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*Examples of Source
Self-made sentence
If you have written the sentence yourself, please tell us.
Book
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson.
Film
Five Easy Pieces – United States, 1970.
TV Show
The Wire – United States, crime drama.
Song
Singing in the Rain, Frank Sinatra (complete lyrics at lyrics007.com)
Article
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato, published March 2004 and revised August 2011. .
Webpage
FreeDictionary.com: wangle something from someone.
or
FreeDictionary.com: "wangle something from someone."
wangle
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Style notes to be really correct
Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, plays, TV shows, radio programs, and songs are capitalized and italicized:
The count of monte cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo.
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