Capitalization: Words Beginning a Sentence—APA 7 (part. 12a)
You should capitalize: The first word in a sentence The first word after colon if it is a complete sentence The race was hard: The athletes had to train for many weeks Do not capitalized: A person’s name that begins with a lowercase letter van de Vijver and his team...
Hyphenation—APA 7 (part 11b)
Hyphenation Compound words can be used in many forms: Two separated words One hyphenated word One solid word When to use hyphenation? There is not a clear standardization, but refer to the following examples: When the compound word appears as an adjective before the...
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...
