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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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The film 10 Things I Hate About You is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
  

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You need a way to set off the titles of the film and the play. Common choices would be italics or quotation marks: The film 10 Things I Hate About You is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew . The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".

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  • You need a way to set off the titles of the film and the play.
  • Common choices would be italics or quotation marks: The film 10 Things I Hate About You is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew .
  • The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".
  • I prefer italics if they are available.
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You need a way to set off the titles of the film and the play. Common choices would be italics or quotation marks:

The film 10 Things I Hate About You is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew".

I prefer italics if they are available.
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My (old-fashioned) suggestion is:
The film "10 Things I Hate About You" is based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Without contemporary functions, the name of the play would be underlined.
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