How does the MLA style the name of the 2019 coronavirus?
The name of the 2019 coronavirus is styled by most organizations as either Covid-19 or COVID-19. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… Read More
The name of the 2019 coronavirus is styled by most organizations as either Covid-19 or COVID-19. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… Read More
In general, yes, you should reproduce quotations as they appear in the source. If a quotation appears in all caps in your source, most of… Read More
We follow the guidelines in The Chicago Manual of Style, which notes that full names of most wars are capitalized and that generic terms are… Read More
In general, lowercase generic forms of proper nouns: the United States Army, the army President Kennedy, the president the Brooklyn Bridge, the bridge Housatonic River,… Read More
Practice varies. As indicated in section 1.6 of the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook, MLA style does not use periods between letters for abbreviations composed… Read More
Capitalize the title of a handout title style; that is, “capitalize the first word, the last word, and all principal words” (MLA Handbook 67). Below… Read More
A preposition that is not at the start or end of a title should be lowercased, no matter how many words compose it and no… Read More
If the beverage is a brand name or a unique recipe title or includes a proper noun, capitalize it: Frappuccino (a coinage trademarked by Starbucks)… Read More
Headings and subheadings can help organize and structure your writing. In general, longer and more complex works warrant more of them than shorter ones. Avoid… Read More
An MLA editor gives examples of typography that should and should not be reproduced in a quotation Read More