. If those quotation marks are for emphasis, they show a major misunderstanding of punctuation. I do not think it is a widespread practice-- at least not an acceptable one. Underline for emphasis. Quotation marks show unusual use of a word. Here,

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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..

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