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Grammar Question: Song title in text
Kali:
I reference the Soundgarden song "Fell On Black Days" repeatedly in text. What's the proper way to handle this in fiction? Quotes? Italics? Are capital letters enough? It looks wrong no matter how I do it.
Shecky:
Song titles are in quotation marks.
Enjorous:
--- Quote from: Shecky on March 24, 2010, 07:09:50 PM ---Song titles are in quotation marks.
--- End quote ---
Yup, but if you referenced the album that would be in italics. General rule of thumb short works get "quotes" long works get italics
That might be a rule of English that is actually upheld...Damn, now I have to think of an exception. Hope that helps.
Kali:
Thanks, guys. So far it's a lot of song titles in various places, so quotation marks it is.
10k words into Rewrite #1. Go team!
Kris_W:
Quotes are fine, and don't worry about it. The publishing house will have their own guidelines which they will give to the copyeditor. It's not your problem.
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