Blaine M.

asked • 03/19/21

Quoting song titles when combined into one long title

Strange question but how would you do the quotations of a song title AND the capitalization if your writing out song titles but only taking one word from each title and turning it into one long song name, such as:

"What's your favorite Elton John song," he asked.

She replied, "Tiny rocket crocodile honky cat rock. They're all so good."

or

She replied, "'Tiny Rocket Crocodile Honkey Cat Rock.' They're all so good."

or separate each word that's in the title out

She replied, "'Tiny',' Rocket', 'Crocodile', 'Honky Cat', 'Rock.' They're all so good."

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Alexis W. answered • 03/22/21

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Blaine M.

Appreciate it. So something like: She replied, "'Tiny, Rocket, Crocodile, Honkey Cat, Rock.' They're all so good."
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03/23/21

Alexis W.

More so : "Tiny, Rocket, Crocodile, Honkey Cat, Rock. They're all so good." The extra ' ' is an option for each additional title independently. Likewise, you could also italicize each word in lieu of ' ' to also indicate it is a title.
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03/23/21

Blaine M.

Thank you. I guess an important part I forgot to mention is that I wanted it to give the impression that it was one song title that was purposely messed up by combining all of the songs to become one title. Would that still be the case or should I leave out the commas then?
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03/26/21

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