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“Play it as it lays” or “play it as it lies”
The title of Joan Didion's book Play It as It Lays has thrown me off since I first heard it. Shouldn't it be Play It as It Lies?
I have read through a related post on the subject of lay vs. lie and ...
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Confusion about book title capitalization [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which words in a title should be capitalized?
Why are some book titles written with all letters in all words capitalized, while others choose to capitalize some words in ...
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Please explain “I Am America (And So Can You!)”
As a non-native speaker, I found Stephen Colbert’s book title I Am America (And So Can You!) a little hard to dissect. Why so can you? Why isn’t it So Are You? What’s the full phrase that And So Can ...
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How can I express this, “When sword emitted fire” [closed]
I have to decide a title, I want to convey of the idea of a legendary sword which emits fire/ befalling curse on the enemies. I want a more impressive word for emitted. And also I need a "when" so I ...
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Meaning of “cookbook” in title of instructional book
I see many instructional books where the title of the book includes cookbook! What is the meaning of cookbook in this situation? Example: Python Testing Cookbook.
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How do I style book titles in a block of italicized text?
Book titles, among others, are commonly written in italics.
She had read this quote in Pride and Prejudice.
But what should I do if a title appears in a block of text that is already italicized, ...
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Through a Glass, Clearly / A Scanner Darkly / In a Mirror, Darkly / etc
I've seen a pattern in a couple of titles.
Asimov has a book called "Through a Glass, Clearly".
Philip Dick wrote "A Scanner Darkly".
Star Trek has the episode "In a Mirror, Darkly"
Agatha Christy ...
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What does the phrase “DV-Undefined” and the phrase “DV-MPS General” mean in book titles
I'm looking at a couple of books on Amazon and the they have some weird parts in the title.
see:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0735611319/ref=cm_rdp_product
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