I couldn't understand what you mean to say !! Sorry for that.... There is a difference between STRICTLY PROHIBITED and NO RULE THAT WHICH SAYS YOU HAVE TO. Strictly prohibited is when you are not allowed to, whereas no rule means although there is no rule, still you can choose your own way, i.e., you are not prohibited. My point 2 says: There is no rule now which says that you have to write strictly in italics. It means you can write it in anyway, but following the English tradition, any word which is not of english origin should be written in italics. UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD : these are actually three different ways of highlighting, so either one of it is ok, unless you want to denote something using a particular function. For example, in my PhD thesis I didnt want to use ACCEPTED NAME and SYNONYM in the text for my plants. Instead I used a legend that said, Bold italics are accepted names and normal italics are synonyms. But as I said, if you are publishing in a journal then you should follow the format of journal and it varies across different journals.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 9:37 AM, surajit koley < [email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Dr Pankaj Sir > > Relating to Latin names in an English document - > > 1. "There is no rule which says that you have to underline it." > 2. "There is no rule NOW which says that you must write the latin > names in italics either," > 3. "If you are writing by hand, then only you can underline to > highlight the LATIN words." > 4. "If you are typewriting or writing on computers then there is no > need to underline, but just Italics or italics + bold will do." > > Point no.3 of the above tells me that "underline" is STRICTLY PROHIBITED > in printed and cyber world. > Point no.2 of the above ALLOWS me to go WITHOUT ITALICS in printed and > cyber world. > All of the above allows me to go for all, UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD, when i am > not handwriting or typing for a journal. > > I hope i have learnt my lesson well. > > I wonder what is the format when Latin names are written in Latin > document. There is one > though<http://books.google.co.in/books?id=l1reuoQY7-wC&pg=PA307&dq=BARA+GOTADHORA+BENGALENSIUM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YtTJUI_rBqfamAWzkoCYCQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=BARA%20GOTADHORA%20BENGALENSIUM&f=false> > ! > > Thank you. > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Nidhan sir is right. >> Mr Surajit, >> If you are writing by hand, then only you can underline to highlight the >> LATIN words. >> If you are typewriting or writing on computers then there is no need to >> underline, but just Italics or italics + bold will do. But this depends on >> what you are writing for. If you are writing for a journal then look out >> for the format of the journal. If you are writing your own book then you >> can decide what to follow. >> Upper case is used for the first alphabet of the genus and first >> alphabets of the Author Abbreviations. >> Pankaj >> . >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 12:59 AM, surajit koley < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sir, >>> >>> Thank you for explaining. As i l read this thread for one more time i >>> learn - >>> >>> 1. "Any word which is actually not of English origin is written >>> in italics." >>> 2. "There is no rule which says that you have to underline it." >>> 3. "There is no rule NOW which says that you must write the latin >>> names in italics either, but we do so, just to follow the English writing >>> tradition and also the format of the journal you will want to publish. >>> " >>> 4. "Such rule were there earlier but I think from St. Louis code >>> onwards this rule was lifted off." >>> 5. "In common practice, which we follow to distinguish the technical >>> names appearing in the text, we give a break in underline for each taxon. >>> " >>> >>> And at the beginning - "Just wanted to give one small technical >>> suggestion." >>> >>> So, we are talking about many things at a time, "technical suggestion". >>> "very >>> basic fundamentals", "format of the journal", "common practice" and >>> one, the most important word "rule". >>> >>> So, i learn that any format, as typed below, to distinguish it from the >>> main document, will do for scientific names, in written document or in >>> typed ones or in cyber world - >>> >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> - *Amaranthus tricolor* L. >>> >>> Please tell me about use of "upper case" and "lower case". >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> surajit >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Nidhan Singh >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Surajit Ji, >>>> >>>> In common practice, which we follow to distinguish the >>>> technical names appearing in the text, we give a break in underline for >>>> each taxon. Genus, species, subspecies, variety name etc. all are to be >>>> underlined differently, and as Pankaj Ji have said about beginning of this >>>> practice, this is simply to highlight the usage of other language words, in >>>> a running language. When writing with hand, usually no other easy option is >>>> available..so this became a common practice...I hope I have not confused >>>> the things.. >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Dr. Nidhan Singh >>>> Assistant Professor >>>> Department of Botany >>>> I.B. 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