STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

I think you're right... you're talking about one CD-ROM, so it should be contains.

You're right. Depending on how you construct the sentence either CD-ROM or ABC NEWS VIDEOS FOR PHILOSOPHY CD-ROM (if that is the actual title of the product) is the subject and both of those are singular.

for what it's worth it from me I think you are correct, b/c it's 1 CD, but can you write something like

The "ABC NEWS VIDEOS FOR PHILOSOPHY" CD-ROM contains

or distinguish the actual title some other way (like bold, underlined, etc) ?

Andrea Julia wrote:

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ico wrote:
for what it's worth it from me I think you are correct, b/c it's 1 CD, but can you write something like The "ABC NEWS VIDEOS FOR PHILOSOPHY" CD-ROM contains or distinguish the actual title some other way (like bold, underlined, etc) ?
I have it capitalized, but since CD-ROM needs to be capitalized, too, that may be what's throwing her off.  I just wrote back to her for the second time explaining why I'm right.  If she still insists I'm wrong, I will try what you are saying. 

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Just a note: depending on what 'style' your company uses (most likely Chicago Manual of Style, I'm thinking?) there will be a rule for formatting the title of a CD-ROM. I am guessing that it is italicized (don't have my manual in front of me, b/c I'm not at work), so this might clear up the confusion:

ABC News Videos for Philosophy CD-ROM contains ...