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Originally Posted by teh603
I dunno, the MLA format as I remember trying to use it definitely emphasized form over function. I'm not sure what was worse, having to use its incredibly concise style, or trying to explain to a professor that "Strict MLA" meant I couldn't give the page of endnotes that he asked for.
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MLA guide is used primarily for academic papers, not fiction or general nonfiction.
Chicago Manual of Style and
Words into Type are the most well-known general purpose style guides.