Grammar Girl's guide to italics

The usage of italics, like many aspects of writing, can depend on what stylebook you’re using.

But in the absence of a particular style guide, there are some general rules for italicizing text that you can follow.

Bonnie Mills at the Grammar Girl blog provides a primer on when to italicize words and punctuation marks.

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