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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Possessives of Song Titles in Quotes
'The New Yorker' magazine does this:
(I've bolded the entry below.)
Tina Fey, a more valued corporate citizen, pushed “30 Rock” ’s precision zinger machine nearly as far.
My question: If a title in quotes ends in an 's', would we punctuate it thusly? Please don't suggest to do it another way because I'm trying to figure it out based on the example from 'The New Yorker'. The quoted words below are a song title. I don't care how clunky or awkward it looks; I just want to know if it is in fact correct based on the example in 'The New Yorker'.
“Deep River Blues” ’s majestic quality and frequent airplay made it an overnight success.
Thank you.
(I've bolded the entry below.)
Tina Fey, a more valued corporate citizen, pushed “30 Rock” ’s precision zinger machine nearly as far.
My question: If a title in quotes ends in an 's', would we punctuate it thusly? Please don't suggest to do it another way because I'm trying to figure it out based on the example from 'The New Yorker'. The quoted words below are a song title. I don't care how clunky or awkward it looks; I just want to know if it is in fact correct based on the example in 'The New Yorker'.
“Deep River Blues” ’s majestic quality and frequent airplay made it an overnight success.
Thank you.
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victo Please don't suggest to do it another way because I'm trying to figure it out based on the example from 'The New Yorker' That rather shuts out any natural way of writing this.
- victo Please don't suggest to do it another way because I'm trying to figure it out based on the example from 'The New Yorker' That rather shuts out any natural way of writing this.
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victoPlease don't suggest to do it another way because I'm trying to figure it out based on the example from 'The New Yorker'That rather shuts out any natural way of writing this.
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victoIf a title in quotes ends in an 's', would we punctuate it thusly? ... “Deep River Blues” ’s majestic quality and frequent airplay made it an overnight success.Why not? If you want your punctuation to conform to the style manual used by the New Yorker, I don't see any other way to punctuate this. The presence of the s on Blues shouldn't
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