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Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 07 May 2016, 23:56
by 22RBhattacharyya
Scott,
I just submitted my first review on Yaser and Yasmeen, but I think i forgot to underline the title.
Will it be rejected?
If it is, could I send it in again corrected?

Please respond on my inbox

Thanks, Rik

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 01 Jun 2016, 10:26
by Rwarr
The rules make sense.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 03 Jun 2016, 00:13
by Lerice
The rules you posted are correct.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 22 Jun 2016, 22:02
by ChillFil
Refer to MLA. I believe it's italics for titles of works/articles/what-have-you and underlining for sources: books, magazines.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 21 Nov 2016, 15:21
by karolinka
I would never underline, I agree with Scott that it is archaic. I would use italics or quotation marks.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 19 Mar 2017, 03:24
by Olivia_Kincaid
That was an eye opener . I was always confused about those rules . Thanks for that post .

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 21 Mar 2017, 10:24
by Yolanda Denise
The rules are very clear.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 25 Mar 2017, 10:33
by Immaculata Uduma
The information is okay,but i want to add that it is better to use capital letters instead of underlining a topic.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 04 Aug 2017, 15:42
by mumoscar
Thanks Scott, a new rule for me, quite clear!

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 08 Aug 2017, 10:10
by Madiha12
Clear and and concrete explanation. Thanks for a great post.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 23 Aug 2017, 19:15
by ilovebooks2
Thank you for your clear and succinct explanation of the rules, Scott. I agree with you.
However, even though I know it's wrong, I do use quotation marks around a book title when writing a review on Amazon because italics are unavailable. I notice some people use ALL CAPS, but I'm not a fan of this look.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 26 Aug 2017, 23:42
by Christina Rose
ilovebooks2 wrote:Thank you for your clear and succinct explanation of the rules, Scott. I agree with you.
However, even though I know it's wrong, I do use quotation marks around a book title when writing a review on Amazon because italics are unavailable. I notice some people use ALL CAPS, but I'm not a fan of this look.
I agree with you on this. If italics are not available, I use quotation marks. I'm also glad Scott is specific in the Review Guidelines about using italics for book titles. That should eliminate any confusion.

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 15:27
by Job Njoroge
I have a problem using italics and bold . I put the right tabs but they don't work what could be the problem. It is greatly affecting my review
E.g. dad. That didn't work yet it has the right tabs. Am I missing something?

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 26 Sep 2017, 18:12
by Christina Rose
Job Njoroge wrote:I have a problem using italics and bold . I put the right tabs but they don't work what could be the problem. It is greatly affecting my review
E.g. dad. That didn't work yet it has the right tabs. Am I missing something?
In your post, it looks like bold is working for you. Dad is in bold. The only thing I can think of is to make sure the box next to "Disable BBCode" is NOT checked. I hope that helps!

Re: Use underlining, italics, or quotation marks for titles?

Posted: 01 Oct 2017, 15:27
by DrZoraizHaider
This article is very helpful for understanding me the basics of italics & underlinings.