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Grammar Geek  +  613387 Wed, 17 Dec 08 07:48 PM

I'd probably write "Have you ever seen the musical 'Oklahoma!'?"
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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
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Anonymous, 52 days ago

First of all --> There should not be any quotation marks around the title of a play, book, newspaper, work of art, etc. Remove the quotation marks and put Oklahoma! into italics.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/italics.htm


Now, with the quotation marks removed, here's what you should have:


Newtown Arts Company will present Rogers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! , the second show in its 2008 season.


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