What is the correct form when talking about, for example, an actor in a movie? Would it be
"Marie Antoinette"s Kirsten Dunst, or
"Marie Antoinette"'s Kirsten Dunst?
Of course, the rule is normally to require the 's for a possessive, otherwise it looks like a plural. But the quote/apostrophe or double aporstrophe just looks wrong. Thoughts, if you are an editor or have a learned opinion on this?
(And yes, I know the paper could have just said Kirsten Dunst of "Marie Antoinette," but they didnt. :p )
2006-10-23 04:27:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
FYI it was a newspaper that had this incorrect listing.
2006-10-23 10:18:13 · update #1
Actually, neither is correct. Titles of movies are italicized or underlined, not put in quotation marks. It would be (italicized or underlined) Marie Antoinette (end italics or underlining)'s Kirsten Dunst. In other words, the italicizing or underlining would end before the apostrophe.
2006-10-23 08:17:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the rule is that titles should be either underlined or italicized. I would have italicized the title, but not the 's part. The quotation marks look ridiculous with an s or 's after them. They should not have written it that way in the paper - it just looks ignorant! Like someone was "trying" to do it right, but didn't. I would have just left out the quotation marks all together if they were not able to use italics. It would have looked a lot better.
2006-10-23 04:48:18 · answer #2 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋