How to use the title of an article in the same sentence as saying an article exists

Question

Sorry the title is not ver well worded - but that is my problem.

Lets say I have a friend Jane who has written an article called 'How to Shop for Apples'. What is the best way to write something like:

Jane wrote an article, 'How to Shop for Apples'

Jane wrote an article: 'How to Shop for Apples'

Jane wrote an article called 'How to Shop for Apples'.

And should I be using single quotes ' ' or double ones " "?

Thank you

Charlie Bernstein · Answer

If you end those sentences with periods and use double quotation marks, they'll all be fine and mean the same thing.

Notice that you should not use any punctuation after article if you say: Jane wrote the article "How to Shop for Apples."

(In American English, the period goes inside the quotation mark. In British English, it goes outside.)

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