I'm writing an article and I have a quote of someone saying they love the song, Proud To Be An American. So, "I love the song, 'Proud To Be An American....'" But that's a lyric and the actual song title is God Bless the U.S.A. Do I leave the original quote alone (and do I put quotes around it?) or do I change the quote?
2007-06-26 16:27:13 · 3 answers · asked by MC 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
You can't change a quote, it's a quote, it's what the person actually said. You could add a footnote with the actual title and the name of the song writer/performer. That will preserve the quote.
2007-06-26 17:16:39 · answer #1 · answered by Kathi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking you must leave the quote exactly as stated (otherwise it's not a quote) but add brackets after Proud to Be An American and note the actual song title. I'm not sure if this is structurally correct, but I see quotes where additional, explanatory information is added in brackets to clarify the quote, so I'm guessing you could do that in this situation, too.
2007-06-30 13:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by leslie b 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I HAVE NO IDEA. the song is 'God bless the usa', so now what do u need? Don't get it. It's not that serious, leave it as it is.
2007-06-26 17:03:49 · answer #3 · answered by sielkn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋