Today, as promised, we will cover italics. As some of you may know, italics serve essentially the same purpose as underlining your words. Before word processors were around words would be underlined in the original paper and the publisher would italicize them. The current trend is to italicize instead of underlining but you should be consistent in which you choose.
With that said let us get to the rules of when one should italicize or underline. First it is used to show the name or title of a magazine, a singular ship, plane or train, a work of art, a long poem, a film, television shows, plays of three or more acts, news papers, operas and albums.
Examples are:
Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull is a great album.
New York Times is a reliable news source.
U.S.S Enterprise is the name of an air craft carrier that is known for its numerous battles against the Japanese navy in World War 2.
Foreign words are also italicized:
Momento mori is a Latin phrase which means "remember your mortality".
A word can be italicized for importance.
My life is at stake!
Finally we italicize when referring to a specific word.
Time is often abused in plots.
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