Regular margins essay

Dr. Richard Nordquist is professor emeritus of rhetoric and English at Georgia Southern University and the author of several university-level grammar and composition textbooks. The part of a page that's outside the main body of text is a margin .

"Nearly all papers in the United States are produced on standard pages of 8½ x 11 inches. Leave a margin of at least one inch on all four edges of the page. For a thesis or dissertation intended to be bound, you may need to leave a bigger margin on the left side--usually 1½ inches.

For most school or college writing assignments (including articles, essays, and reports ), only the left-hand margin should be justified. (This glossary entry, for instance, is left justified only.)

Word processors let us set margins so that they're either aligned (justified) or ragged (unjustified). For most school or college writing assignments (including articles, essays, and reports), only the left-hand margin should be justified. (This glossary entry, for instance, is left justified only.)