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Meet Gary La

Meet Gary La. Gary La has taught English at the University of Harvard for over 67 years. He has written over 40 different books on documenting formatting and grammatical structure. In short, he is THE MOST INTERESTING MAN ON EARTH!!!!

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Meet Gary La

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  1. Meet Gary La • Gary La has taught English at the University of Harvard for over 67 years. He has written over 40 different books on documenting formatting and grammatical structure. • In short, he is THE MOST INTERESTING MAN ON EARTH!!!! • In his youth, he was so dedicated to his teaching and writing he swore he would never have a child. But lo and behold, fate intervened and a baby was born!!! • Gary, who lived his life for MLA formatting, decided to make his son a living tribute: he made his son’s name a mnemonic device to help with MLA title pages!! • He named him…NICK M. La!!!!!! The Most Interesting Man on Earth

  2. Meet ame nstructor NICK lass alendar Date

  3. Formatting the First Page of Your Paper Do not make a title page for your paper unless specifically requested In the upper left-hand corner of the first page, list the following: your Name your Instructor's name Class or Course Kalendar date. Again, be sure to use double-spaced text. Formatting Your First Page NICK

  4. Meet ame nstructor NICK lass alendar Date

  5. Other First Page Rules Use a title for your paper Center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks Do not write in all capital letters. Use quotation marks and/or italics when referring to other works in your title, just as you would in your text Other First Page Rules

  6. Other Quick and Easy MLA Rules Use white 8.5 x 1-inch paper Use Double-space Use Times New Roman font Use font size of 12 pt. Set the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides Indent the first line of paragraphs one half-inch from the left margin Do this by pressing “TAB” Quick and Easy!

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