do you double space after a period in mla?
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The MLA Style Center Leave one space after a period or other concluding punctuation mark, unless your instructor prefers two spaces. Whichever spacing you choose, be sure to use it consistently throughout your paper. See the MLA's formatting guidelines for more information.
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Formatting. As with all papers in MLA format, your outline should be double-spaced, 12 pt. The title of the paper should be centered.
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Because it falls into style instead of grammar there isn't a rule per se, but there is a standard, and the standard is to not double-space after a full stop. If you're writing for you, it doesn't make any difference how many spaces you put; you can put fifty if you really wanted to.
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Yes. Titles of software programs, including apps (e.g., Kindle, Instagram, and Facebook), are italicized in MLA style.
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A. One space after a colon. There is a traditional American typing practice, favored by some, of leaving two spaces after colons and periods. This practice is discouraged by the University of Chicago Press, especially for formally published works and the manuscripts from which they are published.
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Line Spacing Do not triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs. APA (2020) recommends the use of double spacing for “the entire paper, including the title page, abstract, text, headings, block quotations, reference list, table and figure notes, and appendices” (p.
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To properly follow AP style guidelines, only use one space after a period, as opposed to the often used double-space.
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Your report must be TYPED, DOUBLE SPACED (except title and literature cited sections), with 1.0 inch margins. All section headings should be typed in all capitals. Indent each new paragraph, rather than skipping two more lines. All papers will contain excellent SPELLING and GRAMMAR.
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MLA style format (8th ed.) Hanging Indents are required for citations in the bibliography, as shown below. That is, the first line of the citation starts at the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented 4 spaces. The bibliography is double-spaced, both within the citation and between them.
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Both the notes and the bibliography entries should be single-spaced within each entry and double-spaced between entries.
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['Select all the text in the document that you want formatted with a hanging indent.', 'Drag the blue triangle in the ruler to the right until you hit 0.5″ (standard indent size for APA and MLA)', 'Drag the blue rectangle back from 0.5″ to 0″', 'Done!']
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Hanging Indents are required for citations in the bibliography, as shown below. That is, the first line of the citation starts at the left margin, and subsequent lines are indented 4 spaces. The bibliography is double-spaced, both within the citation and between them.
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Lines should be double spaced with no extra spaces between paragraphs. Single space between sentences after periods. Indent new paragraphs and each new section of dialogue, with the exception of the opening paragraph of a chapter or scene break. Don't do this by hitting the tab key.
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'Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly and inarguably wrong' In the beginning, the rules of space bar were simple. Two spaces after each full stop.
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Unless you are typing on an actual typewriter, you no longer have to put two spaces after a period. ... Or an exclamation point. The rule applies to all end punctuation. Just one space.
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Yes, bulleted lists in APA should be double spaced, as noted on the APA Style Blog. In case there is confusion from the examples, the post says, "Note that although we single-space examples in the blog, you should double-space lists in an APA Style manuscript just as you would regular text."
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['Type “nbsp” to add a single space.', 'Type “ensp” to add 2 spaces.', 'Type “emsp” to add 4 spaces.', 'Use the non-breaking space (nbsp) 4 times to insert a tab.', 'Use “br” to add a line break.']