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
No. In MLA style, italics in a quotation are assumed to be in the original unless otherwise indicated. See the MLA Handbook for more details on quoting… Read More
If the title of an essay consists solely of the title of a work normally styled in italics, the title of the work should be… Read More