As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from those of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You’ll still find these in the OED, but you’ll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
The MLA Style Center supplements, and in some cases enhances, information found in the MLA Handbook. Topics include how to format a research paper, works-cited lists, and in-text citations. "Ask MLA," is a list of frequently asked questions, some of which are not easily answered using the manual.
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