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Re: possessive

Marius Hancu — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:38:17 GMT

1. What do you mean by done often? An object of possession is in general a permanent object of possesion. Anyway, here it looks permanent to me. I do not see any difference being introduced by the quotation marks, except to underline/quote the exact terms utilized in the discussion.

2. No, "a failure" is required. "Failure" would be bad English.

3. The sentence is deficient in one respect: consistency. It jumps from Americans' to foreigners'. This is inconsistency and bad generalization. What the Americans' do can't be related by necessity to what all the foreigners do.

Re: proofread please

Feebs11 — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:49:15 GMT

In dialogue, punctuation goes inside the quotation marks: "I know," he replied, "but I got lost."

Quoting titles - either underline, or italicize, or put into quotation marks.

You need to go through and check - there are many missing quotation marks and some missing apostrophes. Why do you put quotation marks round [Cara said]?

In your second passage, you have over-punctuated. Most of these sentences do not need commas.

Re: A book name in text.

Mister Micawber — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:39:38 GMT

Yes, italicize or underline book titles; do not place them within quotation marks, as you have done here.

Re: Punctuation for a novel referenced in a paragraph

The17pointscale — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:31:59 GMT

The formatting that you use for the title of a novel depends upon your audience, but for most formal writing it is fine to underline or italicize book titles. In my opinion italics are less distracting than underlining, but if you're publishing the paragraph or writing it for a class, you may need to check the specific requirements.

I would not use quotation marks; they tend to indicate that a work is smaller or shorter in length. For example, novels, plays, and television shows tend to be italicized whereas short stories, acts, television episodes, and poems tend to be referred to in quotation marks. So if you drop it and it makes noise (like a novel), use italics; but if you drop it and it quietly floats to the floor (like a chapter in a novel), use quotation marks. However, if you're writing the paragraph for a newspaper, I believe that you always use quotation marks (the Associated Press guidelines are goofy).

-Andrew

Re: how to identify a book title

Grammar Geek — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 17:50:21 GMT

If you have the abilty to put the title in italics, that is the first choice. For a book, the second choice is to underline. If you have no formatting options at all, then use the quotation marks.

Book Titles

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:41:07 GMT

When you are writing a paper and you mention a book title, do you underline it, or put it in quotation marks?

Re: Underline or quotation

Mister Micawber — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 06:48:12 GMT

These are all short stories, Dirtracer. Their titles should be placed between quotation marks. Book titles go in italics or are underlined when italics are not available.

Underline or quotation marks?

dirtracer5 — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:10:29 GMT

I have to do an outline and I need your help. Is The Devil and Tom Walker underlined or quoted? I am not sure if it's a Bio or a story book. Do you underline The Minister's Black Veil? And do you underline The Fall of the House of Usher? Thanks.. need help asap..

Re: I was wondering

Mister Micawber — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 22:33:30 GMT

Hi Angie,

Yes, italicize book titles, or underline them if you are handwriting.

I'm not sure what you want to do with the author's name-- no special treatment; similarly with quotes-- putting them in quotation marks (" ") is all you need do.

House's is the singular possessive: 'My house's roof is leaky'
Houses' is the plural possessive: 'The neighborhood's houses' roofs are leaky'

However, we don't often use this form for inanimate objects, preferring the 'of' form: 'The roofs of the neighbors' houses are leaky.'

Re: Titles

Clive — Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:19 GMT

Hi,
For formal writing, I would use quotation marks, and never underline titles or anything else.
Clive