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<p>212.50.172.82: </p> <hr /> <div>''This page is one of a group on [[Typography of titles|how to present titles]]. You may also want to see [[titles - capitalisation|how to use CAPITAL letters in titles]].''<br /> <br /> When considering how to mark the title of a source in academic work (or, in any writing, to give the title of a published work), we divide them into two groups. First are ‘the heavyweights’, pieces of a certain length and importance, for example:<br /> *books – factual or fiction, plays, operas and films;<br /> *journals and newspapers;<br /> *major poems, of a length over, say, 50 pages<br /> *titles of sequences, e.g. of song-cycles, paintings and poems<br /> The 'heavyweights' are ''italicised'', in our current conventions. (For an older convention, click [[Title - italic or underlined|here]].)<br /> <br /> Second are smaller pieces, often component parts of members of the first group. These include:<br /> *chapters of books, short stories, and articles in Journals;<br /> *short poems, songs and 'pieces', for example in operas;<br /> *individual pictures.<br /> The 'lightweights' are enclosed within single [[inverted comma]]s (' ') in AWE.<br /> <br /> The precise memberships of these groups is largely a matter of judgement and taste. In general, try to adapt your practice to a consistent view of what constitutes a long and what a short piece of work. Over time, it will change; and there will always be borderline cases which will be disputed by [[pedant]]s.<br /> <br /> '''&lt;big&gt;Be aware that different publishers and different academic departments and subjects have different rules for how to mark titles. Follow the appropriate guidelines for your current purposes.'''&lt;/big&gt;<br /> [[category:punctuation]] [[category:typographical layout]] [[category:academic culture]] [[Category:Academic English]] <br /> [[Category:Usage]]</div>

212.50.172.82 http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php/Titles_-_italicisation 2007-02-09T00:09:42Z

<p>212.50.172.82: </p> <hr /> <div>''This page is one of a group on [[Typography of titles|how to present titles]]. You may also want to see [[titles - capitalisation|how to use CAPITAL letters in titles]].''<br /> <br /> When considering how to mark the title of a source in academic work (or, in any writing, to give the title of a published work), we divide them into two groups. First are ‘the heavyweights’, pieces of a certain length and importance, for example:<br /> *books – factual or fiction, plays, operas and films;<br /> *journals and newspapers;<br /> *major poems, of a length over, say, 50 pages<br /> *titles of sequences, e.g. of song-cycles, paintings and poems<br /> The 'heavyweights' are ''italicised'', in our current conventions. (For an older convention, click [[Title - italic or underlined|here]].)<br /> <br /> Second are smaller pieces, often component parts of members of the first group. These include:<br /> *chapters of books, short stories, and articles in Journals;<br /> *short poems, songs and 'pieces', for example in operas;<br /> *individual pictures.<br /> The 'lightweights' are enclosed within single [[inverted comma]]s (' ')in AWE.<br /> <br /> The precise memberships of these groups is largely a matter of judgement and taste. In general, try to adapt your practice to a consistent view of what constitutes a long and what a short piece of work. Over time, it will change; and there will always be borderline cases which will be disputed by [[pedant]]s.<br /> <br /> '''&lt;big&gt;Be aware that different publishers and different academic departments and subjects have different rules for how to mark titles. Follow the appropriate guidelines for your current purposes.'''&lt;/big&gt;<br /> [[category:punctuation]] [[category:typographical layout]] [[category:academic culture]] [[Category:Academic English]] <br /> [[Category:Usage]]</div>

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