Syllieann Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 My son wrote the following sentence in a personal narrative about a canoe trip: The gentle “whoosh, whoosh” of the paddles sounded in the quiet air. Does he need the quotes? If so, should it be set off by commas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymainemom Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I think I have seen italics used more frequently. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syllieann Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, happymainemom said: I think I have seen italics used more frequently. How does that translate to handwritten cursive? Maybe I should just inform him of how it is done when typed and be done with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Syllieann said: How does that translate to handwritten cursive? Maybe I should just inform him of how it is done when typed and be done with it. When writing by hand, underlining text indicates italics; that is, if a handwritten or typed manuscript were sent to a printer (an actual printer, you know, not that thing that sits on your desk), any text that should be italicized would be underlined, and the printer would choose an italics typeface. In today's world, if your son were writing this in Microsoft Word or other word processing program, he would select the text and italicize it. But since he is writing by hand, and the manuscript isn't going to a printer, I would just have him use quotes, no commas before it. ? Edited September 20, 2018 by Ellie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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