Comments on: Marking Titles

By: Lauren Carotenuto

Lauren Carotenuto — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:20:16 +0000

Do you underline the title of an essay?

By: Karl

Karl — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:50:13 +0000

JaredMT,
Style guides offer contradictory information about such matters, so it’s impossible for me to tell you what is correct in every context. You’ll have to refer to an appropriate style guide for the type of writing you’re doing.
I don’t answer all questions because I don’t have the time to do so. I have responsibilities as an employee, freelance consultant, father, and husband that more important than (to me) than answering questions here. Also, I changed careers about five years ago from English instruction to web development. I try to answer questions about grammar punctuation, and style as I find time, but sometimes it’s hard to put myself back in that “world.”
I’m sorry that questions go unanswered. Maybe I should turn off the comment-writing feature. Thanks for provoking me to think about this.

By: JaredMT

JaredMT — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:08:38 +0000

As Diana asked years before me, what sort of marking style would you use for the titles of software or video games?
Thanks in advance.
PS: Also, why do you not answer all questions? I realize that you get many of these questions, but I have seen some questions go unanswered (at least, as far as visibility to the public goes) whereas other questions are publicly answered numerous times! This is redundant and, I feel, terribly ineffective.
I appreciate the website very much, as well as the effort you put into replying to its visitors. I just wish I didn’t have to re-ask a question that’s already been asked just because it was ignored.

By: Katy

Katy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:55:41 +0000

Do I underline, italicize, or put quotes around the title of a legislative bill?
Thanks!

By: Karl

Karl — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:24:34 +0000

Hi Shelby,
I would just leave it alone.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:34:46 +0000

Do you put a band name in quotes or italics or do you just leave it alone?

By: Sheena

Sheena — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:01:30 +0000

This page has been extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

By: Karl

Karl — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:28:39 +0000

Nichole,
The very first sentence in the entry above states, “The most common way to mark a short story title is to enclose it in quotation marks.”
Don’t underline a story; wrap it in quotation marks.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:23:08 +0000

This site was very helpful to me..my question was should I underline a story title in an essay?

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:58:50 +0000

Hi Emma,
Put the title of an essay in quotation marks.