Descriptions Used as Titles of Persons
Writers sometimes use short descriptive phrases in place of formal titles before people's names. Read More
Posts related to writing tips
Understanding Back-Formations: Established Expressions or Curious Coinages?
A post describing what back-formations are Read More
Parts of the Whole: Using Comprise and Compose
Learn how to use the verbs comprise and compose. Read More
How Do I Know If I’ve Used Due to Correctly?
"Due to," meaning “attributable to,” modifies noun phrases, not verb clauses. Read More
To Affect or Effect—to What Effect?
Learn how to use effect as a verb and affect as a noun Read More
Sports Terms in MLA Style
This post provides examples of sports term in MLA style. Read More
If I use a quotation that is already in quotation marks in my source, how many quotation marks should I use?
As the MLA Handbook notes, “When your quotation consists entirely of material enclosed by quotation marks in the source work, usually one pair of double… Read More
Chess Terms in MLA Style
This post shows you some examples of chess terms in MLA style. Read More
How do I provide original publication information?
Section 5.108 of the MLA Handbook gives examples of how original publication information can be provided as a supplemental element in a works-cited-list entry. But… Read More
How do I punctuate elliptical constructions?
Elliptical constructions occur when you write two related independent clauses, typically separated by a semicolon, and you omit a word or words from the second… Read More