▲ 577 ▼ Ba-dumm Tss (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children) What is MLA and APA? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (2 children) Chicago, APA and MLA are different citation standards. At the end of books or papers you will see a bunch of references and they are all in the same format, these standards dictate the order of information (eg title, author, chapter, volume, page number...) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 28 points 1 year ago (3 children) Your disdain for these manuals of style is blatantly visible in your omission of the serial comma, which all three recommend using ಠ_ಠ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago All my homies love the Oxford comma permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Ha! My background is science, honestly I just plug everything into endnote and it does it for me I can't be bothered to learn the format. permalink fedilink source parent [–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago AP doesn't permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ah. Never heard of these. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What, Wizard Seminary doesn't believe in citations? It's just a free for all of plagiarism? That sounds awesome, actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Not really. I am just not from the US so we use different standards permalink fedilink source parent [–] Neoinvin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago writing standards and styles guides permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago (2 children) Chicago, APA and MLA are different citation standards. At the end of books or papers you will see a bunch of references and they are all in the same format, these standards dictate the order of information (eg title, author, chapter, volume, page number...) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 28 points 1 year ago (3 children) Your disdain for these manuals of style is blatantly visible in your omission of the serial comma, which all three recommend using ಠ_ಠ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago All my homies love the Oxford comma permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Ha! My background is science, honestly I just plug everything into endnote and it does it for me I can't be bothered to learn the format. permalink fedilink source parent [–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago AP doesn't permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ah. Never heard of these. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What, Wizard Seminary doesn't believe in citations? It's just a free for all of plagiarism? That sounds awesome, actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Not really. I am just not from the US so we use different standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FearfulSalad@ttrpg.network 28 points 1 year ago (3 children) Your disdain for these manuals of style is blatantly visible in your omission of the serial comma, which all three recommend using ಠ_ಠ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago All my homies love the Oxford comma permalink fedilink source parent [–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Ha! My background is science, honestly I just plug everything into endnote and it does it for me I can't be bothered to learn the format. permalink fedilink source parent [–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 1 year ago AP doesn't permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago All my homies love the Oxford comma permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago Ha! My background is science, honestly I just plug everything into endnote and it does it for me I can't be bothered to learn the format. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) Ah. Never heard of these. Thanks for the explanation. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What, Wizard Seminary doesn't believe in citations? It's just a free for all of plagiarism? That sounds awesome, actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Not really. I am just not from the US so we use different standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 child) What, Wizard Seminary doesn't believe in citations? It's just a free for all of plagiarism? That sounds awesome, actually. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Not really. I am just not from the US so we use different standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Not really. I am just not from the US so we use different standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Neoinvin@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago writing standards and styles guides permalink fedilink source parent
