# Question about writing a scholarly paper

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 18, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-writing-a-scholarly-paper/564661 "2010-12-18T23:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-writing-a-scholarly-paper/564661/21 "2010-12-20T21:38:19Z")

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You may find it helpful to consult the relevant style manual for your discipline (e.g., [APA](http://www.apastyle.org/), [University of Chicago Manual of Style](http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html), etc.) where all of this will be explained in thorough detail.

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-writing-a-scholarly-paper/564661/22 "2010-12-24T14:06:53Z")

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> [@D18](#):
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> You may find it helpful to consult the relevant style manual for your discipline (e.g., [APA](http://www.apastyle.org/), [University of Chicago Manual of Style](http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html), etc.) where all of this will be explained in thorough detail.

Thank you, D18.  
mmm

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