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Writing with MLA Style: 2024 Edition

Congratulations to the students whose essays were selected for the 2024 edition of Writing with MLA Style! The selected essays were chosen as examples of excellent student writing that use MLA style for citing sources. View the essays.

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Making Comparisons

Which preposition you use with compare depends on what kind of comparison you’re making. Read an MLA editor’s explanation.

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Forego or Forgo?

Forego and forgo are different words with different meanings. Keep their meanings straight with the help of an MLA editor.

Handbook Plus Quick Guides

Take advantage of our Handbook Plus quick guides, which introduce the basics of MLA style, including creating works-cited lists.

Titles and Punctuation Marks!

Wondering how to incorporate into your writing a title ending with a punctuation mark? Always get it right by following an MLA editor’s guide.

Going Back in Time: Using Wayback Machine

When you access a website through Wayback Machine, you should include the Internet Archive in your works-cited entry. The MLA editors offer an example.

How to Alphabetize Symbols

Symbols at the beginning of an entry should be ignored when you alphabetize your work-cited list. The MLA editors demonstrate their approach.

Correcting Citation Information

If information on a cover sheet for a work in a database is incorrect, you should adjust your works-cited entry to correct any factual errors, the MLA editors explain.

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