Do commas and periods go inside or outside quotation marks in MLA style in Spanish?
In Spanish, unlike in American English, commas and periods go outside the quotation marks. If the quoted material ends in a period, omit that period. Read More
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Celebrating the Oscars—the MLA Way
Learn how to cite the ten films of 2022 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture Read More
How do I style the names of amusement rides?
Like proper names of other types of physical structures, such as buildings, proper names of amusement rides are capitalized like titles but are not italicized… Read More
How do I list copublishers in the Publisher element?
As noted in the MLA Handbook, if a source lists two or more publishers, include each of them in the Publisher element, separating them with… Read More
How do I style abbreviations like LOL in a title?
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary spells LOL (as well as BTW, TMI, and other abbreviations used in text messaging) with capital letters. In a title, the term… Read More
A Closer Look at MLA Style
An MLA editor offers a glimpse of some of the finer points of MLA style Read More
Can I name an interviewee as the author of a collection of interviews?
MLA style names the interviewee as the author of individual interviews (see MLA Handbook, appendix 2). When your source is a collection of interviews of… Read More