Unit 3 - The Mechanics of Writing
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Unit 3 - The Mechanics of Writing
- 1. Unit 3 The Mechanics 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 Purpose of 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 and Letters 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 Works in the Research Paper Capitalization and Punctuation Italicized Titles Titles in Quotation Marks Titles and Quotations Within Titles Exceptions Shortened Titles
- 8. Quotations Use and Accuracy 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.