English Language & Usage Asked on October 3, 2020
Without recasting the following sentence, is the possessive of the quoted song title correctly punctuated as exampled? I am aware that it can be reworded to avoid the problem, but I wanted to know whether ‘punctuation-wise’ this is correct. Song titles receive quotes; album titles are italicized.
“Hey Jude” ’s popularity reached unprecedented heights in 1968.
It looks funny, but I believe that's correct. Putting the possessive inside the quotes is the only alternative, and that would be wrong.
Answered by user32047 on October 3, 2020
Song titles can be italicised, and that would make this far less awkward.
Hey Jude’s popularity reached unprecedented heights in 1968.
Better still to reword it to avoid the possessive altogether, though.
Answered by Andrew Leach on October 3, 2020
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