There is a very simple reason why you should have a break an underline. Its because genus and species are two different words. Pankaj
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:16 AM, surajit koley <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning Dr Pankaj Sir Ji > > Now it's really getting too complicated to my peanut sized brain - > > Unfortunately, Your three assumptions are totally wrong. > Pankaj > Sorry your first two assumptions are wrong, third is correct. > When I am talking about rules then I mean according to ICBN and hence > my technical suggestions were based on ICBN. > > Pankaj > "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. > NO, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAN and SHOULD. UNDERLINE IS NOT > STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN PRINTED OR CYBER WORLD. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE > FORMAT OF THE JOURNAL YOU ARE REFERRING TO. > "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. > NO THIS DOESNT ALLOW YOU TO GO WITHOUT ITALICS. AS IN PRINTED OR > CYBERWORLD YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ENGLISH ETHICS AND YOU MUST WRITE A > NON ENGLISH WORDS IN ITALICS. > 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. > I DIDNT SAY THAT. " UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD : these are actually three > different ways of highlighting," IN YOUR SELF WRITTEN BOOK OR > CYBERWORLD (NOT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) YOU CAN USE EITHER OR ALL OF > THESE TOGETHER. BUT FOR ANY SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL YOU MUST FOLLOW THE > FORMAT OF THE JOURNAL. ITS ALWAYS PROVIDED IN THE JOURNAL. > Bottom line is: > UNDERLINES CAN BE USED WHEN YOU ARE WRITING YOUR OWN BOOK OR TEXT > (NON SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) AND UNDERLINES SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOU ARE > WRITING BY HAND. > UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD OR EITHER OF THEM CAN BE USED WHEN YOU ARE > WRITING YOUR OWN BOOK OR TEXT (NON SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) > ATLEAST ITALICS: SHOULD BE USED IN PRINTED MATTER FOR LATIN NAMES EVEN > IF IT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, TO DENOTE A NON-ENGLISH WORD > FOLLOWING ENGLISH WRITING TRADITION. > > When I say technical suggestion then it means FOLLOWING ENGLISH > TRADITION AND ETHICS > When I say rules, then it means FOLLOWING ICBN > > Would you please explain why should i break an underline, in a hand-written > document, when i write a Latin name? > > Regards, > > surajit > > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> "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. >> NO, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAN and SHOULD. UNDERLINE IS NOT >> STRICTLY PROHIBITED IN PRINTED OR CYBER WORLD. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE >> FORMAT OF THE JOURNAL YOU ARE REFERRING TO. >> >> "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. >> NO THIS DOESNT ALLOW YOU TO GO WITHOUT ITALICS. AS IN PRINTED OR >> CYBERWORLD YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ENGLISH ETHICS AND YOU MUST WRITE A >> NON ENGLISH WORDS IN ITALICS. >> >> 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. >> I DIDNT SAY THAT. " UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD : these are actually three >> different ways of highlighting," IN YOUR SELF WRITTEN BOOK OR >> CYBERWORLD (NOT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) YOU CAN USE EITHER OR ALL OF >> THESE TOGETHER. BUT FOR ANY SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL YOU MUST FOLLOW THE >> FORMAT OF THE JOURNAL. ITS ALWAYS PROVIDED IN THE JOURNAL. >> >> Bottom line is: >> UNDERLINES CAN BE USED WHEN YOU ARE WRITING YOUR OWN BOOK OR TEXT >> (NON SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) AND UNDERLINES SHOULD BE USED WHEN YOU ARE >> WRITING BY HAND. >> UNDERLINE+ITALIC+BOLD OR EITHER OF THEM CAN BE USED WHEN YOU ARE >> WRITING YOUR OWN BOOK OR TEXT (NON SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS) >> ATLEAST ITALICS: SHOULD BE USED IN PRINTED MATTER FOR LATIN NAMES EVEN >> IF IT IS NOT SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, TO DENOTE A NON-ENGLISH WORD >> FOLLOWING ENGLISH WRITING TRADITION. >> >> When I say technical suggestion then it means FOLLOWING ENGLISH >> TRADITION AND ETHICS >> When I say rules, then it means FOLLOWING ICBN >> >> -- >> >> >> > -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" 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