Serious writing (in the Latin script) needs italics

[Sean Conner]

It was thus said that the Great John Cowan once stated:
> 
> Contexts where that doesn't work, from WP (and yes, I'm being pedantic):
> 
> 1) Titles of books, movies, magazines, and other stand-alone works.
> 
> 2) Scientific names of plants and animals.
> 
> 3) Terms being introduced for the first time.
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> 4) In narrative, the thoughts of a character.
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> 5) Words being used as examples of themselves.  ("The word _the_ is a
> definite article.")
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> 6) Names of ships.

7) Foreign words

8) Direct thoughts---example: _Is a gom jabbar something of Arrakis I must
   know before I go there?_ he wondered.

  -spc (The example is from Dune, of which about a third is the direct
	thoughts of the characters ... )