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Should we put the quotation marks in the following case?
The exact text is copied from the web-site, and author is usually anonymous. I know that we should introduce the source and reference, but I also think that quotation marks are necessary too. My friend does not mean so.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yes, even anonymous is admitting that YOU did not write it. That is the purpose for quotation marks.
"Give credit where credit is due." I don't know who wrote it, but by putting quotes, I am clearly not taking the credit for originating it, but I am taking the credit for remembering it in the right context.
Source(s): "Thank you, thank you very much" ~ Elvis Presley. - 1 decade ago
You do not need quotation marks if you place the quote in an indented paragraph in a paper and give the source, in this case -Anonymous under the quote. This is to indicate that the quote did not originate with you. If you put the quote in a sentence form within the paper, you need to add quotation marks. You still need to indicate that this is a quote from an anonymous source.
