428 / Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Use italics for foreign words, titles of long works (books, magazines, films), and for
letters or words referred to as such.
Geoffrey’s goal is to graduate cum laude.
I just finished reading Random Passage whose author won the Canadian prize
for literature.
I think his last name has two z’s.Use quotation marks to set off someone’s direct words, titles of smaller works, and
the definition of a word.
“Don’t drink the water,” Dr. Hazelit warned us.
“African Marriage Rituals” appears in this month’s issue of National Geographic.
Rambunctious, meaning “wild, disorderly,” fits my nephew perfectly.