I am writing my thesis in British English. Can I still use MLA style?
Yes. The MLA’s system for documenting sources is used throughout the world and may be adapted to many contexts. Follow the guidelines in the MLA Handbook… Read More
Yes. The MLA’s system for documenting sources is used throughout the world and may be adapted to many contexts. Follow the guidelines in the MLA Handbook… Read More
You should generally use quotation marks if you repeat a quotation from the same source, but you may omit quotation marks when referring back to a… Read More
To eliminate back-to-back parentheses in a sentence, you should generally reword: Original: The General Franco Institute published the most important Spanish colonial work on Andalusi… Read More
The slash is rarely necessary in formal prose. It mainly appears when two terms are paired as opposites or alternatives and used together as a… Read More
As the MLA Handbook notes, when you borrow an idea from a source, “it is important to signal at the end . . . that you are… Read More
No. Note that there are many languages in the world that do not have an italic font—Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Armenian, for example. Arabic sometimes uses a… Read More
Unlike my high school essays, my college papers consist largely of my own ideas and analysis . . . Read More
MLA style follows The Chicago Manual of Style (8.47) for geographic terms. For example, we capitalize north, south, east, and west when the terms refer to regions or cultures: Customs… Read More
In MLA style, a comma is generally only used before et al. in the “Author” slot of works-cited-list entries when the author’s first and last names… Read More
Dangling modifiers take several forms. Here are a few types—and some ways to fix them . . . Read More