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::::Additional links: [http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html How to paraphrase a source]. This has a section on ''"Paraphrasing difficult texts"''. This following source [http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/qpp.html] has a section on "Too many direct quotations". Here's another [http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/anderson/quotation.htm] which says: ''"When you paraphrase, you must entirely reword material taken from a source, '''without using quotation marks'''".'' Another Q/A: [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_a_paraphrase_have_quotation_marks Does a paraphrase have quotation marks?]. | ::::Additional links: [http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html How to paraphrase a source]. This has a section on ''"Paraphrasing difficult texts"''. This following source [http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/qpp.html] has a section on "Too many direct quotations". Here's another [http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/polisci/faculty/anderson/quotation.htm] which says: ''"When you paraphrase, you must entirely reword material taken from a source, '''without using quotation marks'''".'' Another Q/A: [http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_a_paraphrase_have_quotation_marks Does a paraphrase have quotation marks?]. | ||
::::So the steps here are to first settle this paraphrasing quotes issue and you can look other sources to see what they say and how to deal with the problem of writing content while using multiple sources, how and when to paraphrase and when/how to use direct quotations and so on. You will see they're saying the same thing we have been saying: You cant paraphrase things and present them in quotation marks. | ::::So the steps here are to first settle this paraphrasing quotes issue and you can look other sources to see what they say and how to deal with the problem of writing content while using multiple sources, how and when to paraphrase and when/how to use direct quotations and so on. You will see they're saying the same thing we have been saying: You cant paraphrase things and present them in quotation marks. | ||
:::: --[[User:Axius|Axius]] ([[User talk:Axius|talk]]) 06:57, 14 July 2013 (PDT) | :::: It may also be helpful to visit [https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=writing+forum&oq=writing+forum&gs_l=hp.3..0l10.396.1786.0.2119.13.10.0.3.3.0.115.910.6j4.10.0....0...1c.1.19.hp.FqpVvPciBYg writing forums] and ask them about the challenge of writing things from old texts like these, and how to deal with the issue of paraphrasing and direct quotations while making sure everything remains accurate and matches the source and does not misrepresent or misquote. Also how to write in a journalistic style with no embellishment or decoration and so on. It would be helpful to look at these external links and talk to people who can give advice so you'll get opinions from other people as well. The steps are understanding what the problem is, and what caused things to be in this state, eliminating those approaches and changing course. --[[User:Axius|Axius]] ([[User talk:Axius|talk]]) 06:57, 14 July 2013 (PDT) | ||