Lists with commas
Hi,
I am doing some editing work and have encountered a problem with commas. A person is listing some projects she did, and one of the projects' name has a comma in it.
For example:
She has participated in over 10 productions such as a, b, c, d, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, e, and f.
I looked it up online. "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" is a book that has a comma in its title. Do I leave it as such (so that it would sound like "the smiling" and "proud wanderer" are separate items, or do I add other types punctuation such as quotes or italics to highlight the fact that "the smiling, proud wanderer" is indeed one phrase?
Thanks so much for your help.
Top answer
You are in an unfortunate situation. Book titles should be set in italics. If any items in a list contain commas, then you must replace the inter-item commas with semicolons, and that usually looks awful: I've lived in Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; and Los Angeles, California.
- You are in an unfortunate situation.
- Book titles should be set in italics.
- If any items in a list contain commas, then you must replace the inter-item commas with semicolons, and that usually looks awful: I've lived in Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; and Los Angeles, California.
- If you can post your actual sentence with the projects' names, maybe we can find a more acceptable solution.
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You are in an unfortunate situation. Book titles should be set in italics. If any items in a list contain commas, then you must replace the inter-item commas with semicolons, and that usually looks awful:
I've lived in Memphis, Tennessee; Miami, Florida; and Los Angeles, California.
If you can post your actual sentence with the projects' names, maybe we can find a mo
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