Even though it sound more awkward …

Interesting. While editing a review of “The Fantastic Four” this morning written by Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel , I stumbled over this line: “ ‘The Godfather’s’ Michael Corleone never actually said, ‘Never go against the family.’ But he should have. Because these Four believe it.” Now, forget Moore’s incorrect use of quotes. What’s interesting is his statement.

Here, according to the Internet Movie Database , is the correct quote (from 1972’s “The Godfather” ): “Fredo, you’re my older brother and I love you, but don’t ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever.”

I’m not quite sure what the difference in meaning between the two lines is. But Moore, as it turns out, is correct.

As for the quotes : The actual name of the film is not “The Godfather’s,” yet the actual name is supposed to be anything contained within the quote marks. How to fix it? One good way to avoid the awkwardness posed by the mingling of apostrophes and quote marks is to rewrite, as in, “Michael Corleone of ‘The Godfather’ fame never actually said. …”