Spelling—APA 7 (part 11)
For APA spelling, follow the following dictionaries: Merriam Webster Dictionary APA Dictionary of Psychology Unabridged Edition of the Webster’s Dictionary Pay attention to the following Latin and Greek words: Singular / Plural Appendix / Appendices Criterion /...
Slash–APA 7 (part 10)
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...
Square Brackets–APA 7 (part 9)
When to use square brackets To enclose material that is already in parentheses. (The results of the hypothesis [h=5] are presented in Figure 4). To enclose the abbreviation if the abbreviation is in parentheses. (United Nations [UN]; Butler et al., 2003) For...
Parentheses– APA 7 (part 8)
When should one use parentheses? To mention independent elements The number of customers is increasing everyday (see Table 6). To write in-text citations Willard and Foster (2019) describe (Willard & Foster, 2019) To introduce abbreviations The United Nations (UN)...
Quotation Marks–APA 7th (part 7)
Quotation marks appear with other punctuation marks. Commas and periods go inside the closing quotation mark. Colons, semicolons, and ellipsis go outside closing quotation marks. When should I use double quotation marks? When referring to a letter, phrase, or sentence...
