How to edit APA Style

ErkanK
Hi everyone,

iam in trouble, cause iam not able to edit APA-Style.

Zotero is adding a comma ahead "&".

its like <LN>, <FN>., & <LN>, <FN>.

How can i edit my apa-style, to clear that comma ahead "&".

Would be pleasure, if someone is able to help me.

thank you in advance

regards
  • adamsmith
    note that this is correct APA style. See e.g. here
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/06/
    or here
    http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPAReferences_Journal.html

    As for editing, see here for general instructions:
    http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
    Specifically, in the macro "author", you'll have to change the option
    delimiter-precedes-last="always":
    If you don't want the comma just when there are two authors, delete it.
    If you never want the comma before the ampersand, change it to
    delimiter-precedes-last="never"
  • ErkanK
    Hi Adam,

    thanks for your answer. Iam a bit confused about it. I thought that the APA-Style is standardized?
    If u look at this: http://www.ahs-dg.be/PortalData/13/Resources/downloads/apanormen.pdf there isnt a comma (Page 2), iam sorry but its in german language :)
  • adamsmith
    that document is definitely wrong for APA. There is a German version for APA
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. (2007). Richtlinien zur Manuskriptgestaltung
    You'd have to check what they want - this seems to suggest they use commas before the ampersand, but it's possible that's not the case.
    http://www.psychologie.uni-frankfurt.de/abteilungen_und_bereiche/allgpsy1/lehre/nf_info/downloads/RichtlinienGestaltungHausarbeit.pdf
  • ErkanK
    dear adam,

    thank you so much for your help!

    best regards

    erkank
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