Question

What is the point of providing a single formatting style in a research project?

Answer 1

It allows the essay or writing to look professional and neat so you as the writer look more mature.

Answer 2

Providing a single formatting style allows (1) consistency in both formatting and handling of research, (2) a familiar structure to unify all authors in a given discipline, (3) standardized cues that allow authors and readers to follow ideas and locate information, (4) a concentration on ideas instead of a distraction of having to decipher formatting, and (5) established credibility for an author.