Re: nth?

[Writers Book Mall <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

I'm thinking back to algebra textbooks, and do see the
"n" italicized. While a numeral followed by "th"
stands on its own (i.e. the reader sees "fifth" for
"5th"), I don't think that's the case with the letter
n. I think readers will stumble a bit, and italicizing
the "n" will help them parse the expression.

Steve

--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

> Would you add an attribute if it was 5th instead of
> nth? I
> wouldn't...it's the same thing, just where they
> aren't using the
> specfic number.
> 
> --- Susan Hogarth <hogarth -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> 
> > I have a report with the phrase "it is possible to
> take every nth
> > brand into the sample". I want to italicize or in
> some way make
> > "nth"
> > stand out. Suggestions? Just italics for the n?
> the th?
> 
> 
> John Posada
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