicators and italicization of the running heads. From Wordnik.com. [The Shape of Fear] Reference
I have also retained the original orthography and italicization since they covey emphasis unavailable in purely Roman typeface. From Wordnik.com. [The Countess of Lincolnes Nurserie: A Critical Edition] Reference
It is virtually indistinguisable from the blockquote tag (except for italicization) even though the James F. Perry 15: 21, 18 October 2008 (UTC). From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It is virtually indistinguisable from the '' blockquote '' tag (except for italicization) even though the '' functions '' of the two are radically different. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Spelling, punctuation, italicization, capitalization, abbrevs, foreign words and phrases, tricky names of people and places, and printing technicalities were its territory. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 4] Reference
His style is didactic and tends toward the peremptory, and he makes good sense; but occasionally his coverage of a topic is sparse (FOREIGN WORDS, where rules for italicization are virtually ignored), or nonexistent (the split infinitive is not discussed at all), or unnecessary (Do people really confuse shortfall with windfall?), or improperly described ( "As a verbal modifier following a verb, either wrong or wrongly is permissible, though wrong is preferred."). From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3] Reference
I’ll deal with the specifics of fonts and italicization tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » October] Reference
3. I almost always finish books....very little italicization on this list. From Wordnik.com. [Too tempting.] Reference
Here, we have a case in which an expression is quoted ” not by means of quotation marks ” but by means of italicization. From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
Instead, she says, “Oh, here’s another one who doesn’t know that italicization choices are the province of a book’s editor, not the author.”. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Improving those opening pages, part II: preparing your manuscript for its first target reader] Reference
It is now a generally accepted convention to distinguish book titles by italicization, so we are taken aback when we read George Bernard Shaw railing against the advice given by an early edition of Hart’s Rules. From Wordnik.com. [Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography] Reference
On an unrelated note, why are some appellate courts (including this one) (or any other legal practitioner for that matter) still pretending they don’t have word processors and insisting on using hard-to-read underlining instead of easy-to-read italicization for case names?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Refusal to Consent to Caesarean Section as Neglect of the Child?] Reference
So I guess my answer, Claire, is that I don’t think you should take any of my ilk’s pronouncements as canonical, especially when it’s a matter of style, not hard-and-fast rules — which, incidentally, is what most discussions of italicization choices are but of that, more tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » October] Reference
But he would neither bring up the book’s elided questions much less the Final Fantasy-style ellipses, the occasional italicization of the “Q.,” or the even more infrequent double questions represented only by the seventeenth letter of the alphabet, followed by trusted period, nor would he address “Octet.”. From Wordnik.com. [James Wood on DFW : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
First, there is the italicization method. From Wordnik.com. [Author! Author! » 2006 » August] Reference
(Insert magic powers to end chronic italicization. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Note the very deliberate italicization, which was in the original (you can read it at. From Wordnik.com. [Alec Saunders SquawkBox] Reference
Final Fantasy-style ellipses, the occasional italicization of the "Q.," or the even more infrequent double questions represented only by the seventeenth letter of the alphabet, followed by trusted period), nor would he address "Octet.". From Wordnik.com. [Edward Champion's Reluctant Habits] Reference
But the change in font family or italicization?. From Wordnik.com. [Omics! Omics!] Reference
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