ItalicsThe following text items should be italicized: --titles of books, magazines, newspapers, plays, movies, works of art, long poems, and long musical compositions.
The Harmonizer --Names of ships, aircraft, and spacecraft
Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis --Words, letters, or figures when referred to as words, letters, or figures.
The g in align is silent. --Foreign words and phrases that have not been naturalized in English. This also applies to most musical terms as well.
--Many foreign words and phrases have become Americanized, so they would not need to be italicized.
--Latin scientific names for botanical or zoological classes a thick-shelled American clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) --Legal cases, both in full and shortened form; however, the letter v for versus is not italicized in legal cases.
Jones v. Michigan
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