![]() Our immediate response to Erik was that one could make a valid argument that the exclamation mark should be in roman, but since this particular mark has been italicized since the first edition, it could have been done as a matter of house style by Allen & Unwin or their printer, and indeed one could argue that the mark should be italicized on aesthetic grounds when it follows italic words. But there was no exclamation mark in Gimli’s rendition: in Sam’s dialogue, the mark conveys his enthusiasm. In Moria, in Khazad-dûm!”’ Sam is quoting from Gimli’s song which has just ended, indicated by the relevant words being set in italics. 317 of the fiftieth anniversary edition of The Lord of the Rings: whether the exclamation mark should be italicized after ‘ Khazad-dûm’ in the passage: ‘“I like that!” said Sam. In August of 2011, Erik Mueller-Harder asked about an exceedingly small point on p. ![]() Following on our comments in Tolkien Notes 2 about our findings in the Tolkien papers at Marquette University last autumn, we have now received permission from Christopher Tolkien to make these further comments, as well as his agreement with our several points. ![]()
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