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Londonderry Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Possessive of quoted song title

Song titles are quoted, not italicized. To form the possessive of the quoted song title, which would you go with below – 1, 2 or 3?

1) "Satisfaction's" lyrics were puerile.
2) "Satisfaction"'s lyrics were puerile.
3) "Satisfaction" 's lyrics were puerile.

Thank you.
  

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Hi As before, I'd be happy with the minimum and would italicize - Whatever you may think about the lyrics of the Stones Satisfaction , it's a great song Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi As before, I'd be happy with the minimum and would italicize - Whatever you may think about the lyrics of the Stones Satisfaction , it's a great song Dave
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Hi

As before, I'd be happy with the minimum and would italicize

- Whatever you may think about the lyrics of the Stones Satisfaction, it's a great song

Dave
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But the question you asked was, how to do that with the possessive 's', without italics. My feeling is that you just have to find a way round it. You can't do it neatly with quotes. Once you've made the subject clear to the reader, it's just

- I have my doubts about Satisfaction's lyrics

Dave
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