3. Other text features
Abbreviations are often used to save space:
Call centres (CCs) feature prominently in the technology
mix . . .
Italics are used to show titles and words from other languages:
Where once the titles of Armchair Theatre and The
Wednesday Play celebrated . . .
Squatter housing (called gecekondu in Turkish) . . .
Footnotes are used to indicate references at the bottom of the
page:
In respect of Singapore the consensus is that the
government has made a difference.3
Endnotes are given to show references at the end of the article
or chapter:
The market for masonry construction may be divided into
housing and non-housing sectors [1].