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ithikaEssay writing question:
So if I write "As Taylor so astutely put it in his text The Vital Landscape, 18th century scholars believed that 'human beings were distinguished from minerals, plants and animals by the faculty of reason.'" or something similar, in my essay, do I then have to footnote that sentence? I honestly don't know - I'm letting the reader know that this sentence is not my own, but it doesn't tell them where to look for the quote. I'm thinking footnote it. But I don't want to over-reference, because I got told off for that once and I think it's a silly thing to lose points for.
So if I write "As Taylor so astutely put it in his text The Vital Landscape, 18th century scholars believed that 'human beings were distinguished from minerals, plants and animals by the faculty of reason.'" or something similar, in my essay, do I then have to footnote that sentence? I honestly don't know - I'm letting the reader know that this sentence is not my own, but it doesn't tell them where to look for the quote. I'm thinking footnote it. But I don't want to over-reference, because I got told off for that once and I think it's a silly thing to lose points for.
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Date: 2008-05-21 01:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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