When to use it:
- To clarify a comparison in a compound adjective
- Brief /short-term camps
- Spiteful/Ill-minded people
- To specify two possibilities
- Latino/a
- Separate numerators from denominators
- X/Y
- 2/4
- Separate units of measurement accompanied by numeric values
- 9 deg/s
- 5 mg/kg
- To set off phonemes
- /p/
- In citations for reprinted, or republished works.
- Frank (1946/ 1967)
Do not use a slash in the following cases:
- More than once to express compound units.
- Nmol • hr • mg
- When a phrase could be clarified
- The parents may give their toy to their son or daughter
Adapted from APA, 2020, pp.160-161
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The American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th edition.
