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My teacher says I don't integrate quotes properly
I don't understand why you need to integrate them
If I put in a quote it shows the point on its own
Why do I need to do anything else?
Have you got any examples to follow? Yes ... here
okay
Let's have a look and see what's in the examples
well this one got
"according to" and then the author's name, and then the quote
the quote is a whole sentence
and the second has the author's name
and then "states that"
and then the whole sentence in a quote
What if, I don't want a whole sentence?
here's one
it's a clause
it starts with a lower case letter, and it's just a few words long
it also uses the author's name
and then a verb
and then the quote
I see
how about if I just want to quote a noun, or a noun phrase
or just an adjective?
something without a verb
Mmm, let me see
Oh, here's one
it says
'this claim was dismissed
"completely rubbish" '
the quote is made into a part of the sentence by adding "as"
I can't use "dismissed" all the time
What other verbs can I use?
Let's see
it's got "states', "suggests", "points out"
"highlights"
"proposes", "criticises" and "disagrees"
how about "says"?
no
maybe it's too simple
and "claims"?
only
if he doesn't agree with what the other author is saying
I see
let's have a look at your quotes ... here
let me see
in this one
you've used
both "according to" and a verb for the same quote
but the ones in the examples use either but not both
simple fix, I'll cross out "according to"
okay
and here you've got the quote at the start of the paragraph
Yes it contains the main point of the paragraph
in the examples
they don't do that
they always connect the paragraph to the previous one
like here
"probably the most important factor is"
and then, the quote and the name of the factor
then the reference
no problem
I can add stuff like that
What do you mean ... stuff like that??
okay, I should write
"the student was criticised for using the expression"
"stuff like that"
"when it would have been more academic to use 'such words' "
my quotes are bigger than yours!