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The sentence is a trifecta of cliche, mixed metaphor and unnecessary italicization and thus almost personally offensive.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2018
Inconsistencies have been retained in hyphenation, punctuation, spacing between initials, spacing between alphabetic sections in lists, italicization and capitalization except where indicated in the list below.
From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by George Stewart
Inconsistent hyphenation and use of separate words have been retained for: down stream/downstreamEski Chehir/Eski-Chehirframework/frame-workgoatskins/goat skinshalf way/half-wayhillside/hill-sidemachine guns/machine-gunssheep tracks/sheep-trackssome one/someonetilework/tile-worktrench digging/trench-diggingup stream/up-streamup to date/up-to-dateused up/used-up Inconsistencies in italicization and capitalization have been retained.
From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop
Original Transcriber's Note: I have omitted signature indicators and italicization of the running heads.
From The Shape of Fear by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, capitalization, and italicization have also been preserved.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone
Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony, in 2020, was full of underlinings and italicizations, the work of a young man intent on making his presence known in a standard.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
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