Andrea Said:

Where can I find the rules of MLA letter writing ?

We Answered:

The Modern Language Association does not publish its documentation guidelines on the Web. For an authoritative explanation of MLA style, see the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (for high school and undergraduate college students) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (for graduate students, scholars, and professional writers). Please also see frequently asked questions about MLA style.

The style recommended by the association for preparing scholarly manuscripts and student research papers concerns itself with the mechanics of writing, such as punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources. MLA style has been widely adopted by schools, academic departments, and instructors for nearly half a century.

MLA guidelines are also currently used by over 125 scholarly and literary journals, newsletters, and magazines with circulations over one thousand; by hundreds of smaller periodicals; and by many university and commercial presses. MLA style is commonly followed not only in the United States but in Canada and other countries as well; Japanese translations of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers appeared in 1980, 1984, and 1988, and a Chinese translation was published in 1990.

In a 1991 article on style manuals, Booklist cited MLA documentation style as one of the "big three," along with the guidelines published by the American Psychological Association and the University of Chicago Press.

Cassandra Said:

How do you get word 2007 to prompt letter writing help?

We Answered:

Here is the Word 2007 fix:

1. select office button (top left Microsoft logo)

2. select Word Options button on bottom

3. select Proofing (from left bar)

4. under AutoCorrect Options, select button

5. select AutoCorrect tab and make sure all boxes are checked (if not, please check them)

6. in Replace: type words, abbreviations, etc. that you commonly use, commonly mispell, are too long to retype, etc.

7. in With: type how you would like the word, phrase etc. to be displayed

Hope this was helpful.

Michelle
Microsoft Expert Word Certified 2000, 2003
http://www.theproofpositive.com

Adrian Said:

can you tell me of a sight that will instruct on proper letter writing?

We Answered:

Try:
http://englishplus.com/grammar/letrcont.…
http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/ha…
http://www.readwritethink.org/student_ma…
http://www.nea.org/lessons/2002/tt021001…

Equallly important is spelling and vocabulary. Suggestion - get a good pocket dictionary and thesaurus and use them. It greatly helps. Knowledge is power. All the best.

Hazel Said:

How do you read a letter written in pencil, when the pencil has been erased? Bonus: What if there's writing?

We Answered:

More than likely, you can't.
Erasing pencil wears away the paper.
If the paper was then written over, the indentations would most likely obliterate any remaining compression of the paper left from the first pencil writing.