APA [American Psychological Association] "helps writers present their ideas in a clear, precise, and inclusive manner" ("About APA Style," 2019). As the APA explains, whether you are using APA, MLA or other formats "Style guidelines encourage authors to fully disclose essential information and allow readers to dispense with minor distractions, such as inconsistencies or omissions in punctuation, capitalization, in-text citations, references, and presentation of statistics."
Publication Manual APA 7th ed. of the American Psychological Association by 
