Quotation

Quotations

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Only used to communicate the exact expression of the original. In any other case, use paraphrases.
Highlighted typographically: e.g. by indentation / italics, or, with shorter quotes, by quotation marks. (Follow the guidelines of your profs.)
Unaltered: Additions, omissions, highlighting are communicated; errors are copied as in the original.

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Example: Original

Which quotation is correct?

(Details depend on the requirements of your profs. In the following we use the style APA 6. ed.)

1. "The "vampires" considered in this paper are not the blood-sucking bats …, but the blood-sucking ghosts of dead Homo sapiens." (Dennis Snower)

2. "The 'vampires' considered in this paper [Here could be your comment] are not the blood-sucking bats …, but the blood-sucking ghosts of dead Homo sapiens." (Snower, 1982, p. 647; italics in the original)

3. "The bats … have periodically provided grave threats to human populations; their most conspicuous macroeconomic impact arises from their detrimental effect on the labor force." (Snower, 1982, p. 647)

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