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and when the revolution of February broke out we saw them, as | and when the revolution of February broke out we saw them, as | ||
I have said, disposed to make three stipulations:-- | I have said, disposed to make three stipulations:-- | ||
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The "d" here is part of the word "second", while the currency "d" is an | The "d" here is part of the word "second", while the currency "d" is an | ||
abbreviation for a separate word, "denarius," the Roman penny. | abbreviation for a separate word, "denarius," the Roman penny. | ||
As | As shown in the first example under {{LOFE:Guidelines|section=Placement of Inline Formatting Markup}} in the {{LOFE:Guidelines}}, | ||
the | when the currency "d." is italicized, the | ||
number next to it is not italicized. The "2d" on this page is more like | number next to it is not italicized. The "2d" on this page is more like the numbers in the first and seventh lines of that list of examples. | ||
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and when the revolution of February broke out we saw them, as I have said, disposed to make three stipulations:-- /* <i>1st</i>, Continuance of wages; <i>2d</i>, Participation in profits; <i>3d</i>, Immunity from losses. */ It may be said, perhaps, that these stipulations were neither so unjust nor so impossible as they appeared, seeing that they are
Upright numerals
The three stipulations are printed as a list, so enclose them in no-wraps. The numbers are printed as ordinals (with suffixes) and those suffixes are italicized. This implies that, had the numbers been printed as words, they would be italicized, so we include the digits in the italics tags. As mentioned elsewhere, printers did not necessarily have italicized numbers available.
Abbreviations
This "2d" is quite different from "2d." (2 pence) in British currency. The "d" here is part of the word "second", while the currency "d" is an abbreviation for a separate word, "denarius," the Roman penny. As shown in the first example under Placement of Inline Formatting Markup in the Formatting Guidelines, when the currency "d." is italicized, the number next to it is not italicized. The "2d" on this page is more like the numbers in the first and seventh lines of that list of examples.