Library of Formatting Examples:Italics/53A

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you're provided for for life. <i>An'</i> further--don't
tilt her that way!--you 'old your
neighbours, friends and employers in the
'ollow of your 'and."

"How do you mean?" said William, intent
on his egg.

"Everything which a man <i>is</i> depends
on what 'e puts inside 'im," was the reply.
"A good cook's a King of men--besides
being thunderin' well off if 'e don't drink.
It's the only sure business in the whole round
world; and <i>I</i>'ve been round it eight times,
in the Mercantile Marine, before I married
the second Mrs. M."

Apostrophes

The first apostrophe, in An', represents an omitted part of the word, so include it in the inline tag.

The second apostrophe, in I've, is part of a normal contraction, and only the "I" is in italics