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Advice from the Editors
Effective Signposting
Get tips on building signposts to help articulate the structure of your argument . . . Read More
Ask The MLA
How do I document a source when I can’t use a works-cited-list entry or an endnote?
Sometimes, a source needs to be cited in a piece of prose that doesn’t lend itself to the kind of documentation appropriate for research papers. Read More
Ask The MLA
Do I capitalize the names of dog breeds?
Do not routinely capitalize the names of dog breeds. Many breed names are composed of proper nouns that you capitalize and generic terms (like retriever… Read More
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Is it wrong to type spaces before and after a dash?
The appropriateness of spaces before and after a dash depends on various considerations: the typeface used, the medium (print, online), and so on. In the… Read More
Advice from the Editors
Five Common Grammar Questions
An MLA editor addresses five common grammar questions Read More
Grammar Topics
Verb Phrases
A verb phrase contains a verb in the form of a participle. A participle is a form of a verb that ends in ing or… Read More
Advice from the Editors
On Editing Your Own Writing: Some Advice
Editing your own writing can be challenging, but it's not impossible Read More
Teaching Resources
The History of Scholarship Project
Students will apply research skills from the online course and develop a presentation that demonstrates their understanding of how scholarship on a single work of literature changes over time. Read More
Advice from the Editors
Submit an Essay to “Writing with MLA Style”
The Modern Language Association seeks submissions from students of exemplary research papers written in MLA style for publication in “Writing with MLA Style,” a collection… Read More