Monday, November 22, 2010

MLA is Weak

So, I am doing a paper for an English Class and the requirement is to use the "MLA style in-text citation and parenthetical documentation, which means no footnotes."  The Professor knows I love footnoting.  The footnote, to quote the Instapundit, "IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN'T DO?"

So, I pay my almost $30 to have the MLA handbook shipped to my PO Container, but really, so I can go to their own website to check on citation of works.  I buy, I register, I go to the website and see this interesting little note:
Did You Know?

Web sites sponsored by newspapers are generally not periodicals. See 5.6.2a.
I found that interesting. So, I immediately clicked on the link.
The page you requested could not be found.
Regards  —  Cliff
at

2 comments:

  1. MLA11/29/2010 01:47:00 PM

    Thanks for the heads-up! We've fixed the error.

    ReplyDelete
  2. C R Krieger11/29/2010 03:52:00 PM

    I guess I was a little cranky there.  Thank you, MLA, for fixing the broken link.  As Don Lincoln pointed out to me today, via EMail, I had almost 40 broken links on a blog post this last Sunday.

    Regards  —  Cliff

    ReplyDelete

Please be forthright, but please consider that this is not a barracks.