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I'd give Lat and Long (and grid coordinates) in digits. (And expect most people to skip 'em and say "Oh, there's a number there.")
It's like guns. You'll always find a reader who knows enough to figure out where your mistakes are.I don't see where there would be any confusion. 14'23" S 134'45" W doesn't look like anything but coordinates. If nothing else, the "S" (south) and "W" (west) give that away.
As long as you're consistent, the publisher will regularize 'em to house style somewhere in the copyediting stage.
Underlining is never wrong unless the guidelines of the place you're submitting the work to specifically say otherwise.
I've never understood why you would underline in fiction?
Uncle Jim,
One more question. Is it:
To comfort the ache
To help you comfort from the ache.
It's like guns. You'll always find a reader who knows enough to figure out where your mistakes are.
I’ve received a lot of questions about the importance of building a platform for fiction writers. Should you write platform-building pieces under your real name or the pseudonym you want to use? What if you wrote mystery short stories, but now want to write romance novels? Do those short stories even count toward your platform? Do you need to worry about blogging now to build a platform or should you just write?
[FONT="]This is the line I came up with: I will give you a tea to drink first to comfort the agony.
Or would it be: I will give you a tea to drink first to comfort away the feeling of agony.
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Call me stupid, but why not just italics?