Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-29644557-20171221043421

Hey everyone!

So recently I've noticed patterns of bad grammar issues. However, I don't entirely blame the users for it - some of this is really tricky! So I am taking the liberty of starting a Discussion-based grammar teaching/refresher tool that will help with your grammar on this site. It's not meant to be demeaning or insulting, but informative and a learning experience. Also keep in mind that these lessons are not just aimed at repeat offenders - everyone, including admins and trusted users - can learn from these.

So let's go to the first lesson, shall we?

Italics

For most titles, they are to be italicized. Examples include The Godfather, A Christmas Carol, The Phantom of the Opera, etc. But there are some titles and phrases that are NOT italicized.

Italics are ONLY used with "long" pieces of media. The titles of:


 * Books (The Jungle Book)


 * Films (The Dark Knight)


 * Plays (Cats)


 * FULL Television, internet, and radio series (Breaking Bad, RWBY, Superman)


 * FULL comic book series (The Amazing Spider-Man)


 * Journals and magazines (Boy's Life)


 * Pamphlets (New Development in AIDS Research)


 * Artwork (Da Vinci's Mona Lisa)


 * FAMOUS speeches (The Gettysburg Address)


 * LONG musical pieces (Nutcracker Suite)


 * Vehicles (Titanic)

However, there are titles that do NOT use italics when writing them. Some instead use quotation marks, and are usually reserved for "short" pieces of media. These include:


 * Episode names. This applies to radio, television, internet, or any other episodic series. ("Fear of a Krabby Patty", "Welcome to Beacon", etc.)


 * Chapters ("A Warm Wind")


 * Issue titles ("The Night Gwen Stacy Died")


 * Songs ("Don't Stop Believing")


 * Poems ("The Raven")

And some don't use either, and are written normally. These include:


 * Companies (DC Comics)


 * Attraction names (The Haunted Mansion)


 * Musical pieces named by type, number and key (Mozart's Divertimento in D major, Barber's Cello Sonata Op. 6, etc.)


 * Websites (YouTube)


 * Trends or Mythos (SCP Mythos)

Now you know. If you have any questions, feel free to reply! 