The document provides guidelines for writing style and formatting according to the MCC (Mid Cheshire College) Style Guide. It addresses rules for title pages, ordering of document sections, formatting of text, use of quotations, citations, and references. Key rules include centering the title in bold heading caps on the title page, double-spacing all text, indenting paragraphs, including page numbers aligned to the right, and listing references alphabetically by author.

1. MCC STYLE GUIDE
THE TITLE PAGE
The Title is Centred in a Bold
Font in Heading Caps and
Single-Spaced on the Page
M. Lastname
Mid Cheshire College
Foundation Degree in
Commercial Music Technology
14/05/13

2. MCC STYLE GUIDE
THE RULES
The content page goes in this order…
1. Title page
2. Sections
3. References
4. Appendices
5. Notes
6. Tables, Figures, etc.

3. MCC STYLE GUIDE
THE RULES
“The preferred typeface for APA publications is Times
Roman, with a 12-point font size” (APA, 2009, p. 228)
All text should be double-spaced.
Indent all text paragraphs using the tab key.
The page number aligns with the right margin.
Number all pages consecutively-starting with the title page.
The page header is an abbreviated title in heading caps.The page header goes
inside the top margin a half inch above the text,
next to the left margin.

4. MCC STYLE GUIDE
THE RULES
Reproduce a quote exactly. If there are grammatical errors, introduce the
term “sic” italicized and bracketed—for example, “the speaker sttutured
[sic] terribly”—immediately after the error to indicate it was in the
original quote.
Block quotes, quotations of 40 words or longer, are double-spaced
from the text, single-spaced within. Indent the
entire block five spaces.
Shorter quotes, less than 40 words, are placed in the
text in quotation marks.

5. MCC STYLE GUIDE
THE RULES
Spell out common numbers under 10.
To make plurals out of numbers, add s only, with no apostrophe (the 1950s).
Use numerals for numbers 10 and above
Omit . . . Words. Words may be omitted from a quote as long
as the original meaning is not altered.
The omission is an ellipsis, and is indicated by inserting
three ellipsis points, three full stops.

6. MCC STYLE GUIDE
CITATIONS
When the author is introduced in the text the page number follows the
quotation, but the date follows the author’s name. Smith (1999) reported that
“the creature walked like a duck and quacked like a duck” (p. 23). The
abbreviation “p.” for page is lower cased.
If the author isn’t introduced at the start of the sentence, the author, date, and
page are placed together. For example, It was reported that “the creature
walked like a duck and quacked like a duck” (Smith, 1999, p. 23).

7. MCC STYLE GUIDE
REFERENCES
List references alphabetically by author.
Use initials as appropriate, Smith, A. comes before Smith, B.
When there are multiple works by the same author, list references
by date, the most recent last.
Basic Format for Books
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work:
Location: Publisher.