A garlic scape. The word scape (Latin scapus, from Greek ÏÎºá¾¶ÏÎ¿Ï), as used in botany, is fairly vague and arbitrary; various sources provide divergent definitions.
All citations of the U.S. Constitution begin with U.S. Const., followed by the article, amendment, section, and/or clause numbers as relevant. The terms article, amendment, section, and clause are always abbreviated art., amend., Â§, and cl., respectively. Preamble is abbreviated pmbl. (as in my opening quotation).
How to Cite the U.S. Constitution in APA Style. âWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union....â âU.S. Constitution, pmbl. Those immortal words open the U.S. Constitution. But how to cite it in an APA Style paper? The answer is in the Bluebookâno, not that cheery blue-covered 6th edition Publication Manual, but The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed., 2005; www.legalbluebook.com).