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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Newspaper name

Not until today has I realized that we don't put newspaper names in quotes, but we do put book titles & magazine names in quotes.

I have scented some discrepancy between these names.

Did it strike your before? Thank you.
  

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What is your source of this guideline? Who is 'we'? If anything, you have it reversed.

  • What is your source of this guideline?
  • Who is 'we'?
  • If anything, you have it reversed.
  • Generally, longer and more durable works take italics while ephemera take quotation marks.
  • Although there are minor differences between style guides, most (as my Manual for Writers ) treat newspapers and magazines similarly.
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What is your source of this guideline? Who is 'we'? If anything, you have it reversed. Generally, longer and more durable works take italics while ephemera take quotation marks. Although there are minor differences between style guides, most (as my Manual for Writers) treat newspapers and magazines similarly.

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