A unit in Research Methodology

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.