I'm doing a MLA research paper and I wanted to know what is the standard?  One? or Two spaces?
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Two spaces is the standard after any punctutaion with a dot on the bottom, ie, period, exclamation point, question mark, colon.  If there is no period/dot on bottom, ie, hyphen, comma, semi-colon, then it's one space.
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I believe the rule of thumb is to not have more than 3 separate parts to any sentence.\n\nYour sentences make enough sense, but remove the word "has" between "light" and "changes".or change "changes" to "changed to".\n\nThe last sentence has more than 3 parts so I suggest you make 2 sentences out of that group of thoughts, somehow, with "Of course, I understand. Though, it may be hard to explain."\n\nThe next sentence makes sense, but is missing a "d" in the word "crowded".\n\nRetarded is the correct spelling of that word.\n\nLet's say you could light 3 candles with one match, but you have 5 candles. You'd have two too many candles to light with one match.\n\nI used to refuse to do my own English essays, although I knew I could get a much better grade, simply because I didn't like the teacher nit-picking.  Like i just did ... lol\n\nI hope you do much better than I.
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Yes use a semicolon\n\nand people, this is listed under HW help..
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See the website below.\n\n"A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation."\n\nIt's very easy to use.
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If you are doing a college paper, it all depends on the citation format.  Check which one you are using (MLA is crazy on everything but Centered is good) and do not underline unless you are published, which I doubt you are.  Some citation formats call for large and small caps, but if you keep it centered, same font as everything else (unless told otherwise), and only major words capitalized (or just the first, just stick with one choice) then you should be fine.
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go to www.citationmachine.net , it will lay everything out in the correct format for you
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you should have an opening paragraph, at least 3 body paragraphs and a closing.  All paragraphs should have an opening sentence  with at least 3  body sentences then a closing sentence.  Your first and last paragraphs should be summaries of the article stating the same thing worded differently.
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It depends on what kind of writing you are talking about. If it is handwriting, it is just a matter of practice. If it is creating sentence structure, you might try going to the library and asking the librarian what you need. They have books on writing from grade school through college and alot of them simplified. If it is writing style, I use a little book my college english teacher recommended called The Pocket Handbook by Kirszner and Mandell. It seems overwhelming when you first look at it, but if you actually take the time to read it, it is pretty simple and straight forward. It indicates MLA style. For other styles, Spark has cheater charts at barnes and nobles for $5 that are quick and easy to use. It is all cut down to common sense, no frills. I don't have advice for the web, but I hope these things can help. =)
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In MLA format, you are not supposed to have a title page.  on google, search "Owl at Purdue" click the link and then click on MLA format.  It will explain everything. also check my sources.
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here's the way I've always done them\n\nTop line, centered, "M E M O R A N D U M" (space between each letter)\n\nleave a few lines\n\nthen against the left margin:\n\nTO: (tab out) Xxxxx...\n(leave an empty line)\nFROM: (tab out even with other lines) Xxxxx...\n(leave an empty line)\nDATE: (tab out even with other lines) Xxxxx...\n(leave an empty line)\nRE: (tab out even with other lines) Xxxxx...\n\nLeave a few lines and type body...
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With the MLA format, you put the citation after the information from the source in parantheses. If there is more than one citation in a sentence, you just have to attribute the quote to the correct author.\n\nThe sources below should provide a little more clarification as to the rules of the MLA.
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MLA is the Modern Language Association. This organization has a document explaining how academic papers should be written wth regards to footnotes and other citations. \n\nBelow is only one copy of the document that you can easily find on the Internet.\n\nGood luck with your research report!
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A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. It should contain a topic sentence and the following sentences should support the topic sentence or main idea.  When you start a new paragraph, you should indent five spaces.\n    I wish you the best on learning English.  I am proud of anyone making the effor.
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I have found it best to use easybib.com for the MLA citations. At my school the teachers practically encourage it so that the citations are correct.
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I think it means you have to write one defintion but 2 lines long (they probably want more than one word).\nThats what I would do, or did they ask for 2 definitions?
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My MLA Handbook is old, but I think this still applies:\n\nA research paper does not need a title page. Instead beginning one inch from the top of the first page and flush with the left margin, put your name, your instructor's name, the course number, and date on separate lines. Double space between lines. Double space again and center the title. Double space twice bwetween the title and the first line of the text.
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How to cite Web sites, in MLA format:\nSources on the Web that students and scholars use in their research include scholarly projects, information databases, the texts of books, articles in periodicals, and personal sites. Entries in a works-cited list for such sources contain as many items from the list below as are relevant and available. Following this list are sample entries for some common kinds of Web sources.\n\n   1. Name of the author, editor, compiler, or translator of the source (if given), reversed for alphabetizing and, if appropriate, followed by an abbreviation, such as ed.\n   2. Title of an article, poem, short story, or similar short work in the Internet site (enclosed in quotation marks). Or title of a posting to a discussion list or forum (taken from the subject line and put in quotation marks), followed by the description Online posting\n   3. Title of a book (underlined [Should I use underlining or italics?])\n   4. Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of the text (if relevant and if not cited earlier), preceded by the appropriate abbreviation, such as Ed.\n   5. Publication information for any print version of the source\n   6. Title of the Internet site (e.g., scholarly project, database, online periodical, or professional or personal site (underlined [Should I use underlining or italics?]) or, for a professional or personal site with no title, a description such as Home page\n   7. Name of the editor of the site (if given)\n   8. Version number of the source (if not part of the title) or, for a journal, the volume number, issue number, or other identifying number\n   9. Date of electronic publication, of the latest update, or of posting\n  10. For a work from a subscription service, the name of the service and--if a library or a consortium of libraries is the subscriber--the name and geographic location (e.g., city, state abbreviation) of the subscriber\n  11. For a posting to a discussion list or forum, the name of the list or forum\n  12. The number range or total number of pages, paragraphs, or other sections, if they are numbered\n  13. Name of any institution or organization sponsoring the site (if not cited earlier)\n  14. Date when the researcher accessed the source\n  15. URL of the source or, if the URL is impractically long and complicated, the URL of the site's search page. Or, for a document from a subscription service, the URL of the service's home page, if known; or the keyword assigned by the service, preceded by Keyword; or the sequence of links followed, preceded by Path.