I have an easy english question about titles??

Question

if you have to write a title of a book in a paper, do you underline it or put in quotations?

Answer 1

underline it!

Answer 2

I believe italics are preferred, although there are differing opinions about italics or underlines.

This link says underline OR italics.

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000112....

"Still, some instructors insist on underlines (probably because they went to school when italics were either technically difficult or practically unreadable). It is still a good idea to ask your instructor before using italics."

"Generally, we italicize the titles of things that can stand by themselves."...(such as) "novels and journals"

excerpted from http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/i...

"For simplicity and clarity, put quotation marks around the official titles of books, chapters of... (etc.)."

"Underlining was used with typewriters to denote italics. If you’re producing a computer document, you may wish to use italic fonts instead of underlines."

http://www.utexas.edu/visualguidelines/t...

Answer 3

Underline it

Answer 4

You underline books in MLA format.