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Grammar

Underlining book titles

When you mention The Koran or The Bible in a sentence do you underline it because it is a book? For instance, if you say in a sentence, "People have long been influenced by the Koran and The Holy Bible," do you have to underline the Koran and the Holy Bible? I always learned that your didn't have to underline their titles because they were not written by a specific person and/or they are sacred. I got in a debate with my teacher about it, and I really want to know the right answer.
  

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"We do not italicize the titles of long sacred works: the Bible, the Koran. " I had never considered this point before, so I had to google, and came up with the above quote from a writing website. When I read your original post, however, I noticed that the Koran and the Bible looked quite natural un-underlined.

— Mister Micawber

  • "We do not italicize the titles of long sacred works: the Bible, the Koran.
  • " I had never considered this point before, so I had to google, and came up with the above quote from a writing website.
  • When I read your original post, however, I noticed that the Koran and the Bible looked quite natural un-underlined.
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"We do not italicize the titles of long sacred works: the Bible, the Koran. Nor do we italicize the titles of books of the Bible: Genesis, Revelation, 1 Corinthians."

I had never considered this point before, so I had to google, and came up with the above quote from a writing website. When I read your original post, however, I noticed that the Koran and the Bible looked quite natural u
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why yes you do mate
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