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Index I
- I
- Ibero-
- ice
- iced
- icono-
- ideal
- ideo-
- idioms: blue-sky
- idioms: get your ducks in a row
- idioms: hat trick
- idioms: in a jiffy
- idioms: pushing the envelope
- i.e.
- if
- if and when
- if I was
- if I were
- if not
- igni-
- ignitable
- ignitible
- il-
- Île-à-la-Crosse
- Îles-de-la-Madeleine
- illegal
- illegible
- illicit (1)
- illicit (2)
- illusion
- im-
- imbue
- immanent
- immigrate
- imminent (1)
- imminent (2)
- immune from
- immune to
- impinge on
- impinge upon
- imply
- imports
- impress by
- impress on
- impress upon
- impress with
- impulse
- in
- in-
- in accordance to
- in accordance with
- in all probability
- inasmuch as
- incapable
- incapable of
- incidence
- incidents
- include
- inclusive
- inclusively
- in conjunction with
- in connection with
- in consequence
- in contrast to
- inculcate
- indefinite pronouns
- indexes: abbreviations and other reference tools
- indexes: alphabetical arrangement
- indexes: blind references
- indexes: capitalization
- indexes: choice of terms
- indexes: combined entries
- indexes: complex entry
- indexes: continued headings
- indexes: cross-references
- indexes: "dangling" entries
- indexes: definition
- indexes: double posting
- indexes: entry versus subentry
- indexes: geographical names
- indexes: government departments and agencies
- indexes: homonyms
- indexes: length
- indexes: listing of subentries
- indexes: newspapers and periodicals
- indexes: personal names
- indexes: referenced material
- indexes: scientific names
- indexes: scope and complexity
- indexes: simple entry
- indexes: syntax of heading
- indifferent to
- indifferent toward(s)
- indirect objects
- indiscriminate
- indispensable for
- indispensable to
- individual
- Indo-
- inequity
- in excess of
- in fact
- infer
- infest
- infested by
- infested with
- infinitive
- infinitive phrase
- inflammable
- influenza
- inform (1)
- inform (2)
- infra-
- infringe
- infringe on
- infringe upon
- infuse
- ingenious
- ingenuous
- ingratiate
- iniquity
- initiative
- initiative (on one’s own)
- innovation
- in preference to
- in proximity to
- in receipt of
- in regard to
- insanitary
- inside of
- insight about
- insight as to
- insight into
- insight regarding
- insinuate
- insinuate into
- insofar as
- in spite of the fact that
- instil
- instill
- insure
- integrate
- integrate into
- integrate with
- intense
- intensive
- intensive pronouns
- inter
- inter-
- intercede for
- intercede on behalf of
- intercede with
- interjections
- interment
- intern
- internecine
- internet
- Internet (1)
- Internet (2)
- internment
- internship
- in the absence of
- in the amount of
- in the circumstances
- in the event that
- in the near future
- in the neighbourhood of
- in the order of
- in the sum of
- in the wake of
- into
- into effect
- intra-
- intranet
- intro-
- Inuit
- Inuk (Linguistic recommendation from the Translation Bureau)
- inukshuk
- inukshuks
- inuksuit
- inuksuk
- invalid
- invest
- invested as
- invest in
- invest with
- in view of the fact that
- invigorating
- in virtue of
- Iqaluit
- Iqalummiuq
- Iqalummiut
- ir-
- Iranian
- irregardless
- irrespective
- italics: emphasis
- italics: French and foreign words
- italics: identifying matter
- italics: introduction
- italics: legal references
- italics: letters and words cited
- italics: mathematical and scientific material
- italics: modes of transportation
- italics: peripheral matter
- italics: titles of works
- its
- it’s
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italics: titles of works
Follow the guidelines below when citing the title of a work.
Italicize the title of a major work. Major works include books, pamphlets, published reports and studies, radio and television programs, CDs, plays, operas and long musical compositions, paintings, sculptures, novels, films, long poems, newspapers and periodicals:
- book: Guide to Canadian English Usage
- pamphlet: Keeping the Heat In
- report: Public Accounts of Canada
- radio and television programs: Quirks & Quarks
- CDs: It’s Time
- play: Murder in the Cathedral
- opera: Rigoletto
- symphony: the Pastoral Symphony
- painting: Voice of Fire
- novel: Cabbagetown
- long poem: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- sculpture: David
- newspaper: The Globe and Mail
- periodical: Saturday Night
Scientific periodicals
Titles of scientific periodicals are usually abbreviated and set in roman type:
- Can. J. Biochem. (for Canadian Journal of Biochemistry)
- Can. J. Soil Sci. (for Canadian Journal of Soil Science)
A title within a title
For the title of a major work within another title, two possibilities exist: the embedded title can be placed within quotation marks or set in roman type.
- Report on the Application of the "Alternative Fuels Act"
or
- Report on the Application of the Alternative Fuels Act
Unofficial titles
Do not italicize unofficial titles:
- A record of the debate can be found in Hansard.
Titles of minor works
Titles of minor works are set in roman type and enclosed in quotation marks. Minor works include articles; short poems and short stories; songs, arias and other short musical compositions; and individual episodes of radio and television programs:
- article: "The Life Beyond"
- short poem: “Low Tide on Grand Pré”
- short story: “The Painted Door”
- song: “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
- aria: "Pace, pace, Mio Dio"
- musical composition: "Stille Nacht"
- television program episode:"Ruby Reborn" from the series Corner Gas
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