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Underlines are only used to indicate hyperlinks; they should not be used for emphasis.

When you have a block of italicized text, and you have a phrase which would normally be italicized in book or roman text, make your italic phrase book.

The ball python, also known as Python regius, is a nonvenomous python species found in Africa. This is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade, largely due to its typically docile temperament.

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: Re: Writing a scientific name in an italized phrase? If I use a scientific name (Python regius) in a phrase that is already in italics, should the scientific name then be written normally or underlined?

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: Consequences. A strikes B. Even if B provoked A, A still gets arrested, processed, tried, convicted, and serves time. A gets grief from family and friends. A feels mixed anger, resentment,

: In narration, stay in one tense. "She had green eyes" is fine, because your entire story is in the past tense — the "present-past," if that makes sense. If she had green eyes as a

: Is breaking the fourth wall to the point of nonexistence appropriate for a comedy book? After considering the style and setting for my first book, I've decided on writing a comedy treasure hunt

: Methods for creating slang I am interested in creating slang or a vernacular for a particular group in my story. I want it to be distinctive and a definite marker for in-group/out-group, but

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