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Q&A Italicize part of a word in fiction?

I am wondering if I can or should take a bit of stylistic license and italicize just part of a word: He took a sharp turn back into a side street, and collided hard with something that sent him...

1 answer  ·  posted 13y ago by Tim Chaves‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction style
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:59:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/4156
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Tim Chaves‭ · 2019-12-08T01:59:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am wondering if I can or should take a bit of stylistic license and italicize just part of a word:

> He took a sharp turn back into a side street, and collided hard with something that sent him sprawling to the ground. He scrambled to his feet as he realized that the it wasn’t some_thing_ he had collided with, it was some_one_.

Maybe there is a better way to do this. Thoughts?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-10-07T14:44:32Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 7