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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Greenbaum, H. (2025, February 14). Happy Valentine’s Day! APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/writing-love

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We love being your go-to source for APA Style. We love answering your questions and helping you write with clarity and concision. In honor of the day all about love, we’ve each written a poem: odes to our favorite aspects of APA Style.

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Hannah Greenbaum

Why APA Style?
Guiding those who write and learn
Precision unfolds

David Becker

David Becker

Who are “we” to say?
Are “we” authors or others?
Do say who “we” are

Chelsea Lee

Chelsea Lee

Reference examples
Try to follow them closely
Shoulders of giants

Emily Ayubi

Emily Ayubi

APA Style, “how do I love thee,” they, them?
“Let me count the ways” (Browning, 1850/2025, Stanza 1, Line 1)
With serial comma

Timothy McAdoo

Timothy McAdoo

Cite your sources well
Write clear, precise, bias-free
Your ideas shine

Anne Woodworth

Anne Woodworth

Why frugal with words?
Conciseness brings clarity
Readers understand

What do you love about APA Style? Comment or share an ode to APA Style below.

Reference

Browning, E. B. (2025). How do I love thee? (Sonnet 43). Academy of American Poets. https://poets.org/poem/how-do-i-love-thee-sonnet-43opens in new window (Original work published in 1850)

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