Dear Dr Pankaj Sir, "*If you are writing by hand, then only* you can underline to highlight the LATIN words." *=* "underline" is STRICTLY PROHIBITED in printed and cyber world.
"*There is no rule which says that you have to underline it*. Linne never underlined names it in his book!! *There is no rule NOW which says that you must write the latin names in italics either*" *=* ALLOWS me to go WITHOUT ITALICS in printed and cyber world. If there is no such rule nothing can prohibit use of UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD * =* All of the above allows me to go for all, UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD, when i am not handwriting or typing for a journal. And we are talking of "rules" and "technical suggestion", NOT custom & tradition. Aren't we? Regards, surajit On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. (PG) College >>>>> Panipat-132103 Haryana >>>>> Ph.: 09416371227 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *********************************************************************** >>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Office: >>> Orchid Conservation Section >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> Residence: >>> 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen >>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> email: [email protected]; [email protected]; >>> [email protected] >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251(mobile). >>> Fax: +852 >>> 2483 7194* >>> * >>> * >>> * >>> * >>> >>> >> > > > -- > *********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > Pankaj Kumar, Ph.D. > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 151, 1st Floor, Tai Om Tsuen > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:00pm); +852 9436 6251 > (mobile). 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