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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Quotation Marks Around the Name of a Drink

"Are you telling me there's a drink called find the pander?" she asked.

Does there need to be single quotation marks around "find the pander" there?

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Hi, I wouldn't bother with quotes. But you need capitals, ie Find The Pander. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, I wouldn't bother with quotes.
  • But you need capitals, ie Find The Pander.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I wouldn't bother with quotes. But you need capitals, ie Find The Pander.

Clive
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Really? So *** on the Beach, Screwdriver, Broken Down Golf Cart, etc., all need caps?
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Hi,
Really? So *** on the Beach, Screwdriver, Broken Down Golf Cart, etc., all need caps?

Here's how my thinking about this goes.

Some names of drinks are so well known that they are almost common nouns, eg a martini. Maybe a screwdriver falls into this category.
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I'll bet you all the money in my pocket that it's "Find the Panda".

Yes, you need quotes. I like caps there. Words reported as words take quotes:

"Are you telling me there's a drink called 'Find the Panda'?" she asked.

That's quite a punctuation cluster.
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enoonI'll bet you all the money in my pocket that it's "Find the Panda".Yes, you need quotes. I like caps there. Words reported as words take quotes:"Are you telling me there's a drink called 'Find the Panda'?" she asked.That's quite a punctuation cluster.
Yeah, I was wondering if someone would see the resemblence, but, no, it's not "find the panda" nor is the
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It doesn't matter whether it exists or not. The cluster doesn't matter either. The reader blows right past it without noticing.
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All right, so let's say someone said something like, "So that building right there is called 'City Hall'?" Those single quotes around "City Hall" need to be there?
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SnarfAll right, so let's say someone said something like, "So that building right there is called 'City Hall'?" Those single quotes around "City Hall" need to be there?
Yes. You are reporting words as words. But "So that building right there is City Hall?" See the difference?
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