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You may have seen the abbreviations e.g. and i.e. before, but do you know what they mean? Find out in our latest post: https://t.co/AUGsRMpyaQ.
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Learn how and when to use e.g. and i.e.
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You may have heard people use “hone in on,” but did you know it should actually be “home in on”? Learn more in our MLA Style Center post:
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Learn why hone in on should be home in on.
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Confused by “awhile” and “a while”? Find out when to use which one:
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Learn when to use a while and awhile.
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Learn how to format a quotation of a vertical list:
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In most cases, information from a vertical list is best presented by integrating quotations from relevant items into your prose or by paraphrasing. If it is important to reproduce the entire list or...
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Not all historic events are historical, and not all historical events are historic. Learn the difference on the MLA Style Center!
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Some adjectives ending in -ic and -ical are interchangeable, but others are not.
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Find out how to number footnotes in a multichapter work like a thesis.
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In this post, an MLA editor provides examples of how to use acronyms clearly and consistently in your work.
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This post discusses the use of acronyms in MLA style
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Notes don’t have to be counted to count! Learn to cite unnumbered notes on the MLA Style Center.
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In a source that does not number annotations, the notes section may list notes by their relevant main-text page number. Cite such notes by providing the number of the page in the notes section where...
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The grammar for indicating joint possession can be tricky. This post explains how to express the concept clearly.
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This post explains what to do when describing joint possession using pronouns
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No name? No problem! Learn two ways of citing numbered poems from an anthology on the MLA Style Center.
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Some poetic works are conventionally referred to using an established numbering system that allows readers using any edition of the work to easily locate the cited material. If a single poem from an...
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Wondering when you should you use “passed” instead of “past”? Find out in our latest post.
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Learn when you should used passed or past.
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In this post the MLA editors offer their guidance for citing live streams.
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This post explains how to cite a live stream.
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Since text in social media posts can change without notice, sometimes you need two dates in your works-cited-list entry.
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This post explains when to include access dates when citing social media posts
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If you’ve ever wondered how to cite an executive order by a US president, this post shows you how.
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This post explains how to cite executive orders by a US president.
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Wondering whether you need to track down the print edition page numbers for a digital edition you consulted? Find out on the MLA Style Center.
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It’s 10:00 p.m., your research paper is due first thing in the morning, and you have access only to the e-book or open access edition of the work you’ve been consulting through your institutional...
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Out now: Manual MLA, the official Spanish adaptation of the MLA Handbook, in print and on MLA Handbook Plus. Learn more: https://t.co/olanaCEKrz
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Learn how to use punctuation with quotations in Spanish!
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In Spanish, unlike in American English, commas and periods go outside the quotation marks. If the quoted material ends in a period, omit that period. In the example below, the period belongs to the...
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There may be times when you want to cite multiple pages from the same website. Find out how to cite those pages by reading our post.
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To cite multiple pages from the same website, you should create separate works-cited-list entries for each page. As outlined in the MLA Handbook, “[c]ross-references are not suitable for ongoing...
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