Because italic (sloping) type contrasts with roman (vertical)
type, a writer can require words or passages to be typeset in
italics in order to call special attention to them, to give them
special meaning, or to distinguish them from the rest of his or
her text. Use italics sparingly, or they lose their
effectiveness. When an entire passage is printed in italics, the
punctuation (including parentheses) and any numbers (including
footnote references) will also be in italics. If just a word or
phrase is in italics, only the punctuation proper to it is
printed in that typeface. Note that when the main body of a text
is printed in italics, roman type is used for emphasis and for
the other purposes described in this chapter. Italics can serve
to indicate emphasis in the following cases: What differences
might we expect to see in human behaviour if honesty were shown
to be the worst policy? I did not say we would go: I said we
might go. Why was he chosen to chair the committee? Write these
in italics if they are no