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==Styling== Style guides disagree on whether Latin phrases like ad hoc should be italicized. The trend is not to use italics.<ref>Yateendra Joshi, " [https://www.editage.com/insights/latin-phrases-in-scientific-writing-italics-or-not Latin phrases in scientific writing: italics or not]", ''editage Insights'', January 14, 2014</ref> For example, ''[[The Chicago Manual of Style]]'' recommends that familiar Latin phrases that are listed in the ''[[Webster's Dictionary]]'', including "ad hoc", not be italicized.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/style-guide/italics |title=Italics |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=2016-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://grammarpartyblog.com/2012/02/23/when-to-italicize-foreign-words-and-phrases/ |title=When to italicize foreign words and phrases |publisher=Grammarpartyblog.com |date=2012-02-23 |access-date=2016-01-06 |archive-date=22 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140057/https://grammarpartyblog.com/2012/02/23/when-to-italicize-foreign-words-and-phrases/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=November 2024|reason=Who is the author, is he an expert in his field and what makes it a reliable source?}}
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