Question

A recent study by Estella Gomez found that eight out of ten 12-year-olds revealed their physical location while using social media. (Gomez 19)

Which citation errors need to be corrected? Select two options.

The name of the source needs to be listed only once.
A comma should replace the period, and the period should follow the citation.
The page number should precede the author’s name.
Quotation marks should replace the parentheses that surround the citation.
The period should be placed after the parenthetical citation.

Answer 1

Select these two:

- The name of the source needs to be listed only once.
- The period should be placed after the parenthetical citation.

Explanation: In MLA, if you name the author in the sentence, the parenthetical should contain only the page number (Gomez 19 → (19)), and the sentence-ending period goes after the closing parenthesis, not before.