Follow These Rules for Recording Quotations

Posted by admin on Jan 2, 2019 in Dissertation | 0 comments

Like most scholars, you will surely be stuck with the writing part of your dissertation, thesis or research paper. It is easier said than done and to decide on when to use a direct quotation or when to paraphrase an idea is one of the most difficult writing choices. This blog discusses the rules for using quotations in your academic writing. Rule 1 The first rule for recording a quotation is always to record a page number when you are writing it. Sometimes committee members flip through the article to find the page number of a quote. So it is essential that you record the page number to keep yourself from trouble. Rule 2 Type full quotation in your bibliographies, and record them judiciously. More often than not, scholars record an inordinate amount of quotations in introduction and literature...

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