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Tips for proper citations using APA 7.

In 𝑨𝑷𝑨 7𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, use "𝐚𝐧𝐝" when your author's names form part of the sentence; use '&' when the author's names appear within brackets.

𝐈𝐧-𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
•Stark and Lannister (2019) – the author(s) names are part of the sentence, appearing outside the brackets
•(Stark & Lannister, 2019) – all the referencing information appears within brackets

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