The importance of proper use of italics

Thank you for the smile

 

Go boldly where we have never gone before.

I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.
I never said we should italicize them.

 

That brings up one of my pet peeves, when people use quote marks to indicate emphasis.

And, commas save lives.

Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!

 

Ah, the arts of writing………

……… just one more thought.



How the hell do people read and write music????

 

All to often seen: We are "open"

 

imgladthatonedaysomeguysaidwhynotputspacesbetweenwordsthatwouldmakeiteasiertoreadandthatwasbeforepunctuation

 

Funny you should give that example. Way back when, in second grade when I was first learning to write in cursive, we had finished the exercises and had to write complete sentences using our newly acquired cursive skills. Not knowing otherwise (not sure why, really), I wrote the sentences connecting every word together. After the period I started another sentence, all connected. For the life of me I can't imagine why I didn't know better at the time. Just one of those things. But that was 50 years ago.

 

I am peeved a little by that, too. We should raise our voices for emphasis instead.(But not in a MEAN way, rather a way that gets the message across).

 

Creatively done, Mr. Cawtuh

 

Complete waste of space if you ask me.

 

I used to wonder about that during my H.S. Band days....How does the Conductor have time to do all that writing for feetball game songs, marching band songs, concert music?

 

Capitalization is also crucial. Consider the difference between;
I helped my Uncle Jack off a horse.
I helped my uncle jack off a horse.

 

.i rarely use capitols..

 

Right Gary, that was clever of Mr. Cawtuh, and I told him so.

 

You still need to capitalize Uncle with your second offering.

 

See, I told you it’s crucial!

 

I'll use a few capitols right now....Berlin, Madrid, Budapest, Washington DC, Bucharest, Paris.......(chuk yuk yyuk)