Do I only use em at the end of a direct quote or can I write a whole paragraph and then footnote it?
Like I'm writing a summary of a chapter would I individually quote each statement or do I make a bunch of statements and quote them all?
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Well, what citation format are you using? And are the paraphrased paragraph and the direct quote from the same page? How long is the paragraph? At what point does it transition from paraphrase to your own thoughts?
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Its pretty much just a paraphrase with one or two direct quotes, the average paragraph is an average paragraph of say 100 words. Though I have some 1-3 sentance ones of 40 words as well.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Is the direct quote a block quote? In other words, is it four lines or more?
-pH
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
no, its usually only a sentance quote. But i do paraphrase a little that I don't put in quotations.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
You can put a footnote at the end of a paragraph, if the rest of the paragraph is basically paraphrasing something that someone else said. It's what I do, and I haven't had any complaints. Or footnote the quote AND the paragraph, if you really want to be sure.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
In every format I've ever used (and I've written lots of papers over the time I was in school), you must provide a citation for direct quotes at the end of that quote. You can cite at the end of the paragraph if all the material paraphrased is from the same source.
I've mostly used MLA and APA, but there've been a couple of other methods in there that I can't recall to name right now, but they've all been pretty much uniform on this matter.
Hope this helps.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Personally I find it rather hard to use my feet when writing notes... <running away>
Posted by Dick Button (Member # 9197) on :
Don't tell me you can't point your feet in this world!
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I find footnotes very difficult to read in the middle of a test. Especially if you're wearing shoes and socks.
Posted by Dick Button (Member # 9197) on :
But did you see the free leg?
Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
Use them at the end of every direct quotation and at the end of every statement that is not your own thought / work. Yes, this means you should have a lot of references. That's how it works in science anyway. There are few things in life that are more infuriating than trying to duplicate and understand the thought process behind work that is improperly referenced. Further, the first reference should always be the first time the statement has appeared in print.
Posted by Dick Button (Member # 9197) on :
Now that was very creditable.
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
Thank's y'all.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Quite frankly, if you can't get apostrophes right, I don't see why you're worried about footnotes. Personally I would fail you right there.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
KoM, could you please find a more constructive way to express your thought?
NOTE: We've ust gone through a bitter few weeks here, and it would seem to me that many of the folks have made a real effort to kick their grammar and usage up a knotch. A forum is pretty informal communication. And even if someone is making really egregious mistakes, that's no reason to cut them down so brutally.