Annette Taylor wrote:
> On the title page, where, going from top to bottom do we put the
> title of the paper, the author's name and affiliation. I seem to
> remember from somewhere that it is supposed to be "near the top"
> but cannot find a reference for that in my manual.
>
> My APA manual does say that it should be centered, but I believe
> that means left to right, not top to bottom. According to my
> students the other faculty member insists it means centered
> top to bottom and right to left.
This is one of those fine points on which APA seems to waffle (see their
web site). Two others that come to mind are the format of the
manuscript head (should the page number be next to it or under it?), and
"only one space after a period." My guess is that they waffle either
because many people pointed out the inconsistencies in the manual, or
because many people objected to an arbitrarily silly rule.
On page 249 of the manual, it says, "centered on the page." Although
this is ambiguous, the example on page 258 suggests the meaning is "top
to bottom AND left to right." If I recall correctly, their web page
says that either is acceptable.
Now, in reality, do you think this would make a difference to a
reasonable journal editor?
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