The Mla owl purdue is the Online Writing Lab at the Purdue University on the basis of the Modern Language Association. A set of guidelines are present in which format the research paper writing should be done.

According to the Mla owl purdue the rules which needs to be followed are a standard paper needs to be used and there should be a double space between all the lines. There should also be a margin on all the sides of the paper. There should be a fixed size gap before starting any new paragraphs and everything should be written in Times New Roman and the font size should be fixed at the 12. There should be a header on top of the page for having the page numbers.  According to the Mla owl purdue format the title page is not at all necessary, it just depends on the guide whether they want the page or not. The first age has to be made carefully as a particular order has to be followed such as the name of the person who is doing the work right on top on the left hand side below the margin followed by the name of the Professor under whom the work is being done and then the name of the course in which it is being written and then the date. The name of the topic is the most important part and so to give special emphasis it is written at the centre of the page after writing all the details. But special note should be given to the fact that the title should be written in the same order and manner in which there is a double space as well as font size 12 and there should be no change in that format. To give special emphasis the title should not be written in bold or italics, it should not be underlined as well.

A fixed pattern is followed so as to give a proper presentation and an approachable look to the matter that is being written. These are some of the basic rules which should be kept in mind and properly followed while writing a paper to reduce chances of making mistakes on the basic rules provided by the Mla format.