Question

review the mla citation.
ross, ann. treasures of the gulf coast savannah. regal house, 2004, print
which statement accurately describes the errors contained in this mla book citation?
there are punctuation errors.
there are capitalization errors.
the publisher’s name is missing.
the medium type is missing.

Explanation:

In MLA format for a book citation, the title should follow title case (major words capitalized). Here, "Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah" has incorrect capitalization: "Gulf Coast Savannah" should be "Gulf Coast Savannah" (wait, no—actually, the main issue is that in MLA, the first word of the title, first word of the subtitle, and all major nouns/verbs/adjectives are capitalized, but the problem is that "of" is lowercase (correct), but the error is capitalization: no, wait, the actual error is that the title's capitalization is wrong? No, wait, no—wait, the author's name is formatted correctly (Last, First). The publisher is included (Regal House), year 2004, medium Print is there. Punctuation: after author, comma, then title (should be italicized, but that's formatting, not punctuation error). Wait, no—the capitalization error: "Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah" – in MLA, the title should have "Savannah" capitalized (it is), but wait no—wait, no, the error is that the subtitle (if "of the Gulf Coast Savannah" is subtitle) should follow a colon after the main title? No, the main title is "Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah"—wait, no, the correct capitalization for the title: in MLA, we capitalize the first and last words of the title, and all major words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, subordinating conjunctions). Articles, coordinating conjunctions, prepositions of four letters or fewer are lowercase. Here, "of" and "the" are lowercase (correct). Wait, no—wait, the actual error is capitalization? No, wait, no—the author's name is Ross, Ann (correct: Last, First). Wait, no—wait, the punctuation: after the title, there should be a period before the publisher? No, the citation is written as "Ross, Ann, Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah: Regal House, 2004, Print"—oh! The punctuation error: after the author's name, it should be a period, not a comma, and the title should be followed by a period before the publisher. Wait no, no—MLA format for a book is: Last, First. Title of Book. Publisher, Year. Medium. So the given citation has commas where periods should be: "Ross, Ann, [Title]: [Publisher], 2004, Print"—that's punctuation errors? Wait no, wait the colon after the title is wrong; it should be a period. Wait, no, let's recheck: the correct structure is:
Author Last, First. Title of Book. Publisher, Year. Medium.

The given citation is: Ross, Ann, Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah: Regal House, 2004, Print.

So errors: 1. After author's name, comma instead of period. 2. Colon after title instead of period. 3. Comma before medium instead of period. So these are punctuation errors. Wait but wait, the capitalization: the title is "Treasures of the Gulf Coast Savannah"—that's correct capitalization (all major words capitalized, small prepositions lowercase). Publisher name is there, medium is there. So the correct statement is that there are punctuation errors.

Answer:

There are punctuation errors.