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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Italicizing Quotation Marks

Let's say somebody says something that is in italics and it is followed by a name tag. Should the quotation marks be italicized, or does it not even matter? For example:

"C'est la vie," he said to himself.

So since "C'est la vie" is italicized, does that mean that the comma and quotation marks should be as well, or is it just a stylistic decision based on whatever the writer wants to do?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Don't italicize the punctuation unless it is an intrinsic part of the foreign phrase. In yours, only the apostrophe should be italic.

— Mister Micawber

  • Don't italicize the punctuation unless it is an intrinsic part of the foreign phrase.
  • In yours, only the apostrophe should be italic.
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Don't italicize the punctuation unless it is an intrinsic part of the foreign phrase. In yours, only the apostrophe should be italic.
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Interestingly, since I made that post, I've found it written in a book with the italics on the quotation marks to match the italicized wording. Is this a rule that's changed over the years, do you know?
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I don't know. I just use logic.
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Using logic, So ,that's where you went wrong!
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AnonymousUsing logic, So ,that's where you went wrong!
Yes, I have to be careful. I often fall back on that.
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