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Victo Posted 13 years ago
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Song titles go inside quote marks; so if we quoted the possessive of a song title within quotes as part of what somebody said, would we do it like this?
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like ‘Hey Jude’s’ lyrics.”
The end result may be ugly, but I have no wiggle room here, folks.
Thank you.
Song titles go inside quote marks; so if we quoted the possessive of a song title within quotes as part of what somebody said, would we do it like this?
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like ‘Hey Jude’s’ lyrics.”
The end result may be ugly, but I have no wiggle room here, folks.
Thank you.
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” personally. Better to break the convention than to end up with an ungodly mess.
- ” personally.
- Better to break the convention than to end up with an ungodly mess.
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I'd go with
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like Hey Jude’s lyrics.”
or
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like Hey Jude’s lyrics.”
personally.
Better to break the convention than to end up with an ungodly mess.
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like Hey Jude’s lyrics.”
or
In the courtroom Nick said, “I did not like Hey Jude’s lyrics.”
personally.
Better to break the convention than to end up with an ungodly mess.
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Hi
I would say that you want to avoid the clash between the apostrophe 's' and the single quote mark. You could do this by reversing the quotes (although you would have to do so consistently throughout the piece):
- In the courtroom Nick said, 'I did not like "Hey Jude’s" lyrics.'
Or you could use italics ...
- In the courtroom Nick said, "I did not like Hey
I would say that you want to avoid the clash between the apostrophe 's' and the single quote mark. You could do this by reversing the quotes (although you would have to do so consistently throughout the piece):
- In the courtroom Nick said, 'I did not like "Hey Jude’s" lyrics.'
Or you could use italics ...
- In the courtroom Nick said, "I did not like Hey
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Hi
It will do but, as said, the 's' looks quite ugly, given that one quote mark is acting as an apostrophe and the other marks the end of the name. It looks like the 's' has been captured by the quotes for no reason at all, and this is likely to trip up your reader
Dave
It will do but, as said, the 's' looks quite ugly, given that one quote mark is acting as an apostrophe and the other marks the end of the name. It looks like the 's' has been captured by the quotes for no reason at all, and this is likely to trip up your reader
Dave
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Thank you, Dave. I guess it's worth bending the rules for song titles (i.e., not place it in quotes) and italicizing it here for the sake of initial clarity for the reader.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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