Chelle in MO Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Here's the sentence, correctly written according to the TM: The word iodine comes from a Greek word that means "violet." Here's my question: What is the reasoning that the word violet is in parentheses, instead of being underlined? I know that iodine is underlined (or in italics) because it is a word that is the subject of discussion. Thanks in advance for your thoughts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rai B. Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 The quotation marks/inverted commas are marking a gloss. The writer of the sentence is mentioning the word "violet" itself, they are not using the word for its meaning. Each way of using a word in that sentence is differentiated by the way the word is presented; the word being defined is italicized and the meaning (gloss) is in quotation marks. I 'm tired—I hope this makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 The quotation marks/inverted commas are marking a gloss. The writer of the sentence is mentioning the word "violet" itself, they are not using the word for its meaning. Each way of using a word in that sentence is differentiated by the way the word is presented; the word being defined is italicized and the meaning (gloss) is in quotation marks. I 'm tired—I hope this makes sense. Brilliant!!!!! I salute you! :cheers2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks, Rai! Makes sense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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