I was reading a message board thread about songs, and I hit upon a new grammar pet peeve.
You put song titles in "quotation marks."
You italicize the name of the album.
(Memory trick: Short things get quotation marks. Long things get italicized.)
So, this is correct: My favorite version of the song "Hallelujah" is on k.d. lang's album Hymns of the 49th Parallel.
Bonus tip: The same trick memory trick works for stories and books. Short stories get quotation marks; books get italicized.
So, this is correct: The only thing of Stephen King's I've ever finished is the story "The Langoliers" from the book Four Past Midnight.
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