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Unit 3 - The Mechanics of Writing
This document outlines the mechanics of writing including spelling, punctuation, italics, names of persons, numbers, titles of works, quotations, and works cited. It discusses rules and guidelines for consistency in these areas when writing a research paper, such as proper use of commas, capitalization of titles, accuracy of quotations, and formatting citations in the works cited page. The document is meant as a guide for writing research papers according to standard writing conventions.
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- 1. Unit 3 TheMechanics of Writing Vaidehi Hariyani (Research Scholar) Department of English,MKBU
- 2. Spelling Consistency (except the original ones) Word Division (Words should not be divided) Plurals ( Children, Alumni) Foreign Words
- 3. Punctuation The Purposeof Punctuation Commas Semicolons Colons Dashes and Parentheses Hyphens Apostrophes Quotation Marks Square brackets Slashes Periods, Question Marks and Exclamation Points Spacing after Concluding Punctuation Marks
- 4. Italics Words andLetters referred to as Words and Letters Foreign Words in an English Text Emphasis
- 5. Names of Persons First and Subsequent Uses of Names Titles of Persons Names of Authors and Fictional Characters
- 6. Numbers Arabic Numerals Use of Words or Numerals Commas in Numbers Percentages and Amounts of Money Dates and Times of the day Inclusive Numbers Roman Numerals
- 7. Titles of Worksin the Research Paper Capitalization and Punctuation Italicized Titles Titles in Quotation Marks Titles and Quotations Within Titles Exceptions Shortened Titles
- 8. Quotations Use andAccuracy of Quotations Prose Poetry Drama Ellipsis Other Alterations of Sources Punctuation with Quotations Translations of Quotations
- 9. French German Italian Spanish Latin
- 10. Works Cited Nicholas,David G. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Seventh Edition. The Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Print.