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1 I was reading The Merchant of Venice. 2 I was reading 'The Merchant of Venice'. 3 I was reading The Merchant of Venice. The man who cannot see that No 1 is the best looking, as well as the sufficient and sensible form, should print or write nothing but advertisements for lost dogs or ironmongers' catalogues: literature is not for him to meddle with.
— George Bernard Shaw, quoted in the Guardian style book, and with whom arbitrary constant does not agree.
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