Do you use italics when mentioning the name of a television channel or radio station in an essay?

No, you should not italicize the names of television channels or radio stations. The show originally aired on Cartoon Network. She listed to the weather… Read More

Colons: How to Use Them

Like a semicolon, a colon can connect two independent clauses . . . Read More

Apostrophes: One Mark, Three Ways

Apostrophes can be used in three ways . . . Read More

From the Vault: Hyphens and En Dashes the MLA Way

Get tips on using en dashes and hyphens from our previously unpublished style guidelines . . . Read More

Ellipsis at the Beginning of a Quotation

Read these three tips for effectively quoting from sources . . . Read More

A Dash of Sense

Get tips on how to avoid dashes run amok . . . Read More

There’s Nothing Wrong with a Full Stop

Many writers feel that the longer the sentence, the more elegant the style . . . Read More

If my instructor asks for a cover page, can I leave the heading off the first page of my essay?

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How do I style the title of a trilogy or informally titled series?

When a trilogy is published in one volume with a title of its own, the course of action is clear: italicize the title of the… Read More

Do I introduce an author’s full name and the full title of a work in each chapter of a book or dissertation?

It depends on the focus of your work. In a dissertation on a single author or title—say, Gabriel Marcel’s Being and Having: An Existentialist Diary—it… Read More