Comments on: Tracking a Quotation http://www.dailywritingtips.com/tracking-a-quotation/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Bart Gragg | Blue Collar U http://www.dailywritingtips.com/tracking-a-quotation/comment-page-1/#comment-118543 Bart Gragg | Blue Collar U Sat, 09 May 2009 14:20:44 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1627#comment-118543 I love to write and am constantly trying to approach being a good writer. My question is what are the best ways to emphasize a word? As an example here is a draft paragraph I am struggling with. As you can see, there are Like the word 'moron'. Everyone knows what it means, but how do you define it? Well, you could use words like "idiot", but then you would have to define that word. <<in my original draft the word 'that' is in italics. As you can see, there are several ways that emphasis can be shown, but what is the proper and consistent method? I love to write and am constantly trying to approach being a good writer. My question is what are the best ways to emphasize a word?

As an example here is a draft paragraph I am struggling with. As you can see, there are

Like the word ‘moron’. Everyone knows what it means, but how do you define it? Well, you could use words like “idiot”, but then you would have to define that word. <<in my original draft the word ‘that’ is in italics.

As you can see, there are several ways that emphasis can be shown, but what is the proper and consistent method?

]]> By: sudharm baxi http://www.dailywritingtips.com/tracking-a-quotation/comment-page-1/#comment-80067 sudharm baxi Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:04:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=1627#comment-80067 Good catch!! Anyways, the real job of a journalist is to interpret the exact information or quote or story in a way that is understandable to the the reader. Good catch!!

Anyways, the real job of a journalist is to interpret the exact information or quote or story in a way that is understandable to the the reader.

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