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9.9.2.1 In ranges that might otherwise be expressed with to or through 9.9.2.2 In compounds when the connection might otherwise be expressed with to , versus , and , or between 9.9.2.3 Instead of a hyphen, use an en dash when applying a prefix or suffix to a compound that itself includes a space, dash or hyphen
MLA Style Manual, formerly titled MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing in its second (1998) and third edition (2008), was an academic style guide by the United States–based Modern Language Association of America (MLA) first published in 1985. MLA announced in April 2015 that the publication would be discontinued: the third ...
Formats a citation to a website using the provided information such as URL and title. Used only for sources that are not correctly described by the specific citation templates for books, journals, news sources, etc. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Last name last last1 author author1 author1-last author-last ...
Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.' Example 2–3: String: suggested: At: at: May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient. String: optional: Language: language
When citing the source, write the following (this formatting is just an example): John Smith (2009). Name of Book I Haven't Seen, Cambridge University Press, p. 99, cited in Paul Jones (2010). Name of Encyclopedia I Have Seen, Oxford University Press, p. 29. Or if you are using short citations: Smith (2009), p. 99, cited in Jones (2010), p. 29.
Each in-text cite is formatted as a superscripted alphanumeric character called the cite label and is enclosed by brackets; example: [1]. The cite label has an HTML link to the full citation in the reference list. In-text cites are automatically ordered by the cite label starting from the first use on a page.
A style guide, or style manual, is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field. The implementation of a style guide provides uniformity in style and formatting within a document and across multiple documents.
The other alternatives are: 2) to characterize a non-journal source as a journal (which amounts to metadata corruption); 3) not use citation templates; 4) not write anything requiring citations. #2 seems the least offensive, but even so this "lying to the template" (as Jc3s5h calls it) is "right intolerable", while SMc has noted the pragmatic ...