Timeline for When italicizing, do I have to include 'a,' 'an,' and 'the'?
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| Dec 20, 2020 at 16:22 | comment | added | Hearth | The reason for the answers below disagreeing, I think, is that, in the situation where you want to emphasize the term, you probably would italicize the article, but in the situation where you're highlighting a defining mention, you would not italicize the article. | |
| Dec 20, 2020 at 8:46 | comment | added | Danny_Kim | Considering the answers comprehensively, it was decided to keep italicized for the purpose of defining the term, or write it in the form of the problem of "~~~". As an aside, the APA guide is very useful for me. Thank you for all comments | |
| Dec 20, 2020 at 8:41 | vote | accept | Danny_Kim | ||
| Dec 20, 2020 at 1:04 | comment | added | Mazura | 'the [problem of] multi-channel non-orthogonal multiple access scheduling [is] formulated as: (No italics nor emphasis needed, but I'd italicize the name of the formula) XY over Z; Rachet's right-hand rule.' | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 23:57 | answer | added | Sophie Swett | timeline score: 9 | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 21:03 | comment | added | David K | In mathematics (which you have tagged), italics may identify terms that are being defined. For example, "Two vectors are orthogonal if their inner product is zero," when the word "orthogonal" has not yet been used and the quoted sentence will be used as the definition of "orthogonal" in the rest of the document. If the quoted passage is your way of defining what the noun phrase "multi-channel non-orthogonal multiple access scheduling problem" means, and you consistently use italics for definitions, italicize that phrase, but don't call it emphasis. | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1340401542390816770 | ||
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| Dec 19, 2020 at 14:50 | comment | added | James K | Thanks I think this confirms what I suggest. Probably no italics at all. If you need italics for contrast only italicise the particlar parts that are constrastive, eg "the multi-channel non-orthogonal multiple access scheduling problem" (constasted with "the multi-channel non-orthogonal single access scheduling problem") | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 11:44 | answer | added | D M | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 11:41 | comment | added | Danny_Kim | @JamesK I have revised the questionnaire based on your advice. | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 11:40 | history | edited | Danny_Kim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Dec 19, 2020 at 11:18 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 10:59 | comment | added | James K | It is usually a good idea to include the real example, and don't use "variables" like "ABC" What are the actual words that you have replaced by "ABC" and "~~~~~~" ? In particular it is not clear why you would italicise "ABC problem". This is normally to create a contrast with another thing that is unemphasized. | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 10:41 | answer | added | Andrew | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 10:36 | answer | added | fev | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 19, 2020 at 10:18 | history | asked | Danny_Kim | CC BY-SA 4.0 |