Editing Otherwise: Fresh Approaches to Stories and Settings

This post discusses: certain common situations when italics are used the debate over when to use italics for non-English words in fiction common reasons why cultural anthropologists italicise non-English words Editing and language change One of the most exciting things about working as an editor is observing language change firsthand. Language and society are closely linked. And many of the changes that have taken place in recent years (including new style guide recommendatio