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...
Dash–APA7th (part 6)
There are two types of dashes, em dash (long dash) and en dash (midsized dash), and they are different from hyphens. Em dash: Set of an element added to amplify or digress from the main clause. Use it sparingly, so it does not affect the flow of the text. Do...
Colons APA 7th (part. 5)
When should I use a colon? After a *complete introductory clause and the phrase–clause, or examples–that develop or explain the first clause There are three different reactions to fear: freeze, fight, and flight (Poumpouras, 2020). When a full sentence follows the...
Semicolons APA 7th (part. 4)
When do we use semicolons? To join two independent clauses The fact of the matter is that everyone is broken; we all have been born under the curse of sin. To join independent clauses separated by a conjunctive adverb (however, therefore…Link) We all have been...
Commas (APA 7 Mechanics 3/21)
When should I use commas? To divide all of the elements on a list, including the last one. Tomatoes, lettuce, and oranges After using an introductory phrase At the beginning of the year, we shared our goals and dreams. *In the beginning God created the heavens and the...
