How to Use Social Media in the Writing Classroom

Tips on using social media to make writing projects meaningful for students Read More

Must a short quotation from a play be set off as an extract?

No. When the dialogue incorporated is very brief or partial, you may elect to run the quotation into your text, as shown in the example… Read More

If I list both a page range and a DOI as locations, what punctuation do I use between them?

Insert a comma between the page range and DOI. For an example, see our post on citing a paginated journal that appears online. Read More

Inanimate Nouns and Possession

Opinions vary on which inanimate nouns can be made possessive by adding ’s Read More

Should there be a space between single and double quotation marks?

Although publishers often insert a thin space between single and double quotation marks to make the text easier to read, writers do not need to… Read More

How do I cite a work by a think tank?

A think tank is a type of organization, so you should cite a work by a think tank according to the guidelines in section 2.1.3… Read More

How do I attribute information to a website article in my prose if no author is listed?

It depends on the source and who is responsible for the information in it. You might refer to the organization responsible for the site, the… Read More

How do I cite a copy of a speech?

You should always acknowledge when a speech was accessed using a secondary source. Thus, how you cite a copy of a speech depends on where… Read More

In prose, should a transliterated song title appear in italics or quotation marks?

In prose, style a transliterated title the same way you would style the title in English. In the following example, the transliterated title A fidler… Read More

How do I quote dialogue that is not in quotation marks?

Some works render dialogue without enclosing it in punctuation that would distinguish it from the surrounding text. Treat such dialogue as you would treat any… Read More