Whichever style you chose, be consistent throughout the paper. Please remember to always include quoted material in quotation marks and indicate the source of the material. Sloppy or insufficient quoting may be considered plagiarism. Plagiarism can be grounds for failing a course in the College of Business. Spelling Spelling is extremely important for several reasons.
Readers expect words to be correctly spelled.
When reading, people read as if the words are correct, and will take the mispelled meaning as the literal word the author has intended. A misspelled or misused word will slow readers down as they try to impose meaning on the sentence given the word as presented. This reading expectation is especially true for readers who are reading in a second or third language instead of in their primary language. Readers may extrapolate errors in the content of a document if they see errors in the format of a document. Readers consider correct spelling a sign of an educated writer.