How to Format Your Essay with Advanced Pattern Matching
Mistakes in formatting can be complicated to resolve, but you can customize solutions . . . Read More
How do I punctuate a greeting like “Hi, Anne” in an e-mail or other message?
How you punctuate an e-mail or other greeting depends on the level of formality and the structure of the message. In a formal message, one… Read More
How do I cite an interview conducted by e-mail?
Follow the MLA format template. Treat the person being interviewed as the author. Then provide a description that includes the format (“E-mail interview”) in… Read More
How do I cite a digitized, multivolume novel when each volume has a separate URL?
It is generally more useful to create a separate entry for each volume. In the following example, the writer has cited a passage from the… Read More
If Publishing is part of a publisher’s name on the title page of my source, should I include that word as part of the publisher’s name in my works-cited-list entry?
The MLA Handbook recommends omitting business words like Company, Corporation, and Incorporated (1.6.3) because the publisher can generally be identified without them. In our editorial practice, we… Read More
How do I cite a periodical that I am using over a range of dates?
How you cite a periodical that you are using over a range of dates depends on whether you are borrowing any material from it. If… Read More
Cocktails and Capitalization
There is no uniform consensus on how to capitalize names of cocktails . . . Read More
Creating Vertical Lists in MLA Style
In some types of material, a vertical list may be preferable to a run-in list . . . Read More
When should citation information in captions be separated by commas instead of semicolons?
If you provide full bibliographic details in a caption, convert the periods normally used after the elements of a works-cited-list entry into semicolons:… Read More
How to Write an Abstract
An abstract of a work, usually of an essay, is a concise summary of its main points . . . Read More
