The best way to avoid multiple punctuation is to rewrite if possible. Let’s say you are citing the passage from an e-book without stable pagination. Read More
If a sentence in parentheses follows a sentence, place a period before the closing parenthesis: I went to an exhibit at Vito Schnabel’s gallery. (Vito… Read More
Insert a comma between the page range and DOI. For an example, see our post on citing a paginated journal that appears online. Read More
Although publishers often insert a thin space between single and double quotation marks to make the text easier to read, writers do not need to… Read More
In prose, style a transliterated title the same way you would style the title in English. In the following example, the transliterated title A fidler… Read More
Some works render dialogue without enclosing it in punctuation that would distinguish it from the surrounding text. Treat such dialogue as you would treat any… Read More
List the full name of each person and provide the suffix after the last name of the person to whom it belongs. In MLA style,… Read More
No. Sentences in a block quotation cannot be reversed because, as the MLA Handbook notes, “[a] quotation should never be presented in a way that could cause… Read More
In the day-month-year style, do not use commas: School started on 4 September 2018. In the month-day-year style, use a comma to set off the… Read More
A comma may generally be omitted from an introductory phrase of two or three words, but consider using a comma when you wish to emphasize… Read More