Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Consistency
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Manuscript Style
Editorial Style
Formatting choices
MUGs (Mechanics, Usage and Grammar)
Margins: 1 inch
Spacing: double spaced
Paragraphs begin with indents
Font: 12 point, serif font (Times New Roman)
Header:
In the upper margin of the page
On the left, a shortened version of the title.
On the right, a page number.
MUGs
Mechanics
Punctuation
Capitalization
Numbers
Usage
Active Voice
Agreement
Word Choice
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Noun Clusters
Jargon
Colloquialisms
Specificity
Biased
Language
Parentheses
Authors name
Date of publication
Page number or paragraph number (if a quote
rather than a paraphrase or summary)
Book?
Newspaper?
Online journal article?
Author name
Data of publication
Name of article
Name of book/ journal/ newspaper
Website or database
Purdue OWL
Pocket Guide to APA Style by Robert Perrin
APA the Easy Way by Peggy M. Houghton,
Timothy J. Houghton, Michele M. Pratt
Guide to Graduate Writing
Student Success Center Writing Resources