by Editarians | Mar 31, 2022 | Ask the Editor
I have a question about APA citations. I know that in APA Style, I should add initials to text citations when different authors have the same last name. What do I do when two different authors also have the same first initial?
by Karen Crosby | Feb 16, 2022 | Ask the Editor, Grammar, Mechanics
Question: Should I capitalize words like Google and Internet? I see it written different ways depending on the author and publication. What is the hard and fast rule for whether I should capitalize Google and Internet or not? Let me google that for you… (just...
by Editarians | Jan 19, 2022 | Ask the Editor
Question: I’m wondering about comma usage. How do you punctuate a sentence like this to show that the dependent clause applies to both Johnny and Lisa (and not Lisa alone): “Johnny went to the park and Lisa went to the beach because it was nice outside.” Comma...
by Karen Crosby | Jan 7, 2022 | Ask the Editor, Grammar
When I write dialogue in text, do I need to separate each speaker’s speech into its own paragraph, or can I leave it all on one line? Read on to find out.
by Editarians | Nov 30, 2021 | Ask the Editor
How do I go about ordering references with the same author and year of publication? If more than one entry has the same author(s) with the same year of publication, the entries are then alphabetized by title. Letters (a, b, c, etc.) are added to the year of publication to differentiate the entries.
by Editarians | Oct 29, 2021 | Ask the Editor
You may think that cardinals and ordinals have something to do with sports teams, but here we’re talking about numbers. Mixing up cardinal and ordinal numbers is a common mistake when writing dates.