Had the "syl" song been sung by any unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

[Dharminder Singh]

Consider following imaginary situation:
Suppose there is a song named "syl". The government decided to ban this song because it was sung by a popular singer. Which of the following sentence is grammatically correct?

1. If "syl" song had been sung by any unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.
2. Had the "syl" song been sung by any unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

 

[Piscean]

These are all OK:


1. If Syl had been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.
2. Had Syl been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

3. If the song "Syl" had been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.
4. Had the song "Syl" been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

It doesn't matter whether you put the name of the song in quotation marks or in italic font.

 

[White Hat]

These are all OK:


1. If Syl song had been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.
2. Had Syl been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

Would 'the Syl song' be correct?

 

[jutfrank]

These are all OK:

1. If Syl song had been sung by an unpopular singer, it would not have been banned.

Are you sure you mean this?

 

[jutfrank]

Would 'the Syl song' be correct?

Not really, no. It should be (the song) 'Syl'.

 

[White Hat]

Are you sure you mean this?

Yes.

 

[White Hat]

Not really, no. It should be (the song) 'Syl'.

What I mean is that in your Sentence 1 it is 'Syl song' (no article). Is that correct?

 

[jutfrank]

I was asking Piscean. I don't have a sentence 1.

No, 'Syl song' is not correct by any stretch. It should be (the song) Syl.

 

[White Hat]

I was asking Piscean. I don't have a sentence 1.

No, 'Syl song' is not correct by any stretch. It should be (the song) Syl.

Yes. Sorry. I was responding to Piscean's post (Post 2).

 

[Piscean]

I was asking Piscean.

I have corrected my blunder.