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Is there a rule about italics? In some books that I read, whenever a place is mentioned by name it is written in italics. I also noticed that some will use italics to stress a point.
I remember reading a novel based on an American civil War battle and whenever the writer’s non fictional character is saying something that is found in history books, he would use italics so the reader would know that the words are part of recorded history and not the author's creation.
What puzzles me is some books use these techniques and others don’t, how do I know what technique to use?
I remember reading a novel based on an American civil War battle and whenever the writer’s non fictional character is saying something that is found in history books, he would use italics so the reader would know that the words are part of recorded history and not the author's creation.
What puzzles me is some books use these techniques and others don’t, how do I know what technique to use?