Pay It Forward by Using Curriculum Correctly

by Michael Simon

Learn how to use the word curriculum correctly. Read More

Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Modifiers

Modifiers can be restrictive or nonrestrictive. A restrictive modifier restricts, or limits, the meaning of the modified element. A nonrestrictive modifier gives supplemental information about… Read More

When translating from a language that does not use roman characters, like Chinese, do I include the original characters or a transliteration? And how do I alphabetize titles of nonroman works?

In its publications, the MLA prefers to give the original characters (script) and a translation for titles and quotations; it also includes transliteration in some… Read More

On Editing Your Own Writing: Some Advice

by Susan Doose

Editing your own writing can be challenging, but it's not impossible Read More

A Century of Queer Korean Fiction: An Interview with Samuel Perry

by Samuel Perry

Read an interview with the editor and translator of A Century of Queer Korean Fiction. Read More

Rivers and Ladders and Bad Breaks, Oh My!

by Susan Doose

Checking page proofs involves identifying problems introduced in the typesetting process Read More

MLK Day the MLA Way

by Jennifer Rappaport

Martin Luther King Day? Martin Luther King, Jr., Day? MLK Day? . . . Read More

Is it ever acceptable to mention a work but not include it in the list of works cited?

Yes. But first let’s review when documentation is needed. A works-cited-list entry is needed for any source that you quote from or paraphrase that you… Read More

Which comes first in a works-cited list? An entry for an encyclopedia article titled “Christie, Agatha” or an entry for a work listed under the name Christie, Agatha?

It depends on what, if anything, follows the author’s name in the title of the encyclopedia entry. If the title of the encyclopedia entry is… Read More

Pointing Out Reasons with As, Since, For, and Because

by Michael Simon

Learn how to use the conjunctions as, since, for, and because Read More