Does someone know their title Possessive?
I am editing a story where the game show “Jeopardy!” is used as a possessive within a quote. Should I insert the’s within the single quotes around the name, such as ‘Jeopardy! There would be a’s’, or would the’s go outside the single quotes, such as, ‘Jeopardy! What are the ”s? I cannot use italics, because, as I explain it, the house style includes quotes around a name (repeating some editorial style on the blog) (text not inserted).
If everybody is watching
“Jeopardy! ‘s” success was due to host Alex Trebeck.
What is you watching in “Jeopardy”? “‘s success was due to host Alex Trebeck.
What
are some great lessons learned from your time in Japan?
What’s a series name?
In The Ranks of Others, you will find this can be seen followed by others such as here. An example which doesn’t italicise because it isn’t in a headline is here * and one that just uses a style of not italicising is here.
What is the general answer to a question? I cannot use italics, because house style
calls for quotes around the title If you can’t do anything because of
the house style, then do what the house style says to do.
If the house style doesn’t cover the case in question, then do what the person who is in charge of the house style does.
This applies for anything where having a house style causes difficulties. When a house style has a rule about something, then it’s not your problem any more; find out whose problem it is, and have them deal with the problem.
*I never understood what was so “controversial” about someone playing the game properly for one
game. It was well played and acted, but I never understand what was wrong with a player who played “assault and skill” correctly.
