You are viewing all posts tagged italics
Medical terms such as Staphylococcus aureus are italicized at each instance, but acronyms for these terms (in this case, MRSA), are always set in roman . . .
Published 18 February 2020
In prose, style a transliterated title the same way you would style the title in English.
In the following example, the transliterated title A fidler afn . . .
Published 16 December 2019
Publishers differ in their practice. In its publications, the MLA's preference is not to italicize commas that appear after italicized elements. However, we are open to . . .
Published 17 September 2019
Many works of art, especially older ones, were not given formal titles by their creators or were given one that is no longer known and thus have . . .
Names of earthworks, like names of buildings, should not be italicized:
We took a trip to see the Great Serpent Mound.
. . .
As the MLA Handbook (2.5.2) notes, "When giving a URL," or Web address, "copy it in full from your Web browser." Thus, a . . .
Yes. Titles of software programs, including apps (e.g., Kindle, Instagram, and Facebook), are italicized in MLA style.
. . .
MLA style was developed to be used by writers in the humanities, so we defer to our colleagues at The Chicago Manual of Style regarding . . .
The Homeric hymns refer to poems that were once attributed, mistakenly, to the ancient Greek poet Homer. They are Homeric only in the sense that they were . . .
Published 30 January 2019
Only italicize et al., meaning "and others," if it is referred to as a term, as the examples in this sentence and the question above . . .
Published 17 January 2019