Italics and Quotation Marks

When to use italic type and quotation marks

In typography, italic type is a cursive typeface based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting.

Italicize titles of works that are produced separately from other works, such as books, plays, periodicals, movies, etc.

I have seen Star Wars three times.

I subscribe to the Washington Post.

Have you read The Age of Innocence?

NOTE: Notice in the last example how the question mark is NOT italicized. Do not italicize a punctuation mark unless it is part of the title.

Quotation marks or inverted commas (informally referred to as quotes or speech marks)[1] are punctuation marks at the beginning and end of a quotation, direct speech, literal title, or name.

Quotation marks can also be used to indicate a different meaning of a word or phrase than the one typically associated with it, and are often used to express irony. Quotation marks are sometimes incorrectly used to provide emphasis in lieu of other typographic means.

Use quotation marks for all other titles (songs, essays, articles, etc.)

The Beatles’ album, Revolver, contains the song "Dr. Robert."

We read Keats’ poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn" in class this week.

Difference between Another and Other

'Another' is normally used to mean 'one more'. For example, you can ask your mother for another bowl of ice cream, or another slice of bread.

The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns; when used with the latter, it is followed by 'few'. The Registrar will be retiring in another few days.

The use of the word 'another' also suggests that you have more than two choices available. If you are in a showroom and you ask a salesperson to show you 'another car', you are telling the individual that you want to see some other car — you are not interested in the ones that have been shown to you so far.

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'Other', on the other hand, suggests that you have only two choices available. For example, if you were to say, "I am not interested in this car, but am interested in the other", what you mean is that you like the second car. A car that you have already seen. The choice here is between two cars.

'Other' is an adjective meaning 'different' and is used as follows :

- This car park is closed but the other car park is open.

'Other' can also be used as a pronoun to refer to things or people.

- 80% of the students arrive on time.

- The others ( = the other students) are always late.

Once Bitten Twice Shy

Basic Definitions:
When something or someone has hurt you once, you tend to avoid that thing or person.

Something that you say which means when you have had an unpleasant experience you are much more careful to avoid similar experiences in the future.

One is cautious in the future if one has been hurt in the past.

Synonymic idiom: The burnt child dreads the fire

Further explained:
If you fall in love with a girl and the girl ditches you, what would your reaction be? You would probably be really angry, but at the same time you would be scared to fall in love again. Having had a bad experience previously, you would be reluctant to put yourself in the same situation again. That's what the idiom, "once bitten twice shy", means.

Some examples:
*The caterer arrived three hours late last time, so Rama is not hiring him again. I guess it's a case of once bitten twice shy.

*The last time he ate fish, he almost choked. He's stopped eating fish altogether — once bitten twice shy.

Difference between Weep and Sob

In both cases, tears flow from the eyes.

"Weep" is mostly used in writing, and is considered a literary word. When you say that someone is weeping, you are focussing on the tears, and not on the sounds that accompany it. Weeping is usually done silently, which is why you never talk about a baby weeping. Babies cry — a lot of noise accompanies the tears that flow from their eyes. One can weep for various reasons; we can weep with sorrow, and we can weep with joy.

Sobbing is always done loudly; it is accompanied by a lot of noise. The heroines in our films sob a lot. Sobbing involves gasping for breath and this results in a lot of chest heaving. The word is usually associated with misery; unlike "weep", one cannot "sob" with joy.