[stylist] editing question

[Judith Bron]

JC, you're right.  JB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] editing question


> as far as I know, if you are quoting an actual spoken sentence or phrase 
> or speech, you use quotation marks.  if a speaker is quoted, and within 
> that quotes something else, there you use the apostrophes or single quote 
> marks.
> think that's right.
> jc
>
> At 12:33 PM 1/5/2011, you wrote:
>>Wow, if so --- putting thoughts in italics is the expected convention, 
>>then
>>--- well, I didn't get that from any of the books that I listened to, and
>>for those that I'm now starting to read in Braille, --- I'll have to watch
>>for that. Yeah, I've seen some Braille notation for italics, but didn't 
>>put
>>that "thought thing" together with what I was reading. (also, I tend to 
>>turn
>>off the features within JAWS that sends that sort of attributes'  to the
>>display. Yet, MMM, I could set JAWS voice to do a pitch change when it 
>>runs
>>across italics.)
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks for the heads-up.
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>Behalf Of Allison Nastoff
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 12:04 PM
>>To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] editing question
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>>Yes, I think it is supposed to be in italics.  I personally don't
>>put thoughts in italics because I am a more informal writer, but
>>technically, I think you are supposed to use italics for
>>thoughts.
>>
>>Allison Nastoff
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "The Crowd" <the_crowd at cox.net
>>To: <newmanrl at cox.net>, "Writer's Division Mailing List"
>><stylist at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 11:49:02 -0600
>>Subject: [stylist] editing question
>>
>>If someone is remembering a conversation, and they are
>>remembering a direct
>>quote is that in  italics?
>>
>>It is a thought, so that's how it works, right?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Atty
>>
>>
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