Quotation (speech) marks for ships, plays and books

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Use quotation marks for the names of books, plays, films, articles, ships, aircraft, houses and hotels.
 


Books, Plays, etc.

Quotation marks can be used to highlight the names of books, plays, films, articles, ships, aircraft, houses and hotels.

Examples:

Jeremy stayed at "The Dorchester" for 3 weeks last summer.

"Southern Stars" was Jones's account of the trek; I have read others that
contradict his version of events.
(In this example, it is useful to group the book title within quotation marks,
because "Stars" is a plural word and "was" is singular.)

I was certain the "Spruce Goose" was too heavy to fly.
       
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