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Month Abbreviations

According to p. 95 of the MLA Handbook 8th ed. Spell out months in the body of your paper and abbreviate as follows in your works cited list: January = Jan. February = Feb. March = Mar. April = Apr. May = May June = June July = July August = Aug. September = Sept. October = Oct. November = Nov. December = Dec.

Email Example

Olsen, Mary. "Re: Statistics from Student Population." Received by Jonas Conner, 15 Mar. 2015.

Email Explanation

Author: Olsen, Mary. Provide the last name and first names of the author of the email, followed by a period.

Title of message: "Re: Statistics from Student Population." Use the title of message taken from the subject line and enclose it in quotations marks. End with a period. Recipient: Received by Jonas Conner, Use the words Received by followed by the recipient's name of the e-mail and a comma. Date: 15 Mar. 2015. The date of the e-mail using the appropriate abbreviation for the month. End citation with a period.

[The above information is based on p. 29 of the MLA Handbook 8th edition.]

Tweet Example

@persiankitty. "We are low on cat food and kitty litter." Twitter, 28 June 2016, 4:45 p.m., twitter.com/persionkitty/status/2938479832.

Tweet Explanation

Author: @persiankitty. Provide the name of the hashtag of the tweet, followed by a period.

Message: "We are low on cat food and kitty litter." Restate the entire full text of the message and enclose it in quotations marks. End with a period.

Twitter: Twitter, Give the name Twitter in Italics followed by a comma. Date and time: 28 June 2016, 4:45 p.m., The date and time of the tweet using the appropriate abbreviation for the month. End each part with a comma.

URL: twitter.com/persionkitty/status/2938479832. Give the URL for hte tweet and end citation with a period.

[The above information is based on p. 29 of the MLA Handbook 8th edition.]

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