If you use modern spelling in quotations from a work written in the early modern period, you should let your readers know in a note… Read More
No. In MLA style, when you are quoting a work, you should maintain the integrity of the original text whenever possible. If the pronoun in… Read More
In general, the page numbers should be cited. Line numbers, if provided, are most helpful to readers for citations of “commonly studied poems and verse… Read More
No. When the dialogue incorporated is very brief or partial, you may elect to run the quotation into your text, as shown in the example… 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
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
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If in your essay you use a quotation from a poem that you found in a journal article, your in-text citation should include “qtd. in.”… Read More
No. Do not use “sic,” from the Latin for “thus” or “so,” to indicate that a quotation has been reproduced accurately. If clarification of a quotation is… Read More