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Top 3 Tips for Writing an MLA Essay

After the post highlighting the most common APA formatting errors, it only seems fair to discuss the most common errors made when writing an MLA paper. MLA is an abbreviation for Modern Language Association. It’s a style or writing that is typically required by English and many liberal arts courses. MLA shares many similarities with APA style, including margin requirements and most page style guidelines. MLA and APA differ significantly in citation styles, however, and this can be very confusing for students-especially those who may have different style requirements within the same semester! PowerPapers is here to help with three of the top tips for MLA style formatting.