Which sentence does not contain any errors in the use of italics or quotation marks? A. The submarine "USS Nautilus" was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. B. italics The submarine "USS Nautilus" was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. C. The submarine USS Nautilus was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. D. italics The submarine USS Nautilus was the first of its kind to use nuclear power.

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Halle Skinner

26 January, 14:21

Which sentence does not contain any errors in the use of italics or quotation marks? A. The submarine "USS Nautilus" was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. B. italics The submarine "USS Nautilus" was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. C. The submarine USS Nautilus was the first of its kind to use nuclear power. D. italics The submarine USS Nautilus was the first of its kind to use nuclear power.

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Margaret Schwartz · Answer 1

Well, it's really difficult to answer this question because you didn't italicize anything in your question. But the rule of thumb is to italicize the names of the ships (usually you don't italicize USS, but rather just the name of the ship), and not place quotation marks around it. So that would mean that A and C are incorrect. It should be something like this - The submarine USS Nautilus ...