APA inline citations incorrect format.
Hello,
I am wondering if there is a way to modify the APA 7th custom format to correct the issue with inline citations.
Per the APA 7th edition Parenthetical Citations that occur at the end of a sentence should include the author and date (Cook, 2023). This is exactly how Zotero formats these inline references in Word.
However, if you are citing within a sentence you should use a Narrative citation which would format it: Cook (2023), instead of including the author within the parenthesis.
Is there a way I can modify the custom format to accommodate this change?
I am wondering if there is a way to modify the APA 7th custom format to correct the issue with inline citations.
Per the APA 7th edition Parenthetical Citations that occur at the end of a sentence should include the author and date (Cook, 2023). This is exactly how Zotero formats these inline references in Word.
However, if you are citing within a sentence you should use a Narrative citation which would format it: Cook (2023), instead of including the author within the parenthesis.
Is there a way I can modify the custom format to accommodate this change?
(A way to do this without retyping the author's name is planned, but it's complicated.)
Honestly, the APA 7th formatting is confusing in this way. However, this would still be a useful feature to prevent issues synchronising the citations with the source.