I’m citing an online article that lacks page numbers. The database containing it provides the page range for the original print version. Do I include the page numbers in my entry?

Yes. Databases house digital copies of works and supply the publication information for the version of those works that have been digitized, usually in PDF… Read More

How do I cite a State of the Union address?

As with all sources, how you cite a State of the Union address depends on how you accessed it. A video of Gerald Ford’s 1976… Read More

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

How should I style ellipses in MLA style?

The MLA Handbook explains that you should “[i]dentify an omission within a sentence by using three periods with a space before each and a space… Read More

Citing Artifacts in a Digital Archive

by Angela Gibson

Get tips for citing work in a digital archive . . . Read More

Citing Source Code in MLA Style

by Joseph Wallace

To cite source code begin with the MLA format template . . . Read More

Modifiers

A modifier is a word or group of words that describes—that is, modifies—another part of the sentence. Modifiers answer questions like What kind? Where? Why? When? How? and In what… Read More

Subject

The subject of a sentence is often who or what performs the action of the verb. Lucinda sang a solo. Voices filled the auditorium. It… 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

To Splice or Not to Splice?

by Angela Gibson

Writers should generally not use a comma to connect two independent clauses . . . Read More