hollywood926
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:08 PM
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Attention Grammar/Punctuation Nuts |
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When is it proper to use " versus '?
Example - I saw the movie "Forrest Gump" today. Or is it - I saw the movie 'Forrest Gump' today? If not, when do you use the ' and not the "?
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:11 PM
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1. The single ' is usually just used as an apostrophe, BUT |
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Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 04:11 PM by Worst Username Ever
it can be used as a quotation within a quotation:
Mark approached Paul and asked, "When you said to me, 'Mark you are an idiot,' what did you mean by that?"
Your Forest Gump example would use the double " quotes.
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:11 PM
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Thanks. I don't know all the rules yet. I'm only 37. :-)
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:11 PM
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2. According to the Borzoi Handbook |
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Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 04:13 PM by democracyindanger
Titles of films, books, plays, musical albums, radio or tv series are italicized.
For other titles, use quotation marks.
So: Forest Gump, and never "Forest Gump"; unless it is "Forest Gump: The Poem"
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:13 PM
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4. Seconded. Double quote marks. Single for quotes within quotes. |
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:15 PM
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5. Good point, if you know how to put things in italics with HTML |
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I was referring the the quick and dirty way it is usually done in blogs. Double quotes would be more appropriate. Have people stopped underlining the titles of books?
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Thu Jan-06-05 04:18 PM
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is acceptable in place of italics, but italics is the preferred choice.
"Wired" has its own style book for the Internet, I think. Some rules may vary.
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